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8WOKN STATEMENT OK CIUUULATION
Ktnlp of'Nebraska , I
County ot Douglas , f
Ororco II. TzsoliticV. secretary of THE HRK
rubllxmii ; ; company , dofssolBiiinly swear that
tin ; tictual circulation of Tun D.MI.Y UKK for
Ilipwnck ending January i8 ! , 1893 , was as
follows :
Hnmliiy , January 22 2GOfi2
Monday , .Innuary 23 23,777
Tupsdny. Jiuiliary 24 23,024
Wcdnoisdny. January 20 23,883
Tluirsdiiv , JaniKirv 20 23,009
Friday , January 27 23,097
Saturday , January 2M 24,300
OKOltdi : I ) . TZSOIIUOK.
Sworn to before mo un.l miliscrlbod In my
prosonro tills 2Sth day nf January , 1H93.
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Avrriign Clrriilutlnii lor Dccl'lnhcr , 24A20
STATK SKXATOU CLAHKR , through
illness , Is mlnning lots of fun at Lincoln
just now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE Pullman Palace Car company is
showing great staying qualities in its
tax contest with Omaha.
THREE times within as many years has
Honest .Tohn Powers been within eye-
viliot of tliu goal of his vain ambition ,
only to see his air castles totter and fall.
IT IS hard to decide whether it is
hotter for a farmer to have hogs or
vegetables to sell this winter. Ho can
rcali'/o handsomely on either.
ELDER got up in joint convention
yesterday to toll the people that ho had
always tried to do what was right.
Some one ought to Impress upon his
mind the fact that ho ought to try again.
SOME of the parties to the St. Louis
beer fight threaten to reduce the price
to 25 cents a barrel. The brewers of St.
Louis Bcem to have great faith in their
water supply.
THE state pays enough to insure per-
foot proofreading of all printed legisla
tive bills. A perusal of some of the
printed hills suggests the idea that the
proofreader is doing his work by proxy.
IT WOULD bo easy to find plenty of
American women who would not liavo
.given up as easily as Qucou Liliuoka-
lanl did if they had been in her place.
She never could succeed in Kansas poli
tics.
DAN Lament will have to sacrifice a
pTml'tion worth 82o,000 a year to go into
the cabinet , but when ho gets out ho
will make up the loss fast enough. The
advertisement will bo worth more than
it will cost.
IT is noticeable that when the people
become very weary of senatorial dead
locks they begin to talk about electing
senators by direct vote. The popular
sentiment in favor of the latter plan has
grown deoidcdly in several states this
winter.
ANOTHER effort will bo made in a few
days to got n vote on the Torroy bank
ruptcy bill in the house of representa
tives. Inasmuch as the measure seems
Buro of passage , ita delay Is inexcusable.
The people want the law and should not
bo disappointed.
. IT BEGINS to look like the lesser depositors
positors of the defunct Capital bank of
Lincoln will goon receive 100 cents on
the dollar. If there bo any means possi
ble whereby immediate relief may bo
given those poor people It should bo
adopted without delay.
THE great increase in the quantity of
lumber cut in the northwest during 1892
indicates that the timber supply of that
region must , in the nature of things , bo
exhausted before many years. At the
present rateof forest destruction the
lumber problem is likely to bo an im
portant ono to generations not very re
moto.
THE Nebraska legislators must not
Imagine that they have a corner on all
the atato craft in this part of the world.
The assembled lawmakers of South
Dakota now have a prohibition fight , a
university squabble and a railroad
racket on their hands , and at last ae-
.counts were reaohlng out after more
grief. _ _ _ _ _ _ . _
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THE Panama canal disclosures ought
to strengthen rather thun weaken the
French republic. It will effectually dispose -
pose of a largo number of dangerous
mon and will btimulato public virtue by
making the people more watchful of
mon In places of power and trust. The
loss is great , but the gain may prove to
bo great also.
THE pr03ldont-olect ha'committed
himself on ono subject of considerable
interest to applicants for pnstolllcea. Ho
Buys that it Is not his intention to ap
point men who served during his previous
vious administration , Ho proposes to
pass around the rewards of democrat !
loyalty and give all of the bays a chance
ns far as the number of ofilaoj ut his
command will permit.
AN UNFORTUNATE state of things has
coino about through the decision of the
state superintendent that the use of the
public school fund for the nmlutonanca
of a teachers training institute is Illegal
Salaries amounting to nearly 8500 are
duo and the school board dees not knov
how the money la to bo raised to pay
thorn. It la not wise to take too mucl :
/or granted in the expenditure of public
/uuda.
ACQVI81T10N
A greater part of the territory of the
.Tnlled States has boon acquired by pur-
IIUKO or annexation. Probably the most
mportunt occurrence under the first
idmlttlBtrutlon of Jefferson waa that
'elating to the purcha.se and admission
if Louisiana , comprising much of the
.orrltory west of the Mississippi and
iouth of the Missouri. In 1600 Louisiana
ivas ceded by Spain to franco and in
80't it became a possession of the Unltcrf
states on the payment of $15,000-
WO to Franco. The direct quos-
Ion of territorial acquisition
ivns now presented for the llrst tlmo and
tvns a sotirco of heated controversy bo-
the republican and federalist
[ Hirtios of that day as to the power of the
overnmcnt to acquire terVltory. Jef-
'crson did not pretend that there was
onstitutionnl warrant for the action of
ds administration , but the treaty was
llnnlly ratified by the sciuite , while the
IOUMO adopted a resolution for currying
ho treaty into effect.
The next territory acquired by pur-
jlmso was that of Florida , in 181 ! ) , for
ivhlch the consideration was $ r > ,000-
WO , representing the claims of
iVmurican citi/.ens against Spain ,
, ho United States also giving up its
ilaim to Toxns and the Klo Grande as its
ivestern boundary. In 1S.TT Texas , bnv-
ng revolted as a Mexican province , bo-
- amu nn Independent republic , receiving
ecognition from loading European
) owor.s. Negotiations wore begun for
itnnexation to the United States and this
onstltuted ono of the main issues in the
n-esidontial contest of 1841. The cir
cumstances leading up to the annexation
of Texas , without the formality of
i treaty , and its admission as
: i state in 18to , make a most
ntcrosting chapter of history and one
.vhioh . it is hardly possible will over bo
'cpeated. ' The conditions of the pur
chase of Alaska , which followed the
precedents In the cases of Louisiana and
Florida , are familiar.
Of these several territorial ncquisi-
.iona the only ono that oilers the least
ircuodunt for the proposed annexation
of Hawaii is that of Texas , and this
'ails in some important respects. Ono is
-hut Texas bad arocognixed government
was , in fact , an independent nation
: md therefore possessed very right to
enter into negotiations for becoming a
mrt of the United States. It cannot
fairly bo claimed for the provisional gov
ernment of Hawaii that it has any such
standing before the world. Nothing is
known as to the real character of that
government , its responsibility , its true
relations to the people and its ability to
naintain peace and order and carry out
whatever treaty or other engagements it
nay bo called upon to make. It may
sfand as long as it is supported by
the armed forces of the United
States , but who can say that it would
lold out an hour if these were with
drawn , or if an equal force hostile to it
should bo sent to the islands from some
other country ?
The Hawaiian commissioners to this
overnment say that they want the pro
tection of the United States and some
form of government that will bb satis
factory and profitable to both countries.
They object to a territorial form as not
liberal enough , and to a government
like that of the states as impracti
cable. Their suggestion is for a
system of government similar
to that of the British colonies. This the
United States could not give them. Our
constitution authorizes no such plan of
government. The fact is that the more
carefully this matter is considered the
more evident it becomes that the only
wise , safe and practicable course for the
United States is to continue to guarantee
the autonomy of the Hawaiian islands
and to interfere no further In their af
fairs than Is necessary to the fullest pro
tection of American interests thoro.
CLRVRbASt ) AXD KILVKR.
It has been known for some time that
Mr. Cleveland is'deeply interested in
the silver question. Ever since the re
assembling of congress after the holiday
recess the president-elect has been rep
resented in Washington by persons au-
thoriy.od to urge in his behalf the repeal
of the silver purchasfc act. Ho has hold
numerous conferences with party loaders
in which this subject was considered.
Both persuasion and threats ' have
boon employed to inlluoneo the free
silver democrats In congress. These
representatives have boon given to
understand that if they hoped to receive
any consideration from the next admin
istration they must conform their action
to the wishes of Mr. Cleveland regarding
silver.
The efforts of the agents of the presi
dent-elect appeared to produce very lit- '
tie effect. There have been reports
that a few of the free silj'cr democrats
were willing to unconditionally aecedo
to his demand for the repeal of the sil
ver purchase law , but the great majority
of them declined to do so unless assured
of some substitute legislation that
would bo equally favorable to
silver. Mr. Cleveland Is paid
to have regarded this failure to entice
or coerce acquiescence in his views with
great displeasure , and it is not to bo
doubted that such is the caso. Ho has
marked the mon , so. it has been re
ported , who have dared to disregard his
wishes and allowed It to bo understood
that they would bo excluded from the
favor of the incoming administration.
It appears that Mi * . Cleveland has
finally determined to adopt a radical
course in this mattor. Ho has sent to
Washington ono of his most trusted
lieutenants , Mr. Don M. Dickin
son , with authority to say to
the recalcitrant democratic congress
men that they must choose between the
alternatives of a repeat of the silver
purchase law by the present congress
and an extra session of the Fifty-thi rd
congress within n month from the ad
vent of the now administration. The
prosldout-olcct could not more strongly
attest his anxiety upon this subject , and
the effect of his ultimatum will bo
awaited with great and general Interest.
According to Mr. Dickinson , who un
questionably voices the vlo.wd of his
chief , Mr. Cleveland regards the silver
question as * taking precedence of all
others intmmedlato Importance , nnd ho
urges that it must bo disposed ot In ad
vance of every other question.
What proportion of the democrats in
congress not already favorable to aban
doning the putrhasa of silver uncondi
tionally will bo Induced to vote against
their convictions by the threat of nn
extra ncsslonV Judging from the in
effectual efforts thus far w bring these
representatives to the support of the
wishes of Mr. Cleveland ho has not
much to hope for from his latest attempt
to coerce them , for while nn extra session
of the next congress , culled within thirty
days after the expiration of the present
congress , ml ht bo very objectionable-
and Inconvenient to many of these rep
resentatives , this will not weigh much
against the consideration of betraying
their constituents and running the risk
of being retired two years hence. It
would seem safe to conclude , therefore ,
that the democrats In congress who rep
resent free silver constituencies , and
these are the majority , will very gener
ally refuse to accede to the demand for
an unconditional repeal of the sllvor-
purchase act , and this Is what Mr. Cleve
land wants. The probability Is that ho
will have another experience of the re
jection by his party of his wishes re
garding silver.
STOCK tlKdiUl'TS COMI'AIWD
The monthly report of the secretary
of the Union Stock Yards company gives
the receipts and shipments complete for
the month of January this year and
compares them with the receipts nnd
shipments for the sujne month last year.
The total receipts of stock during the
month were as follows : Cattle , 87,014 ;
hogx , 120,175 ; sheep , 10,004 ; horses and
mules , 150 ; total number of cars , 5,508. ,
Last year the report for the correspond
ing month made the following showing :
Cattle , 58,138 , ; hogs , 201,557 ; sheep , 11-
774 ; horses and mules , 102 ; total
number of curs , 5,700. It will bo scon
that there has been a great falling olt In
the receipts of hogs this your , amounting
to 81iS2 ; head. This extraordinary re
duction in the hog receipts makes the
total number of cars of all stock about
200 less this year than last , notwith
standing that the receipts of euttlo ex
ceeded thono of January last year by
29,470 head. South Omaha never has
been a great sheep market , but an In
crease of about 5,000 head last month
over the receipts of January last year
shows a decidfiil improvement in this
respect.
D'i'hero are two facts presented by this
report which have u bearing upon the
boom in the hog market during the past
few weeks. The large fulling olT in re
ceipts during a period of such phenome
nally high prices would alone indicate
that the available supply of porkers in
the hands of farmers was small , and this
view is still further confirmed by the
fact that the average weight of hogs
marketed last month was 212 pounds as
against 24 ! ) pounds for the same period
lust year. This .seems to prove that the
farmers have not only sold out their
stock of full weight animals , but
have also turned into money a great
many that were not up to what would bo
considered firstrcluss condition in ordi
nary years. It is interesting to note that
the falling off in the average weight of
hogs marketed last month amounts in
the aggregate to 841,225 pounds , the
value of which at 8 cents n pound would
bo SG7,2 ! > 8. It thus appears that the
si'Hing.of hogrf bjforo they uro entirely
fit for market Is not without its disad
vantages to offset high prices.
.The bulk of these largo receipts of
stock is taken by the packing houses of
South Omalia the total shipments of
cattle from the stock yards last month
being 2T,7.'t7 and the number slaughtered
by the local concerns being 01,079. Of
hogs 14,512 were shipped awuy and 100-
709 wore taken by the local packers.
The average in this respect was about
the sumo last month us in January
last .
year.
_ _
THERE is encouragement for the
growers of sugar beets in Nebraska
in the fact that the business continues
to bo exceedingly profitable in Califor
nia with a vastly increased production.
The refined sugar produced in that stuto
lust year amounted to 2:5,000,000 : pounds ,
whereas in 1891 it reached only 8,000,000
pounds. The largo production bus not
injured the market and the farmers are
making more money by beet raising
than by any other brunch of agriculture.
In NobraHka the sdil and elimato have
been demonstrated to be highly favor
able to beet culture and there Is reason
to believe that it will become ono of the
most profitable Industries in the tato.
THE difference between the estimated
and the actual cost of public buildings is
usually great , but in the case of the big
capitol building for which the taxpayers
of the state of Now York are paying the
excess of the cost over the estimate is
simply stupendous. About $20,000,000
have already been spent on a structure
that was expected to cost $1,000,000 , and
it is thought that the sum yet to bo laid
out on it will not exceed 81,000,000. The
corner stone of the building was laid In
1871 , and It is now expected that it will bo
completed in 1897. Of all the swindles
over perpetrated upon a patient and
long suffering people this is the worst.
THE question of World's fair rates is
ono that still disturbs the railroad ruto
makers. It is hard for them to dccido
whether it is bettor to ullow u lurgo
number of people to visit the oxposltioi
or to limit the attendance to these who
have plenty of money. The railroad
companies uro in a position to settle this
question In their own way , but they will
make a mistake if they permit their
greed to inlluoneo them too much. A
largo number of passengers at reduced
rates would bo more profitable than a
small number ut high rates and the
effect of such a policy would not bo entirely
tiroly temporary.
THE public statement , from what mus
bo regarded us a responsible source , tliu
n revolutionary outbreak In Canada is
imminent , huving for its object separa
tion from the Imperial government uni
annexation to the United States , can
hardly full to excite greut popular inter
est both in this country and the Domin
ion. The authority for this statement Is
no less a person than Mr. Don M. Dick
inson , who was postmudtor genqrul in
the cabinet of President Cleveland and
will probably occupy a conspicuous
.position near to the incoming admin
istration. AH quoted by THE BEE'S
Washington conWpondont , Mr. Dlokln-
ion Htatcd that1 ho known of certain
ilnns which wtl bjKwinuturo in Canada ,
.lid that ho would not be mirprlsod to
icon revolution" hi that country nt any
, Imo. Ho until ( wither that ho hnd posl-
, lvo knowledge , } hnt plnns In that dlrec-
.Ion are being nuulo , nnd that measures
jf co-oporntlon nr < ) ' making hero. This
Is cortulnly HomjMvfwt startling Informn-
lion , nnd the iruthorlty for It does not
permit It to bo ijeinrded ns Incredible.
Mr. Dickinson is very close to Mr. Clove-
nnd. Ho cxprO cd himself ns.ln favor
if the nnnoxntlorfr of Hnwnil. Ho evl-
Icntly Is favorable to annoxlng Canada ,
las Mr. Cleveland determined to make
extension of the territory of the United
States a policy of his administration ?
IN THE Cnniulltin Pnrlltuncnt on Mon-
ny tbo government \vns severely criti-
isotl for practicing n pulley Unit was
illcgcd to bo driving tbo young men
f tbo Dominion into tbo United States.
There is some justice in such orltlelsm ,
jut ns n mutter 'of ' fnet the young men of
? nnnduennnot help being nttrneted to
his country , without regard to the
> olioy pursued by their own government.
t is impossible for them to close thol r
lyes to the fnetthnt the people of the
United States nro nuro prosperous than
, hose of the Dominion.
A GEORGIA newspaper says thnt the
'armors of that state have learned a
dear lesson from experience in raising
sotton and nothing olso. They n-o
jolng to try their luck with other crops
o some extent and plant less cotton.
Diversified agriculture is needed all
over the south ) and In largo portions of
.ho west it would benefit the farmer ,
lupplly the ono crop idea is no longer
n great favor among the agriculturists
of Nebraska.
A VALUED policy law mudo to apply
o personal property may not bo to the
best interests of the state. At any rate ,
Senator Polk should see to it that his
1)111 does not promise to pay high pre
miums on arson. There are men in this
world who ought to bo prohibited from
carrying any fire insurance.
A Corner nn rintorrntH.
/MtHaimjmlfg Journal.
iVftor Millionaires Murphy and Mitchell ,
as dcmocratir senators , follows James Smith ,
r. , of Now Jcrsuy , "very wealthy. " And
yet democratic leaders on the stump will
continue to denounce the senate as a inil-
ionaircs club ,
o
Only nn Indian Object I.rnson.
licatrlik K-rjircM.
The Indian who Bat in the speaker's chair
in the houao of representatives the otlior
Jay for a low minutes nmused himself by
poking the pavcl into his mouth. The idcn
that a Ravel may bo used as a gag is not
original with this Indian , however.
Will ( Jrovor 'Take ' the Illut ?
difWi/o Mall.
Wo have so far refrained from piving Mr.
lloveland any ndvits.c , as to the makeup of his
caoinet or the tenor ( ? f Ms forthcoming mes
sage , but concerning tlio latter wo would
meekly suggest that if ho wants any ono but
the proofreaders tq , read it ho should cut it
short. , ,
Justtro ( Juttliifj u Move On.
Detroit 'free Vrcss.
During the extrjjmely cold weather the
coal dealers of IiocliostornN. \ . , ran prices
up so high that poor people could scarcely
carry the burden imposed. The grand Jury
has indicted n number of them , nnd the
country will anxiously watch the ways of
justice in that city. " *
e. -
Down with the Triuts.
Kew I'D k IterMil.
Ono thing should bo made perfectly clear ,
and that is that trusts shall not bo allowed
to undermine the business welfare of the
country and prey upon the people with im
punity. They arc deadly foes to legitimate
tnido and popular interests which should
bo condemned by the voice of the people ana
suppressed by the law of the land.
The Whining I'nklr.
Norfolk A'eu-g.
Ils a chilli' very chilly day when the
World-Herald forgets to whine about some
act of the presentadministration. . At pres
ent it is finding fault -with General Wana-
maker for not making the Columbian stump"
smaller. Had the stamp boon as small as
Hitchcock's soul the Herald would have
kicked just the same forsomething smaller.
Ucntli in it Hiicoril Breaker.
filiilie-Dcinomit.
The death roll of eminent Americans for
the first month of 189S Qcnoral Benjamin F.
Butler , ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes ,
Justice Lucius Q. C. l amar , James G. Blaine ,
General Abuer Uoubloday , Senator John B ,
Kduna , Mrs. Martha J. Lamb , the historical
writer , and Judge James Campbell , who was
postmaster general in Piorco's cabinet was
seldom If ever equaled in the number of its
distinguished names in u single month.
A 1'iUrlotlc Stlnnihuit.
Ctm-lmmf ! Commercial.
It does the patriot's heart good to hear the
announcement of a new American steamship
line , or , rather , the now naming of nn old
line , the Inman. Now vessels of the Ameri
can line uro to bo built in American ship.
yards and sail under stars and stripes. Al
ready have orders been given for two of the
largest passenger steamships in the world.
A now York paper declares that the name
"of itself will attract thousands of passen
gers. "
The JltiHlnoM of Hunk Wrecking.
Chicago A'cics ,
A bank failure in Nebraska which has at'
traded a quantity of attention out of projwr
tlou to the amount involved serves to remind
ono that certain crimes are committed with
amazing facility. Perhaps there is u laxncss
of the public- conscience respecting the bus !
ness of bank wrecking ; perhaps the turpitude
tudo involved in conducting u bank reck
lessly and dishon'ustly , yet in such a way us
to catch the public confidence , is not re
garded with suniflc'jyt ' seriousness.
I'urty 1'rato Almiit IMutocruU.
l' rtlaill Oreunnlcin.
The dornocratio-'party is fond of railing
against plutocrats , but it never misses the
chance to elect ono tu onico over a poor but
honest and capablcl'soldior ' and statesman
lilto General Kdwurd It. Bragg of the old
iron brigade. John L. Mitchell , Just chosen
senator from Wisconsin over the man whoso
speech g.ivo Clovolund the Chicago nomina
tion In OS34 , has nobhin to recommend him
but his inherited Millions neither intel
lectual powers norj publics experience ; nor
oven business capaplty. Ho has not oven
the merit of having made his own money ,
lilto the millionaire' lie succeeds. He will bo
a inoro cipher lntJio ; sonito , as ho w.is a
mere cipher in Wisconsin till the death of
Alexander Mitchell gave him a vast corrup
tion fund to buy democratic adulation ,
In Their O\m Trap.
SI I'luieer-Frtxi \ ,
The democratic party has been brought nt
last to the verge of confessing that Its out
cry against Speaker Heed and his rules was
baseless , and that the tyranny which has
boon substituted for it by the present rules
of the house is oven less endurable , Theru
Is no election near nt hand now. so the party
organs can afford to confess the truth ; and
the contrast between their opinion of a sys
tem of procedure that will enable-the house
to do business and their opinion of it ex
pressed in IS'.K ) is very amusing. The other
day it was the bankruptcy bill which was up
for consideration , with at least two-thirds
of tha. members of the house in favor of its
passage. But Mr. Ivllgoro , representing the
tremendous morcantllo interests of u district
in Texas , had objections : and Mr. Kllgoro ,
like another gentleman from the sainu state ,
was a "bigor" mau thun all the others put
together.
mt miuvt.n iti.niiMniit ,
'IrdjjrOlmt ' tin I'utllllml or ttio IVtrljr On line
no t llopn In ( , 'iintlniin In Power.
Republican members of the legisla
ture must mnko nn effort to rodooin the
: ) ledgcs made by the party to the
nbarors nnd producers of this state In
ts several platforms or bccimo re-
iponslblo for Inevitable dls.uler. Party
ilatforms cither mean something or
they mean nothing. They are olthor an
lonest declaration of party principles
mid a true enunciation of pledges In
'avor of reforms demanded by the pen
ile or they are a delusion nnd a snaro.
The republican platforms of 181)3 ) , IS'.jl '
ind 181)2 ) pledge the party to specific
eglslation in the interest of the laborer
and producer. The platform of 181)3 )
contains the following plank In favor of
'allway ' regulation and the abolition of
railroad pass brlbory.
Wo demand the reduction of freight and
passenger rates on railroads to correspond
with rates now prevailing in the adjacent
states to the Mississippi , and wo further
ilemand that the legislature shall abolish nil
[ lasses and free transportation on railroads
excepting for employes ot railroad com
panies.
The platform of 1890 also pledges the
party to enact laws for the regulation
of ol6vators and the prohibition of dis
crimination against any class of ship
pers. The plunk on this subject reads
us follows :
Owners of public elevators that receive
nnd handle grain for storage should ho de
clared public warehquscmon and compelled
inder penalty to receive , store , ship and
iiaudlo the grain of all persons alike , with
out discrimination , the 'stato regulating
charges for stnrago and inspection. All
railroad companies should bo required to
switch , haul , handle nnd receive and ship
the grain of all persons , without discrimi
nation.
The platform of 1891 embodies the
following plunk :
Wo nro heartily in favor of the general .
provisions of the interstate commerce act ,
ind wo demand the regulation of all railway
and transportation lines in such a manner as
to insure fair and reasoirihlo rates to the
producers and consumers of the country.
The platform of lSU2upon 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 the 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 farmers of our state who constitute
the chiet element of our productive wealth
creating population , are entitled to the cheap
est and best facilities for storing , shipping
and marketing their products , and to this cud
wo favor such laws as will give them clicapl
safe and easily obtained elevator and ware
house facilities , and will furnish them
promutly and without discrimination just
and equitable rates , nnd proper transporta
tion facilities for all accessible markets.
Wo demand the enactment of laws regu
lating 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 fix local
passenger and freight rates.
On the question of labor and the pro
hibition of Pinkerton police Jtho party
stands pledged in the following planks :
We deplore the occurrence of any conflict
between labor and capital. Wo denounce
the agitation of demagogues designed to
foment nnd intensify these conflicts , awl 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 preserve -
servo the peace , and favor the establishment
in some form of boards or tribunals of con
ciliation nnd arbitration for the peaceful
settlement of dlspu'es botwoen'eapital and
labor touching wages , hours of labor and
such questions as apportiiu to the safety
and physical and moral well being of the
laboring man.
Wo bcliovo in protecting the laboring men
by all necessary nnd judicious legislation ,
and to this end wo favor the enactment of
suitable laws to protect health , life nnd limb
of all the employes of the transportation ,
mining and manufacturing companies while
engaged in the service of such companies.
Will the republican members of the
legislature stand up for Nebraska and
the republican party , and redeem the
solemn pledge made to the people , or will
they heed the appeals of corporation
mercenaries and become recreant to
their trust ?
This is the last chance the republican
party has for regaining popular confi
dence. It must either keep faith with
the people or disband nnd lot some other
party assume the reins of power.
I'JiOI'ZK OF XOTK.
While Mgr. Satolli is familiar as a reader
with several languages , ho is able to converse -
verso frcoly In Italian only.
Senator Turplo speaks eight languages ,
and there are times when ho needs them all
to express his opinions upon the statesman
ship to which ho has to listen.
Edwin Holmes , the discoverer of the comet
In Andromeda , which has attracted much at
tention during the last three or four months ,
is an amateur astronomer , living in Isling
ton , London.
Pcrtorzo Irnchzlzkowskolowski Is a Sail
Francisco cabinet maker nnd Pertorjo
Zumchzizkomskekowlowskl is a Buffalo
boiler maker. Their names consolidated
would m.iko a flrst-ruto clothesline.
The month of January , 1803 , is almost with
out parallel for the number of its deaths of
notable Americans. Among them are ex-
President Hayes , Justice Laniar , General
Butler , Bishop Brooks , Senator ICenna and
now Mr. Blaino.
According to a poll taken a few days ago
there are in the house of the 7/est Virginia
legislature ! iO farmers , 10 lawyers , 0 mer
chants , 2 physicians , 3 editors , ! 1 miners , 1
manufacturer , 1 contractor , 1 miller , 1 clerk ,
1 teacher. In the senate there uro 11
farmers , 7 lawyers , I capitalist , 1 liveryman ,
1 grain dealer and 1 manufacturer.
In 1842 James G. Blaine , then n boy of 12
years , was living in the family of a relative ,
Hon. Thomas Kwlng , at Lancaster , O. At
that tlmo there was in the town of Somer
set , twenty miles from Lancaster , n young
ster , then just a year old , who was destined
to become as famous in his way ns the
Blaine boy. Thu other youngster was Philip
Henry Sheridan.
It was one of the late Senator ICcnna's
ambitions to photograph a door on the run.
Finally ho had some boys to go into the
bushes to start up the deer , nnd ho had his
hand on the bulb which governed the camera
ready to press it when the animal should ap
pear. As he heard it crashing through the
brush , however , ho dropped the bulb and
picked up his gun. As the deer sprang
forth ho killed It.
Washington Hosing , who Is thought to
have an equal chance with Carter II. Harri
son for the democratic mayoralty nomina
tion In Chicago , is the editor nnd proprietor
of the Staats-Xoltung of that city , probably
the most Important German newspaper man
In the country outsldo of Now York City.
Ho was born in Cincinnati In 119. and after
being graduated at Yale studied ut Heidel
berg for two or three year * .
General Butler's law practice Is said to
have yielded him about $50,000 a year for
several yours , and hU incoinu from this and
other BouroM somotlmca readied twlco tlmt
lljruro , Ho s | > ont money freely , liowovor , for
political purK | > si's , An Intimate frletul of
the general tells a Washington reporter thnt
f IOO.IXK ) was Invested In each of his guberna
torial nunpalKtm. uml that ho had to mort-
gngu his homo wlum ho was n presidential
candidate.
.V/7/I/M.S/M Afil ) bKl
A ledge of Odd Fellows Is soon to bo
organized nt Kills , Gn o county.
The churches nt York worn never so well
attended * ns they have been this year.
A pralrlo lire. In the southern part of
Hitchcock'county burned over hundreds of
acres of winter feed , but no other damage Is
reported.
Donne college trustees voted not to consider
any proposition to change the location of the
institution from Crete to some other point la
the state.
The Lincoln Journal went Intoscml-mourn-
Ing by "turning a rule" on the page announc
ing the nomination of Thurston by the re
publican caucus.
P. M. Wall , the Harvard merchant who re
cently made nn assignment , has again opened
his store and resumed business , after com
promising with his creditors.
A wandering tribe of the Omaha Indians
Is in camp south of Kearney. Chief Whltn
Bear , who is with the redskins , Is well
known In Buffalo county by the early settlers
tlors , as ho dealt largely In buffalo hides
twenty years airo. Quo of the braves
walked Into Judge Brown's house and
wanted to take his Infant child.
While taking earo of stock Harry North of
Harvard was kicked by a horse , almost sev
ering his nose from his face nnd bruising his
right cheek bone. A physician was called ,
who was obliged to take several stitches to
keep the wounded member In place. Hols
In quite a critical condition , and If ho recov
ers his face will bo badly marred.
t/OII.V lllT.l. .l.V/J I1IH 11T.VFF.
Chicago News : If there Is anything that
will malto Hawaii seem Immensely dcslrnblo
In American eyes It Is the remark of some
British persons that wo can't have-it.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : No holy alli
ance Interference will be tolerated In the
Sandwich Islands In the closing years of the
century any more than it was In the Spanish-
American republics tn the early years of the
century. Over them shall wave their own
Hag or the United States Hag. Kurope
must keep Its hand olt Hawaii.
Now York Hecorder : Hullo I A London
Journal , the Daily Telegraph , says Impu
dently and insolently : "Wo could not allow
the United States to annex the Islands , even
If the established policy ut Washington per
mitted the Idea to be entertained. " Hawaii
is the subject under discussion. If wo shall
deem it best to annex the islands wo shall
not ask the permission of England to do so.
Chicago Post : Hawaii may or may not
bo u desirable acquisition , but whatever it is
and whatever its relations to the United
States may become , England shall not inter
fere ; or , If she attempts it , she shall pay the
cost. John Bull , the most conscienceless
land thief and the most impudent bniggard
and bluffer in Christendom hands off 1 Mind
your own business ! Wo are curtain there
is no dillercuLU of opinion in America on that
score.
New York Sun : To England , Hawaii
would bo an immensely valuable link in the
chain that binds her empire. TJio islands
are the llrst and most Important station be
tween the western terminus of her great
military railroad , the Canadian Paciilc , and
both Australia and India. To us. Hawaii is
the natural outpost in the Pacllic of
America's system of national defense , the
safeguard of 'America's western commerce In
the twentieth century , the station of our
war ships and the rcfugo of our merchant
marine. Will England hesitate if she gets
the chauco't Not : yi Instant. But shall she
have the opportunity which circumstances ,
for once in close accord with natural right ,
national iwllcy , and manifest destiny , bring
llrst to us ?
JOICKltS.
ChlcaKO adds to her collection of antiques
the following moss-covered Joku , palmed oil' on
a dofuiiseloss public by tliu Mall :
' 1'at , pfwhoro are yuz goln ? "
'To emigrate. "
'I'fwhero to ? "
'To a town wlioro I shall always feel at homo
w urn 1 see the name uf it In print. "
Tf wlioro Is that ? "
'ToU'Mahn , suiu. "
fittings : niueboard's trade evidently was
that of a bollehangor. ,
Philadelphia Tlmus : The good fellowship
that arNus from too much promiscuous drink
ing Is often t.een afterwards tn shaking hands.
Washington Star : "Why , " asked the society
wife , "do you persist In using that absurd nick
name , 'dncklo/ ' "
"llecau-,0 , " replied her husband , "you are BO
continually In the
Detroit Free Press : "What have you been
eating'/ " said the doctor to his patient.
"I don't know. "
"You don't know ? "
"No. 1 madu my last meal of hash. "
Baltimore American : "Old you hear of
Madge's splendid luck with her wedding pres
ents1' !
"No , were they handsome ? "
"Handsome ! I should say so ! You know
Madgu 1ms a great many wealthy friends , and
each one sent her a ton of coal"
ONT.V A UllEAM.
JiTuiiaas C'Hy Journtl.
I dreamed that I sat on an Iceberg ,
1'ar up on the Itohrlng sea shore ,
Drchsoil only In thin underclothing ,
Though a easing of ten , too , 1 worn ;
Stalactites hung down from my wlilskors ,
Ton Inches In length , If not more ,
And tliu cold polar winds fiercely blowing
Wuro chilling me through to the core.
The blood In my veins was congealing ,
And 1 knew that with mo life was o'er :
So 1 woke , und 1 found that tliu cover
Hud all fallen oil' on tliu floor.
SUCCEEDED BY A DEMOCRAT
Vacancy Occasioned by the Death of Jtutloo
Lumar filled.
JUDGE JACKSON OF TENNESSEE CHOSEN
IVoulUr Frntnrrn f Iho Appointment lilt *
cmsrd liy Itriiubllimtu \Vuftlilnclon
UlmrnrtrrUtlrtorthn Nmv.luitlco
limy the Choice \Viu .Mndc ,
WASIUNQION BUIIKAU OF TUB Br.n , I
M3 FoiniTEBXTIt SfllKKr. >
WASIIINUTON , D. C. , Feb. U ,
President Harrison today nominated for
the vacancy on the supreme bench , caused
by the death of Justice Lamnr , Howell Ed-
mumls Jackson , n democrat of Tennes
see , nt present the Jtidgo of that fed
eral ch-cult court. There is llttlo doubt
that the nomination will bo eoullnuod.
In making this nomination the president has
npproac led , if ho lias not accomplished , n
violation of ull precedents In the history ol
the supreme court , for nt this moment no
previous example of the nomination by the.
president to ono of the three co-ordliiatu
branches of the government of u citizen of an
opposing political faith can bo found.
There Is n great deal of feeling , somewhat
In the nature of disappointment , among republican >
publican members of congress In Washington
tonight that the president should have found
it necessary to confer this olllco upon a dem
ocrat. This feeling , however , arises from a
lack of understanding of the conditions. It
was to the great surprise and disappointment
of President Harrison that the discovery was
made within the past forty-eight hours
that there wcro nt least n do/.en republican
senators $ vho would oppose any nomination
ho might make for the vacant Justiceship.
This discovery was made qulto accidentally
by a few senators whoso accord with Presi
dent Harrison led him to ask them to dis
cover through conversations with democratic
senators what name of those publicly sug
gcsted for the nomination would meet the
least opposition tuwn that side of the cham
ber.
llnw tlio Cluilro WIIB MiKln
In making these Inquiries the friends of
the president wcro surprised to learn that
certain republican senators would oppose
niiy nomination wnatever. Their opposition
was based upon no personal hostility
to the president but upon their inter
est in various pending bills which
they thought would ho imperiled by the
precipitation of n long debate and the con
sumption of muhhtlmcin protracted execu
tive session. In the meantime the attention
of the president was drawn to the conspicu
ous merits of Judge Jackson. Although
a democrat , it chanced that his was tln <
first judicial nomination for the federal
bench made by President Cleveland
In 188.1. His course upon the circuit bench
was highly praised to President Harrison D.v
Mr. Justice Brown of the supreme court ,
wno , as a district Judge , was familiar by
personal contact with the conduct of Circuit
Judge Jacksan ; by ox-Solicitor General Tuft ,
nt present circuit judge , who has boon for
several months an associate on the bench
nnd by President Harrison's brother Carter
Harrison , who happened to ho United States
marsoal at Nashville , Judge Jackson's home.
In making this appointment President
Harrison has carried out his conviction that
It was his duty to his country to perform his
constitutional function in filling the vacancy
While ho has selected a democrat , his choice
is a man who recognizes that the civil war
ended the doctrine of states rights as well nt
the institution of slavery. It is said tonight
there will bo no opposition to his confirma
tion.
rrrsoiml Mention.
Ex-Senator Saunders of Omaha arrived
from Now York last night and is with Mrs.
Saunders and Mrs. Hussell B. Harrison and
daughter at thn Arlington. .Tho party will
leave for Nebraska within a few days. Mrs.
Harrison und daughter will visit her parents
in Omaha some weeks. The rooms they oc
cupied at the white house nro being entirely
divested of all the furniture with a view of
the more thoroughly destroying and possible
contagion from the scarlet fovjr. The car
pets and hangings have been burned nnd
yesterday workmen commenced to scrape
the walls. These precautions wcro consid
ered wlso by the health onlecrs.
The assistant ilsh commissioner has noti
fied Senator Paddock that fi.ODO yearling
brook trout have been deposited in Middle
Loup river , Nebraska.
Senator Mandcrson today reported favor I
ably from the military committee the bill to
pay Gcorgo H. Jowott of Arlington , Wash
Ingtou county , S7B-I duo him for material
furnished and work douo by him by an order
from the military authorities at Fort
Duchesne , U. T. , In 1881) ) .
A conclave of big railroad chiefs Is on hero ,
At the Arlington is Marvin Hughltt , presi
dent of thoChlcairo&Northwestorn ; Charles
E. Simmons , land commissioner of the same
system ; President Perkins of the Chicago ,
Burlington &Qulncy ; U. G. Evans of Min
neapolis , and A. F. Walker , chairman of the
joint committee of the Trunk Line and Cen
tral Traflle associations. Mr. Htmhltt dis
claims the slightest motives of business In
this trip to the capital.
Mrs. Joseph M. Carey of Wyoming did not
receive at the Arlington today , as she was
out making senatorial calls. P.O. H.
& COL
Largest Manuf.ioturor * atvl
of UloibloE la taaVorU. .
f
Present your bills
And if they're long enough to take in every
thing in sight so much the better.
A short bill the first of the month
is the delight of the man who receives -
' ceives it. The tailor's bill is about
worn out as a subject for news
paper pleasantries , but if yon buy
of us during this great remodeling
your bill will be too short to excite
'
comment.- The pant sale with its
deep cuts is on this week and the
whole stock is chock full of the
most surprising values. Stock must all be reduced be
fore the workmen take possession ot our building.
BROWNING , KING & CO ,
Store open Batu ovary rdoy tllllU evening till 0.31 S.W. Cor. 16th and Douglas StJ/l /