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SKVKKAL now reform brooms nro
needed in tlio Htato house.
THE bloodless revolution in the IIu-
wnliun Islnndrf Is ono of the marvels .of
the iijjo. A people who cun overthrow n
government without tlio loss of ti single
life may bo fiaid to have achieved some
thing worthy of note.
IT is to bo hoped that Mr. Moshor
will make a clean breast of the whole
wretched business and lot the courts and
legislatures deal with parties who have
bled him or hold him up for loans which
they never ink-ndcd to pay.
IF Tin : HociuH.stio bomb throwers of
Europe continue to practice upon hotels
there will bo a falling ofT in European
travel , and perhaps Americans will
begin to visit the attractions of their
own country instead of going abroad.
THK transcontinental railway lines
contemplate making a low excursion
rate from Chicago to western points dur
ing the World's fair. This will enable
thousands of people to visit an attractive
part of the country and may prove bene
ficial to the west.
AUDITOR MOORE has taken a com
mendable course in refusing to continue
the practice heretofore prevalent in the
auditor's office to issue warrants for
services to bo 'rendered. The only
legitimate rule is to issue no warrant
unless'the xtuto has value received.
Tnnni : are plenty of jicoplo in Omaha ,
ns in every other largo oi.ty , wljq need
assistance from the charitable , but who
will not make their needs known. The
Associated charities of this city is an or
ganization designed to reach such eases ,
hut it can only do so with the cooperation
tion of all who know of suffering people
who need relief.
IT is reported that John Cudahy will
organize n company with a capital of
91,250,000 to establish a meat packing
concern in Cincinnati. That city has
not of late years been recognized as a
packing center with great possibilities
of growth , but this enterprise will give
an impulse to the meat business there.
The now concern will give employment
to about 1,000 men.
THK health authorities of Philadel
phia have added membranous croup to
the list of contagious diseases which
will not hereafter bo admitted to the
ordinary hospital ward. It is stated
that this disease is as contagious ns
diphtheria and relatively much more
fatal. If any city in the United States
is qualified by experience to talk about
contagious diseases it is Philadelphia.
ONK of the most prominent business
houses in Omaha is engaged in the man
ufacture of pickles. Its business is very
extensive , and it is needless to say that
it Is valuable to tlio city. Tlio head of
the firm eays that the business suffers
great disadvantages by reason of the
failure of the farmers of Nebraska to
engage in the production of cucumbers ,
tomatoes , cauliflower and onions , which
are used extensively in the manufacture
of pickles. The local pickle fac
tory buys all it can get at homo ,
but has to import a largo portion of
its materials because the homo supply is
not Buflloient. Hero is n hint to the
farmers. They have a soil admirably
adapted to the production of these arti
cles and could undoubtedly make it pay
handsomely to ruino them. They would
bo sure of a good market in Omaha and
would cease too entirely dependent
upon the ordinary Held crops , which
sometimes prove unprolltable.
Tun olTorts that have been made under
the present administration to promote
the oflloioney of the railway mall service
have been very successful , and unques
tionably that service stands better now
than over l > oforo. It is now proposed ,
with a view to still further improve *
mont , to divide the railway postal clerks
into seven classes , the salaries ranging
from $800 as the maximum in the , first
class to 81,800 in the seventh. A bill
for this purpose has been re
ported favorably by the house
committee on postolllces and there is
very littto doubt that it will become a
law before the eloso of tlio present con-
press. The tendency of this change would
lx > to induce ttjeso cmployoa of tlio gov
ernment to strive harder for the records
of efficiency nccosMiry to secure promo
tion and the service would bo benefited
accordingly. No class of government
employes work harder than the postal
clerks and they deserve generous rooog'
nittou nnd encouragement.
MMISTiATl'tlV P.4.Y
The constitution of Nebraska dates
back to 1870when , the btal scarcely hud
a ( | imrtc > r of a million of population , and
ail that part of the slate woxt of the
100th meridian wiw n wilderness. The
constitution of 1870 Is not fitted for the
Nebraska of ISWIuny muro than si boy's
jacket is fitted for a full grown num.
For twclvo years every sucivcdlng
legislature 1ms submitted ono or
more constitutional amendments , but
with ono single exception they
have all failed to receive the
requisite majority of vtho votes
polled at the election at which they
wore submitted. The single exception
was the amendment extending the legis
lative sessions from forty to sixty days
and Increasing the pay of the members
from 1 to $ i > a day. People who claim
to know how it was done assert that
even this amendment was fraudulently
counted in by the clerks appointed by
the legislature to recount the vote. Tim
two amendment ? submitted at the last
election failed to carry , not because a
majority wore opposed to the changes ,
but because it is next to impossible to
get a jwpular expression on amendments
submitted at an election when the whole
stnto and local tickets absorb all the
attention and interest Of the voters.
Several proposed amendments to the
constitution are again pending in both
houses of the legislature as are also two
bills submitting to the people the ques
tion of calling a constltutlonr.l conven
tion. It is extremely doubtful whether
any amendment to the constitution can
over bo adopted under the present mode
of submission. A constitutional conven
tion cannot be held for at least three
years even if the proposition to call it
carries at the election of 18UI , and the
lowest estimate of expense for such a
convention , which must have at least
l.Tt members , would be ? lfil,000.
Now it strikes us that the amendment
and constitutional convention bills before -
fore the legislature are a waste of tlmo
and money. The present legislature
can take stops to revise the constitution ,
tu effectively as it could bo done by any
constitutional convention , at a nominal
expense , and have the revised con
stitution in force in November , 1894.
Let the legislature puss a bill
directing the governor to appoint
three men qualified to revise the
constitution and make it their duty
to submit the revision in the shape of
separate amendments to each article
and section of the present constitution
that has been found defective or inade
quate to the wants of the state. When
the revision is completed and submitted
to the legislature that body should pass
upon each of the separate amendments
and those that receive a three-fifths
vote in both houses should be submitted
to the people on a separate ticket
to bo known as the constitutional
amendment ballot at the general
election of 1894. Voters who favor the
constitution as revised could express
their approval by a single X' mark over
the headline of the ballot. Voters who
lisapprove any particular amendment
jouhl vote against it bv making an X
mark on the right or loft hand opposite
.o the designated amendment. It is safe
to say that 00 per cent of the votes cast
at tlio election would take u positive
stand on the constitutional changes , and
.inless they were decidedly objectionable
; hey would carry by a round majority.
Instead of waiting four years and tax
ing the people 8150,000 for a constitu
tional convention Nebraska can secure
a now constitution within two years at
11 n expense for three commissioners and
a stenographer not exceeding $ 't,000.
The only thing requisite is that a bill
creating the commission shall be passed
within the next ten days so as to give
implo time for the revision and the con
sideration by the legislature of the pro
posed changes in the constitution.
TK VS T 1NVRSTW. 1 TtOffS.
Tlio house of representatives has
authorized tlio committee on judiciary to
investigate certain charges against the
whisky trust and also any other trusts or
combinations in restraint of trade within
the United States. The committee is re
quired to report what , if any , additional
legislation is necessary to remedy the
evil. Tnero is no objection to this ac
tion , but coming at this late ditto In the
session , with only about five weeks re
maining , it is not probable that
the committee can well perform
the comprehensive labor devolved upon
it by the resolution and imiko a report
upon which legislation may bo based.
The whisky trust , which is the most
arrogant of all the eambl nations , will of
course put every possible obstacle In the
way of an investigation , and the time
consumed in overcoming these will leave
little opportunity for inquiry us to other
combinations. This work should have
begun a month earlier , and if the demo
crats of the house really desired to sup
press combinations in restraint of trade
they would have considered this matter
sooner. As it is the suggestion of an
investigation of the whisky trust came
from a republican.
Still something may bo hoped for
from this action if the committee will
proceed vigorously and earnestly with
the performance of its task. It will
have some dilllculty , undoubtedly , In a *
ccrtaining if the whisky trust is guilty
of the practices churgad against it ,
though it is to bo assumed that Repre
sentative Uurrows of Michigan , who form
ulated the charges on which the Investi
gation was ordered is in a position to
put the committee at oneo on the track
of the required evidence. As to investi
gating what , if any , other trusts or com
binations in restraint of trade exist
within the United States it doo.s not ap
pear that the lubar involved need be
especially arduous. So far as additional
legislation for dealing with this evil Is
concerned It Is unquestionably de
manded , The existing anti-trust law ,
passed b- the last eongroas , has cer
tainly proved Inadequate , whether be
cause It is defective or from a failure to
enforce It need not bo discussed. The
act was carefully drawn and received
thorough discussion. Its constitutional
ity has boon alllrmcd by a decision of a
United States circuit court. The general
belief when the law was-passed was that
it would have the effect to suppress the
organizations at which It WITH aimed ,
however , have continued to
flourish nnd multiply until there
are fr\v branch en of business
which they do not practically control.
How far they nro really in restraint of
trndo IB n question not easy to deter
mine , , but this IH the vital principle in
all of them. The existing law having
failed to have any deterrent olTcct upon
the tendency to monopoly In nil branches
of business , -additional legislation is
obviously necessary.
ULVT ItKtlKKM llM'ltnUCAlf PLKDOKS.
Republican members of the legisla
ture must make an- effort to redeem the
pledges made by the party to the
j laborers and producers of this state in
its several platforms or become re
sponsible for Inevitable disaster. Party
platforms either mean something or
they mean nothing. They are cither an
honest declaration oof party principles
and n true enunciation of pledges In
favor of reforms demanded by the people
ple , or they are a delusion and a snare.
The republican platforms of 1890 , 1891
and 1892 pledge the party to specific
legislation in the interest of the laborer
and producer. The platform of 18i)0 )
contains the following plunk in favor of
railway regulation and the abolition of
railroad pass bribery.
\Vo demand tlio reduction of. freight ami
passenger rates ou railroads to correspond
with rates now prevailing in the adjacent
states to the Mississippi , and \vo further dc-
'nuuid that the legislature shall abolish all
passes and frco transportation on railroads
excepting for employes of railroad compa
nies.
Tlio platform of 1800 also pledges the
party to enact laws for the regulation of
elevators and the prohibition of discrim
ination against any class of shippers.
The plunk on this subject reads as fol
lows :
Owners of public elevators that receive and
handle praln for storage should bo declared
public warehousemen nnd compelled under
penalty to receive , store , ship anil handle the
Krnin of all persons alike , without discrim
ination , the istatc regulating charges for
storage ami inspection. All railtvmt com-
anies should bo required to switch , haul ,
laudlo and receive and ship the grain of ait
> orsons , without discrimination.
Tlio platform of 18U1 ombadies the fol
lowing plank :
We are heartily in favor of tlio general
provisions of the interstate cotmierce act ,
and we demand the regulation of all railway
nnd transportation lines in such a manner as
to insure fair and reasonable rates to the
producers and consumers of the country.
The platform of 18)2upon ! ) which every
republican member of the legislature
was elected , reiterates the pledges made
in the two preceding platforms in the
following language :
The republican party Is the friend of labor
in tlio factory , mill , mine and on the farm.
It will at all times stand ready to adopt any
measure that may improve its condition or
promote Its prosperity.
The fanners oC our state , who constitute
the chief element of our productive wealth
creating population , are entitled to tlio cheap
est and best facilities for storing , shipping
and. marketing their products , and to this end
wo favor such laws as will give them a cheap ,
safe and easily obtained elevator and ware
house facilities , ami will fnrnlsh them
promptly and without discrimination just
and equitable rates , and proper transporta
tion facilities for all accessible markets.
AVe demand the enactment of laws regulat
ing the charges of express companies in this
state to the end that such rates may bo
made reasonable.
We favor the adoption of the amendment
to the constitution providing for an elective
railroad commission , empowered to flx local
passenger and freight rates.
On the question of labor and the pro
hibition of Pinkcrton police , the party
stands pledged in the following planks :
Wo deplore the occurrence of any conflict
between labor nnd capital. Wo denounce
the agitation of demagogues designed to
foment and intensify these conflicts , and wo
most earnestly disapprove the use of private
armed forces in any attempt to settle them.
Wo believe that an appeal , to the law and its
officers is ample to protect property and pre
serve the peace , and favor the establishment
in some form of boards or tribunals of con
ciliation nnd arbitration for the peaceful
settlement of disputes bstween capital and
labor touching wages , hours of labor and
such questions as appertain to the safety
and physical and moral well bsing of the
laboring man.
Wo believe in protecting the laboring man
by all necessary and Judicious legislation ,
and to this end wo favor the enactment of
suitable laws to protect health , lifo and
limb of all employes of the transportation ,
mining and manufacturing companies while
engaged in the service of such companies.
Will tfio republican members of the
legislature stand up for Nebraska and
the republican party and redeem tlio
solemn pledges made to the people , or
will they heed the appeals of corpora
tion mercenaries and become recreant
to theli- trust ?
This Is the last chaiico the republican
party has for regaining popular confi
dence. It must either keep faith with
the people or disband and lot some other
party assume the reins ot power.
' FKXSIUX
The secretary of tlio treasury esti
mates that there will bo required for the
pension account during the next fiscal
year $10(1,000,000. ( There is said to bo a'
feeling among republicans as well as
democrats in congrow that something
ought to bo done to curtail the expendi
tures for pensions , and a subcommittee
of the house appropriations committee
has prepared a bill with this end in view.
It provides for the withholding of pen
sion to inmate of national soldiers'
homes depriving of pension those who
are capable of earning a livelihood equal
to $000 per year , and who are on the
rolls under the dependant act ; prohibit
ing payment of pensions to widows who
married soldiers since 1870 , and forbid
ding payment to pensioiioi-H residing
permanently in foreign countries.
Whatever may bs thought of the wis
dom of this proposed legislation , the
great trouble with it is that it is essen
tially partisan. It does not apply to the
Mexican veterans the same rules that
are to be applied to union veterans. At
the present session the house committee
on pensions hasrcpirtoJ a bill to In
crease the service pensions paid to the
Mexican veterans , and ta abolish proof
of citizenship required to obtain pension
under the act passed during the first
session of this congro3.s giving pensions
to the survivor * of the Heminolo and
other Indian wars. When It is under
stood that nearly all of these Mexican
and Indian veterans reside in the south
the partisan nature of the proposed
legislation becomes obvious. It is
for thia reason that the republican
volornna In congrrwH , many of whom nro
of the opinion tli t , the pension- account
ought to bo reduced , will oppose the con
templated ono-slded-nnd discriminating
legislation. Katr md honest legislation
to reduce the oxpciujlturo for pensions
would ( loubtlo * * Have republican sup
port , but the republicans In congress
will fight hard ( ggxlnst the democratic
policy of cutting qljjtjio pensions of union
veterans and leaving untouched those of
the veterans of the1 Mexican war and
certain southern fiuYlnn wars.
There is little y'plKiblllty of any legis
lation on the subject by the present
congress , but It Is UJ be expected that
the Fifty-third congress will make n
heavy cut In the pension account , and on
the lines already laid out. " The demo
cratic party is fully committed to this
course , and the dominant southern cle
ment will insist upon a radical policy of
pension retrenchment.
WITHIN the last two weeks immigrants
sick with the smallpox were admitted
into New York. This is an instance of
the care and vigilance of the quarantine
at that port under the management of
the Tammany olllcials. The Immigrants
wore bound for lown , and It is fairly sur
mised that inasmuch as they were not
to remain in New York it was unneces
sary to enforce the law in their case.
Hut however this may bo the
fact is that they wore permitted
to land , and whether Dr. Jenkins
or any of his subordinates know any
thing about the matter does not appear ,
though it was their business to have
known about it. Such an incident is
not reassuring in view W the fact that
tlio proposed quarantine legislation by
congress will not touch the Now York
system and that Jenkins and Tammany
will remain in control there. In that
event each state must adopt extraordi
nary measures for its own safety.
THK grand jury of Rochester , N. Y. ,
has indicted eighteen members of the
coal dealers' exchange for Illegally com
bining to advance the price of coal and
for preventing coal dealers not members
of the exchange from securing a supply.
The same grand jury hus returned a
presentment against the Western An
thracite Coal company upon the ground
that its members are representatives of
the coal and railroad organisations con
trolling the anthracite mines of Penn
sylvania. It remains to bo seen what
the result of these indictments will be ,
but they at least serve to show that the
influence of public' sentiment upon the
subject of coal monopoly is beginning to
bo felt. It is only , a question of time
when that sentiment will sweep every
thing before it 4n < correct the evils
which the trusts and combinations are
imposing upon the'people. .
The I'olltlriilOlioit Wnlk.
AVic YMi Triliwic
Speaking of politiral/ffhosts / is Garland to
follow Bayard to thei little whltohouso In
Lake wood ? N
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"And Kvcry-U4y It Snowed.
f/ifcny. / ) Mail.
This Is a democratic .winter. Not only was
the country snowed underat the .November
election , but it has been snowed under with
anything but , cliurmini frankness and con
stancy over since.
ThnMlllrnliim.
.I/Iniici ; > iH Tribune.
When V.-e have good roads , national mar
riage , divorce and bankruptcy laws , a national
quarantine system and immigration laws
that will separate tno sheep from the wolves ,
the country will be bettor off than It Is now
anil n great deal older.
A 1'loct tu llo rruud Of.
Kansas GltH Times.
When Admiral Ghorardl's flagship sails
about Now York harbor in the naval review
this spring it will bo at the head of a string
of vessels of which any nation might bo
proud. There will bo twenty war ships under
the Hag of the United States , equal in their
class to any that are now afloat.
Coma Wont , Young Womou.
Kew Ynrkjsun.
There are more men than women in South
Dakota and several other western states ,
the melancholy result of which is that lots
of the bachelors there are unable to get
wives ; and there are more women than.mon
In Connecticut and sundry other New
Kngland states , tno sad consequence of
which Is that some of the marriageable
women there are without husbands.
llo Would Honor tlio Stato.
Inter Ocean.
Speaking of the Kentucky senatorial con
test , Colonel Wnttcrson says : "Tho Courier
Journal is n newspaper and not n prophet ;
hence it has no prediction to make. " If the
people of Kentucky wcro wide nwnko they
would not stop to ask whether ho was "a
prophet" or "tho son of n prophet , " but pro
ceed to make Colonel Wattorson senator. Ho
is head and shoulders above any other man
mentioned for the place.
Oiilvniilzliigu Corpse.
Kew York Ailvtrtlvr.
Mr. Bayard of Delaware is not built on the
mental lines of n Howard or n Blnttic. but ho
is honest und has n massive , Nupolenlo head
and face that forever leads ono to think the
mouth feature of it all is shortly to say some
thing worth hearing. The fact that it never
docs only enhances the excitement of the
delay. It may ns well bo Bayard as any ono
else ; nnd when you como to think of it. the
lumber room of the democracy is running
low on material for high grade premiers. It
was a Vermont boy who , after having done
pretty well in the west , telegraphed the "old
man" In this fashion : "Como on out ; awful
mean men get oaico hero. "
SUMK 31KX < > ! ' fi'UTK.
Senator Martin of Kansas If ho becomes
a senator would seem to bo the proper per
son to Inaugurate n national crusade against
the English sparrow. , ,
Bishop W. Perkins imulo a heroic flpht to
got back for another'term ' us senntor from
ivnns'is , but was .outgeneraled. Bishop
hadn't the staff , or it initj-o havu boon ( Hirer-
cut , whispers the Philadelphia Lodger.
According to tho-Chicago Tribune , Mr.
Andrew Carnegie of Scotland is in this coun
try on n visit to some iron works near Pitts-
burg in which ho has'nn interest. Ho will
find Plttsburg much'Improved since ho saw
it last.
Samuel K. Adams , who died In Cleveland
last Sunday at the ago of 73 years , was ono
of the bust criminal lawyers in Ohio In his
prime. As n cross-ojrfmiinur ho was almost
without an ciiual in 'ttta state. His varied
loarnhig und ills geiifcTOslty wcro also notable
traits. ' "
Bishop Brooks loft'tureo brothers living.
They nro William G. Brooks , n business man
of Boston ; Kov. Arthur Brooks of the Church
of the Incarnation in Now York , and Ituv.
John C. Brooks of Springfield. Hov , Fred-
crick Brooks , another brother , died several
years ngo.
Tvivnto Secretary Halford Is exhorted by
thu Now York Sun to throw nsldo the glit
tering bauble of a paymastcrshlp in the
nrniy nnd to settle in Now York City and
plunge Into the current of affairs , "Huro is
the place , " says Editor Dana , "for him to
knock the nozzle dut'of the horn of plenty
and yank the bung of fortune. "
General Butler liked to bo gorgoous. Ho
made his tour of the country ns the people's
candidate for the presidency in n magnifi
cent puhco car , nnd when H was sugguated
that this conveyance was not exactly appro
priate to the occasion ho informed his critic *
that ho had deliberately chosen this ear nnd
would hnvo got bottcr 0118 If thcro was
such n thing "Tho people like their cham
pion to looU well , Hvo well , dress well , and
to cut M much of n dash ns they would If
ihoy could , " nalil ho. "Thoy como < o oo
the man who asks for their support nnd tlioy
find him apparently prosperous nnd happy ,
and they say to oun nnothcr 'That's ' my
candidate. That's the kind of a man who
represents mo. llo's all right' "
Kx-Sccrotary Kndlcott 1ms Inherited from
the l.tto William Endlcott of Snlcm nnd I/in-
don , the famous John ICn Uoott farm of Si- :
1cm , which Is a part of the original grant to
Governor John Hndicott , ami Includes the
old KiulU'ott burying place nti'l the ICudlcott
near tree. Judge Knulcott , who now comes
Into possession of the estate , Is n direct de
scendant of Governor Kn.llcott. The prop ,
crty has never yet been out of the Kndicott
family since the original grant , about 10'tt.
I.IGISI.I TVitit . .i.vIMIIH r.
Beatrice Dttnocr.it : The Nebraska legis
lature is a mixed bliisslng.
Madison Chronicle : If the Nebraska
solons would do something half thu tlmo a
long suffering public might wink tit their
liorso play the balance of the tlmo.
Schuylcr Sun : The famous Newbcrry
railroad bill has been placed on deck ngiiln
at Lincoln. Wo pray theo , oh wise ser
vants , to give us something sensible.
Crete v'idctto : Members of the legislature
who become very indignant and deny hcliitf
tools of the corporations without being
charged ns such might boar watching.
Nebraska Clt.\ Press : Wo Nubrasknns
have had a great deal of enjoyment out of
the legislature so far , and it has only cost
about $ S , " > . ( MO not much for so harmless a
plaything.
Broken Bow Loader : In these latter days
it seems that legislatures nro not elected to
legislate ) anything but politics , with nil the
rottenness that that word Implies , nnd the
holier-than-thou fellows have their- hands
the more besmeared. Such is our much
vaunted "reform. "
Gothenburg Star : The state legislature
has an opportunity to do a handsome thing
by Nebraska by appropriating an additional
$50,000 to the World's fair fund Nebraska
interests should not bo permitted to suffer
because of a scarcity of funds. It is an occa
sion when the state can afford to be liberal
on account of the bcnollcial results that nro
sure to follow. The legislature should not
delay the extension of the needed aid.
Kearney Hub : While the Nebraska legis
lature is electing United States senators and
doing some other things it must not forget
that the state wants a creditable exhibit at
the World's fair , nnd that from ? T.O.OOO
to ? 7o,000 more will bo needed to do it. Ne
braska must not be loft in the lurch at the
greit show , and if our legislators have a
few moments tlmo to pause and give this
subject their special and most serious con
sideration they cannot do a bottcr thing to
servo the interests of the stato.
Falls City Journal : It has been suggested
to the Journal that if the legislature suc
ceeds in passing a law in the form of a
penalty or other otherwise , Unit will compel
assessors to return property at its full cost
value , it should reduce the limit to which
the various levies may bo made , and to
which bonds may bo voted. While this
should bo done , and undoubtedly will be
done , the limit iu some instances should not
bo reduced in proportion to the increase in
assessed valuation that would follow the
enforcement of the law. For instance , the
liw might well permit an increase in the
amount of road fund authorized to bo col
lected. As a rule , however , the present
ratio of limit is sufllcient for mcst of the
funds.
o
lirnro unit 1'utrlotlc.
( lifciioo Inter UfC'in.
During the war General K. B. Hayes re
ceived the unanimous republican nomination
for congress for the Second district of Cin
cinnati nnd was asked to como home and
make the canvass. General Hayes replied
to this letter as follows :
IN CAMIOct. . a. Yours of the 29th ult. is
received. Thanks. I have other business
just now. Any man who would leave the
army at this time to electioneer for congress
ought to be scalped. Yours truly ,
It. II. HAYES.
But ho was clouted by an overwhelming ma
jority. General Hayes was wounded four
times , and once very nearly died from his
injury. Ho had three horses killed uuder
him.
The Case Sliuuld l > n Kotrlod.
I'llla ! < leli > lili Ilerord.
The Record is not without hope that the
labor associations which have taken the
matter in hand will bo nblo to secure a now
trial tor Dempsey , the master workman of
the Knights of 1-jibor , convicted at Pitts-
burg of the attempt to procure the poisoning
of nonunion laborers at Homestead. The
testimony of persons who would permit
themselves to bo used for such u diabolical
purpose is worthless unless corroborated by
reputable witnesses so as to preclude
doubt. Disdaining any reflection upon the
verdict of the jury , If there be a possibility
of wiping out this stain upon the labor
unions by means of a retrial , the effort
should bo made.
Iloruco Will Hear Watching.
alolie-Deinocral.
Governor Boles of Iowa will not ncccpt a
cabinet ottico if ono bo offered him , it is said ,
but is putting himself in the race for the
senate to succeed James F. Wilson , whoso
term expires in March , 1BU5. The legislature
which will cheese the senator is to bo elected
this year. Can the republicans beat Boles ?
Wo bcllevo they can and will. Tlio fact ,
however , that Boies carried the state for
governor twice shows that ho has n pull
with the voters. It will not do for the re
publicans to get the notion that they will
have a walk-over.
Atlanta CoiiKtltntton.
Tim wholi ) town turned out yesterday and
pitched Into Lhu snow ;
The pamon lud the nimpus nil ho shouted ,
"Author uo ! "
An' every iiitin ho rolled film up a ball an'
Htarliid In
Vou otur been there , rollers , ju > .t to see the fun
begin !
First , Deacon .Jones , who didn't b'llovo a man
could fall from trrai-o ,
Jc.- , ' lilt lioparon ! In thu buck and snowed him
In thu face ;
An'tho paiMii dropped his MIO\\ball hiscyo
was ivd us blood.
An' wlion ho clinched with Deacon Jones the
deacon' * namu was mud !
Then Duacon Jones' wlfucamoout an' hit the
parson one ,
An'In u second an'n half she had him on the
Then ail went In for llshtln' they fought from
fur an" near !
The mayor jumped on tlio marshal an' Iho
marshal llckud tlio ni'iyor !
Wo don't want no moro .snowballs In IHllvlllo
rlKbt. away ,
Porlmlf tlm town Is laid up now , with doctors
bills to pay ;
Tim underiukur's smllln' as ho hugs his bit olt
Wo'vo had snow enouh ; In Illllvlllu to lust ;
hundred years !
Is It Worth
If you arc sincere in encour
aging honest manufacturers in
giving you pure preparations
instead of worthless ones , at
fair instead of seemingly
cheap price , is it worth the
chance to purchase the dozen
and one adulterated extracts
on the market instead of Dr.
Price's .Delicious Flavoring
Extracts of Lemon , Orange ,
Vanilla , etc. , that impart the
natural flavor of the fruit , and
are endorsed for their purity ,
strength and economy ?
A trial of Dr. Price's Delicious
Flavoring Extracts will prove
a great movement towards
ijood eating , active digestion
and happy homes ,
I'.tnitocn .i.v/ > run K
( ncnrtl of the Scnntnr In Buppnrt of Agri
cultural InlfroMn ,
LINCOLN , Neb. , Jnn -Kpcoli\rrcrram ( \ !
o Tun Hr.n ] The following nrtlclo nppenred
n the State Journal this morning :
"WASIII.NOTO.V. 1) . C. , Jnn. ! U ISllii the
elation In which I stand to tiio nifrlcultural
ntcresta of the country by vlrtuo of my
Hiaitloii at the head of the agricultural work
of thu United States < -cmus thcro is nothing
hat has afforded mo greater satisfaction
linn that the most conspicuous service that
ias been rendered to thorn ) Interested
n cither hoiiso of our national IcpUlaturo
luring recent years has been romlored by n
senator from my own state , thu chair-
nan of tlio senate commlttco on IIRI-I-
culture , Hon. Algernon H. 1'addocU
of Ncbrasita. These services have boon
oconnUed and gratefully acicnowlodjicd
> y the agricultural prc. of the cntlro
country , mid itlsamattcrof no little mirpriso
Hint even the whirligig of political furiuno
should liuvo been c.inablo of evolving n
set of coiHiitbns in which Senator Paddock's
continuance in n imslltrm in whlli ho has
served hli stnto and country with sui'h dl-
.liiKiilshrd ability should bo for one moment
u doubt. If ever there was n time when the
icoplc of n slato. dependent entirely on aijrl-
culture , might bo expected to' sink all
nitior differences nnd rally to
the support of the undaunted champion
of their greatest and most vital Interests ,
.hat tlmu U now nnd that state It
Nebraska. A failure so todnuuuUl consli-
, ute ono of the most remarkable cxomplll'ca-
lens that have ever been witnessed of the
truth of that saying of the j-ivatcst of teach-
: rs , * A prophet is not without honor , save in
ils own country nnd ninong his own pcopln. '
"For any of our democratic "r populist
'rieiids to supjtort Senator 1'addoclc moans
.ho exercise of Judgment , conscience , patriot
ism. Cut while those deslrablo qualities are
shared equally by republicans , oven by those ,
toubtlcss. who have not yet fallen into line ,
: hat Senator Paddock should have every ro-
mbllcan vote in the legislature is but the
oxic of the situation. Making every
illuwaneo for these considerations
which enter into every senatorial election in
the country disappointed expectations ,
lotty jealousies and Individual ambitions -
nen nevertheless cannot help wondering
ihat ono whoso services to thu Industry
which Is the foundation of all other Indus
tries have been so marked should fall to re
ceive the unanimous and unswerving support
of his own party in a state the pros
perity of which is so closely bound
ip with the welfare of the agricultural
community. Party lines are too
sharply drawn , and every inch of ground In
> arty struggles is too keenly contested for
my but the most conspicuously eminent
uul conspicuously honest public services to
be acknowledged beyond the limits of n
nun's own party. But what says Hon. A. J.
Wodderliurn , democratic editor of the Nt1.-
iionnl Farm and Fireside , and chairman of
; ho Virginia State Grange. Patrons of Hus-
j.indry. Listen , my populist friends :
Among tlio men who have stood manfully by
Ilin fimmir.V Interest * In the federal sennit * , a
liody conspicuous tur IU illiivgnrd of thu
rights of tlio tolling mis : > t's of llic country , no
more conspicuous ilsuiv Is presented : n ni-U-
Ing In anil out of season for the welfare of tlin
farmers tliii'i Senator Algernon S. I'lidilock of
Nebraska. Hi : has been n eon.slanl , purslslent
and determined friend of the class upon \ > hoiu
all other classes dcp.-iid for support.
The nrtielo then takes up Senator Pad
dock's record in detail and concludes as fol
lows :
There are few friends of asrrleulture In this
state , and In tlmse , ono , especially such a one as
Senator Paddock , whose grind record In be-
Imlf of the farmers we have partially per
trayed , would bu u national misfortune.
\Vlillo fur distant from his slate , we feel that
not to stale wllat wu know of his work would
simply bo to l > ello ourselves nnd a failure to
honestly stand up for one who courageously ,
earnestly , actively and honestly has never
let an opportunity pass to servo the best , In
terest of I be farmers of onr country.
"Such is the testimony of a close observer
of public affairs and one whoso services to the
cause of agriculture are themselves of a high
order.
"Turn now to the convention of the
National Dairy and Food Commissioners as
sociation , held at the national museum in
this ulty on March ill last. A body of men
moro closely identified with the agricultural
interests of the country could hardly lx >
gotten together. Nearly every state in the
union was represented and democrats and
republicans vied with each other in doing
honor to Senator Paddock , Iho association
placing upon record , in the words of the reso
lution :
"Its grateful appreciation of services ren
dered to I lie country by Sumitor Algernon S.
I'aildock , of ISulirasku , In tlio unfailing tact ,
tlio unremitting vlKllance and the Indomitable
courage and perseverance with wlilcli bo lias
conducted through In various stages In thu
United States senate ( lie bill for the preven
tion of tlio adulteration and mlshrandlng of
food and drags , popularly known us tlio Tad-
dock pure food bill ,
"A dispatch from Lincoln which appeared
In the o.istcrn papers a day or two ago stated
that 'tho inclines of Senator Paddock were
hard at work.1 Those enemies may , for any
thing I know , bo sufficiently numerous and
inllucntial to prevent his return to the
senate , but they cannot dislodge him
from the plaeo ho has won in the
hearts nnd minds of his countrymen by his
consistent nnd determined advocacy of every
measure that bus had for its object the
amelioration of the condition of the masses
of the people , culminating in his champion
ship of the bill with which his name will
always bo especially and honorably identified.
"A word from my own experience , and I
will conclude. During the three years I
have been in Washington I have been
brought Into moro or less intimate relations
with nt least 5J.V ) senators and members of
the house of representatives of tlioVif ty-llrst
and Fifty-second congresses , nnd 1 have yet
to meet a member of either house who is
moro solicitous of the interests of his con
stituents , individual and collective , than
is Senator Paddock. Indeed , there nro few
that will compare with him in that regard
"I have contented myself with statim ;
vrhftl umy not bo poncrnlly Itnown to thonn
upon whom devolves the duty of elcvtliur
Senator IMddock'tt successor. It m unmvM.
snry that 1 should apeak of how tlio stimtor
stood shoulder to shoulder with the htti * Sena
tor Plumb In opposition to those provisions of
the McKlnley bill which seemed to press
with moro or IOM Imnltlilp Uxm | the Rival
agricultural states of the west 1 will only
venture to express the hoiio that the
courage nnd aagnctty which Senator
Paddock tliuu displayed may be ccutlnut d
In the Horvlco of his stnto nnd country nl it
tlmo when so many sorlousily social ntul
ivoiiomlo problems nro pr-vsalng for uolti-
tiou.
: tiosmt' .
One nephew of Hdwln Hooth , named Sid-
uey. Is In the company of the Boston mu *
iiium. Another is .lunlus Brutus Booth , now
with Marlon Manula , nnd n third , C'rcstou
Clarke , U engaged nt Daly's. Tney uru
father promising youngsters , but none of the
throe has\et , shown genius.
13. It Sothcrn Ls but ! fl years of atrc. Al
though of Kngllsh larcntagc , he ua.s born
in the United Slates , nnd most of his
dramatic experience and nil of bh success
have tioen gained with American audiences.
Ills birthplace was Now Orleans , his term
of residence them six weeks , and his llrst
return to Hint city hist year
Lottn has changed her plans She Intended
to take a trip tu California this month , but
she has reconsidered that determination ,
nnd will remain in Xew York umU-r her phy
sician's care. She is Improved in health but
she is by no means well yet. Her friends
hope- and expect that by next autumn she
will bo nblo to return to the stage
It is definitely stated tliiitSaint-Saens will
come to America this spring to t.ikc p.irt in
the musical program of the World's fair Ho
will conduct six concerts an 1 recitals be
tween May ' . " .I and June IS Among tin-
works to 1x3 presented are his setting of the
Nineteenth psalm , to bo given by a largo
chorus and his organ symphony , during tlio
performance of which ho will phj the organ.
Mascagnl was recently asked by a ncwi
p.iper interviewer If ho had any special niiui
or views regarding the music of the future
In Italy He resi-onded nfllrmntlvcly , saying
"I want always to be true , oven to bo realis
tic , but 1 want novcr to lose beauty. I don't
know how to pu't it unite accurately , but I
can't express myself better than by saying
that \ should like to do for Italian muslo
something of what Wngncr did for German
1 endeavor alwavs to portray in my music
the emotion of the instant and to prescrvo
always the ideal of Italian melody.
.SIM Ti : l > KI'OSlTOIllK. < i.
STOCKHAM , Neb. . Jan. 'JO. To the Kditor of
THE Br.u : Now that the question of stale
and county depositories , and ofilcinl bonds of
treasurers , is tinder consideration , why
would It not be a peed Idea to have the law
so amended as to ruiuiro , or at least permit ,
the acceptance of guarantee companies as
sureties !
When the leading men of n locality are on
n treasurer's bond and n defalcation ensues
there are strong iniluences brought to bear
( ns In the Into Adams county all'airi to effect
a compromise by which the bondsmen nro
cnsod up , nnd the public boar the loss. With
nn eastern corporation as surety then ) would
bo no such pressure. Besides , the treasurer ,
under thu present system , is not free to act
as his Judgment may say Is best , but be is , in
n largo measure , controlled and the public
funds manipulated to suit the wishes of his
bondsmen , who usually handle the surplus
money. Evidently the present system It
not n perfect one. J. D. KVAXS
Initpoclliif ; the Syntom.
SAX ANTONIO , Tux. , Jan. ! ? . ) . Colonel U F
Crocker , llrst vice president nnd General
Manager Krutnicht of the Southern Pacific
left here at noon yesterday for a tour of in
spection over the San Antonio it Aransas
Pass system. Colonel Crocker stated that
the formal transfer of the Ar.ums Pass to
the Southern Pacific company would bo
made In a fowdnya.
SO31K T11UT1IH HI'IHiKX IX J/J.SI1.
Troy 1'ress : An escaping prisoner seldom
begs pardon for the liberty lie takes.
linltlimiro American : I.UIIK stoppage will
boon succeed heart failure In medical cln le *
Now Orleans I'lcayune : Tlio man who Inis
no aim In life Is never ready lo maku a lilt
when opportunity Hirers.
Illnaliiiinton Lender : It must botbls snlttiiR
upof drinks that Is upsetting ho many of our
young men.
Itoehoster Democrat : A , lim"1.1,1"i' ! ' w.mi1'1 '
steal bay would probably do so with ( lie hopu
of getting out on ball If arrested.
llrooklyn I.lfo : Oeorge-I wonder why Ktliol
calls mo her chrysanthemum1 ! lllnkshhu
may have discovered the faclthut you luiveii t
u cunt.
Washington Htnr : "What you need , " said
the aeronaut to tlio balloon , "Is a good blowIng -
Ing up. "
_
Chlcngo News : X.-Wlml's the dlin.rence
between a bnru and a boor ?
V. Ono doesn't know how to bo a gentleman
nnd tlio other knows bow but doesn't want U )
be onu.
_
Philadelphia Record : "This Is n vnnn struK-
glo , " as the br.u/.o said after trying and fall
ing lo turn tlio weathercock.
Columbus Test : A mini Is tlio architect of
bis own ropiltallon-iuiii often puts up a Job nu
othur man would takeoff his bunds.
TIM : iNTitowrcTiox.
JJroirnfiiy , Kinti .t Co. ' * MonlMu.
O'er tlio Ine , reverberating ,
Wo were Indolently ( "killing.
1'nst fiieb oilier oft wo glided ;
She felt shy nnd I think I did.
And I fondly wished I .know bor ,
When 1 got a "knock down lo her
.Suddenly i no words were spoken ,
Hut I'm auru "tho Ice was broken.
Largest Manufacturer * mil
of Olotblus In tun WorU.
Can't stand long
That wall can't that's between the Benson store and
ours , anil our goods
can't stand the dust
long that'll be raised
when we begin to di
through. We can't stand
to have many goods
dusted that way , hence
these prices :
Men's suits $8.50 , $10 , $12.50 , $13.50 , $15. $16.50 up.
Men's overcoats $8.50 , $10 , $12.50 , $13.50 , $15 up.
Men's trousers $1.50 , $2 , $2.50 , $3 , $3.50 , $4 up.-
Hoys' long pant suits $5 , $6.50. $7.50 , $8.50 up.
Boys' overcoats $5 , $6.50 , $7.50 , $8.50 up.
Child's 2-piece suits $2 , $2.50 , $3 , $3.50 , $4 , $5 up.
Child's overcoats $5.50 , $ < t , $5 , $6.50 up.
Child's knee pants 50c , 75c , $1 up.
Star waists 50c , 75c , $1.
Perfect goois , all of them , you know that
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store oncn every ovpnlnj till 831 J yCOf / , 16tu 811(1 ( DOllgldS St