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Mr. ( J. M. Hitchcock hits made the follow-
Jng response to the open challenge which wo
published In our last Issue :
To K. KOSKWATEU :
Availing myself of the kind offer which
you make. I hereby nnmo the following charitable -
itablo and benevolent institutions to bo equal
sharers In the money which you agree tel
l > a.v :
First The Associated Cliarlties.
Second Now Episcopal Mission In burnt
district.
Third The Hebrew Benevolent society.
Fourth The Young Men's Christian asso
ciation.
Fifth St. Vincent do Paul society.
In accepting the above your own condi
tions and specifications arc accepted also ,
but I want something better than your
worthless word. 1 do not want to incur
lawsuit to force you to pay up. 1 demand
that you draw live checks in the sum of $1,000
each , payable to the order of Henry W.
Yatcs , trustee , and deliver the same to him
subject to the decision of a committee of liny
three bankers in Omaha named by him.
You seem to have forgotten Council .Bluffs
nnd South Omaha. I make these additional
offers which you may accept or reject as you
please :
First If TUB DAILY BEE is found to have
more subscribers in Council Bluffs than the
"World-Herald I will pay you or the nbovo
natnod charitable Institutions $1 for each sub
scriber that Tun DKK may bo found to have
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ing you will agree , in case the contrary is
true , to pay BO cents for each subscriber
which the World-Herald has there in excess
of Tint BEB.
Yon sco , I give you odds.
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subscriber to Tun DAILY BKI : In South
Omaha If you will glvo mo 73 cents for each
paying subscriber to the daily World-Herald
in South Omaha.
Hero , again , I glvo you odds.
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JNO Bun in Omaha. Let mo mutto you a
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paying subscriber to Tun MOUNINO BUB in
Onmha If you will pay mo 50 cents for oycry
regular paying subscriber to the morning
\Vorid-Horald in Omaha. "
G. M. HITCHCOCK.
To G. M. HITCHCOCK , President ,
World-Herald Publishing Company :
The flvo certified checks of the First * Na-
llonoi ban1. : of Omaha forl,000cach , payable
nsdlrcctcd , will bo placed in the hands of Mr.
Henry W. Yatcs today to bo held for thirty
days from this date to meet the obligations I
have assumed in casoof failure to make good
cither or nil of my several propositions.
For the present I propose to confine the
exhibit of relative circulations to the stole
of Nebraska. When we are done with Ne
braska wo will take in Iowa , Missouri ,
Kansas , South Dakota , Wyoming , etc.
I cheerfully accept the proposition you have
kindly volunteered regarding paid carrier de
livery subscribers in South Omaha , nnd now
jtliat the preliminaries are settled I will
, accommodate you by beginning with South
Omaha next week. Please name the day
nnd edition in which you will publish your
paid carrier delivery subscription list for
South Omaha mull will publish the pa Id car-
jrlor subscription list of THE BEK in South
Onuilm in the edition of THE BKK corresponding
pending with that of the World-Herald on
the same day.
Wo will then take twenty days for veri
fying the respective lists and if there is any
margin in favor of the World-Herald at the
rate llxcd by you , the amount will bo paid
promptly to your order.
Inasmuch as proposition No. 5 includes
I Doth morning nnd evening editions of THE
BEE and World-Herald in Omaha , ns well as
I the whole state , wo will have no dlfllculty in
ascertaining the exact margin the Morning
. World-Herald may have over TUB MOUNI.NO
Br.n , and I hereby agrco to pay whatever
difference shall bo found in favor of the
World-Herald on the basis you have named
nbovo. E. UOSKWATKK ,
President Bee Publishing Company.
AliOUT this tinio look out for the man
who is "uiontlonod" tor a federal ap
pointment of some kind. Ho la a hustler
nnd never sleeps nights after ho has got
himself mentioned.
THE St. L'juls real estate man who
Bald that ho was "very much afraid"
that there was going to ho a boom In
that olty must have eomo from southern
California.
SlNCKtho stutoof Iowa compelled all
railroads to reduce their freight rates
, there has boon a continual proportion
ate Increase of animal gross earnings.
This potent fact la shown by the figures
U'lvon by the roads. Why , then , do they
light any olTort on the part of the people
to bring about reasonable rates ?
Two SINATOKS : have been appointed by
the governors of states in which the leg
islatures have failed to elect a demo
crat from Wyoming and a republican
from Montana. And the legislature of
the state of Washington Is balloting.
The election of a senator comes hard
this year and costs the people a good
deal of money.
TlIK bill before the Now York legis
lature to prohibit pool room betting on
horeo racing Is about to become a law.
It will confine all such betting to the
race course , where it belongs , and will
not only atop the telegraph companies
from dealing in sporting news of every
kind , but will take away a menacing
temptation to young men who loam
their flrat lessons in gambling at the
jxx > l rooms. Such a law would j ruco
the statutes of Nebraska.
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TOrtlOM \ IT MA V COXCKttN.
My attention lint boon call oil to the
following plcco of "ftlato houso" gossip
wliloli appears in the Lincoln Join-wit
yesterday under the caption of
UOSr.WATP.lt llAUMDXr.
The special committee ntipolnted to Invcv
tlgato the iwiiltentlary cell house contract
and expenditure of the IOK ( > 0 appropria
tion Is expected to report to the house today ,
and those who profess to Know claim that It
will bo a report intended on its face to smirch
the former Hoard of Public Lands and BuildIngs -
Ings , consisting of Secretary Allen , Treasurer
Hill , Attorney General Hastings and Com
missioner Humphrey. ThU Is confidently
expected , but as a member of the board said
last night : "We are informed by reliable
authority that Hosowatcr has pinctlcnlly
dictated the report with the solo object In
view of smirching the board. Thocommittco
Is known as ICcckloy's committee , owned and
dictated to bylveckley and Hose water. Sev
eral members of the committee do not s mo
tion things dune by the committee , and they
admit that Uoscwatcr has used his Inllucneo
by personally visiting its members , f have
reason to bcllovo that the first report
was destroyed because It did not denounce
members of the board In terms strong enough
to suit the bosses. It was then replaced by
a second report furnished by the same in
fluence. "
For the benefit of whom It may concern -
corn I feel Impelled to brand the entire
statement as a tissue of falsehoods.
It ia not true that I have dictated the
rdport of the penitentiary contract In
vestigating committee. At this writing
I have not o'-on read that report or any
part of the testimony ;
It Is not trim that I have Instigated
any part of the commltteo's report , or
oven conferred with tlio committee or
any member thereof concerning tlio tes
timony taken or the conclusions reached
therefrom. I have not talked with Mr.
Keckley about the subject In question
since the committee was reorganized by
order of the house , nor have I sought to
Inllnenco the action of the committee ,
directly or indirectly , in mode of proce
dure or findings , and I challenge proofs
to the contrary from anybody inside or
outbido of tile committee.
I did say at the outset of the investi
gation nnd now repeat that if any btate
olllcer , high or low , Is found by credible
evidence to bo implicated In any corrupt
deal with the contractor of tlio peniten
tiary , or has connived or winked at any
swindle , theft or misappropriation of
state funds in connection with the buildIng -
Ing of tlio cell house , ho should bo made
to step down and out. lie should cither
relieve tlio party from responsibility for
his betrayal of trust by voluntary resig
nation or be disgraced by impeachment
for high misdemeanors , and any ox-
member of the board who has been
found by the testimony taken to have
boon a party to frauds perpetrated upon
the state while acting in an official
capacity should bo prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
If this bo treason to the republican
party lot those who feel themselves ag
grieved make the most of it. I feel con
vinced that there Is no salvation for the
republican party of Nebraska unless it
can purge itself of the corruption and
malfeasance that has permeated the
state capital for a number cf years.
Twenty-two years ago when the state
was boinsr plundered and the treasury
pillaged by corrupt republican state ofll-
cials , a republican legislature.purged
the state house by impeaching nnd de
posing n republican governor and auditor
of stato. As one of the republicans who
took an active part in that memorable
session I do not hesitate to assert that
our vindication of the law In the
face of tremendous pressure * saved the
party and gave it renewed vitality.
The lead under which the party is
groaning today by reason of statehouse
scandals is greater if anything than it
was in 1871. The cancer must cither bo
scarified and cut out or the party is
doomed.
I presume the reference to Rosewater
and harmony is a sneer intended to re
call the fact that certain state officers
worked and voted for the resolutions
passed at the Kearney convention en
dorsing mo for membership on the na
tional committee as a peace ol'tcring ' to
Insure harmony in the last campaign.
Whatever may have been their designer
or desire there certainly was no com
pact or understanding between us that
would obligate mo to uphold or defend
any republican ofllclal who has been
derelict to his duty or implicated in any
corrupt transaction. Had there been
any such a proposition made the offer
would have been spurned and the honor
tendered mo peremptorily declined.
The task Imposed on me as national com-
mltteemun was not a sinecure. It re
quired constant vigilance and unremit
ting exertion. In tlio discharge of this
thankless duty I not only devoted valu
able time and gave unremitting atten
tion but contributed over $2,000 of my
own money. This was done cheerfully
and without a murmur in splto of all
caviling on the part of malcontents who
sought to obstruct the work. But in my
humble estimation the national coramit-
teoman is neither in honor or duty bound
to countenance or condone conduct on
the part of republican officials that tends
to destroy public confidence in the party.
For myself I propose to denounce dis
honest practices and public robbery by
whomsoever committed lot the consequences
quences bo what they may.
E. ROSBWATEU.
A Gll.lT. \ DAKGKlt TO O.V.I JM.
It may as well bi understood by our
citizens first as last that the defeat of
tlio charter amendments moans the
worst black eye that Omaha has had
since the collapse of the bjom of 1887.
It means that wo shall not bo able to ex
pend a dollar this year or next year foi
paving , grading or sewerage. It means
that the contracts lot last year for pave
ments and sewers that wore to bo begun
this spring must bo rescinded and that
no now contracts for public improve
ments Involving the issue of bonds can
be made in 180 , ' ! and cannot bo made in
1894 without raising the assessed valua
tion by several millions. It means ,
furthermore , that no viaducts can bo
built in Omaha for the next two years ,
unless the railroads volunteer to pay for
them , which they are not likely to do
unless they got concessions out of Omaha
In the way of tax exemptions , free
rights-of-way and donations of property
worth ten times as much as the viaducts.
A stoppage of all public improvmonts
for two yeara moans paralysis for the
retail trade. It means , furthermore , n
lortain loss of population \vlion wo are
n position to make a material gain , and a
oss of population moans not only Htagim-
tlon In the real estate market but down
right shrinkage in values , the foreclose
ire of hundreds of homos and the bank *
i'uptcy of Bcores of men who would
otherwise bo able to maintain their
credit nnd meet their obligations.
The amazing thing about this fight
against the charter Is that the great
jody of our property owners and busl-
ss men exhibit an indifference that
can bo Interpreted only as one of two
: hlngs they have either not waked up
to the danger that menaces their Inter
ests or they are depending upon luck
and accident to counteract the cutthroat
: > ollcy pursued by a few selfish capital
ists who are willing to wreck the town
to keep up the taxshirking methods by
which they have for years been able to
shift their proper share of the burdens
of government upon the middle class
and the poor homo owners.
Tlio most amaxlng thing of all Is the
attitude of the Douglas delegation in the
legislature with regard to the charter ,
i'hoy have never conferred together con
cerning its provisions , have never tried
: o reach any agreement and do not seem
; o cure very much what becomes of it ,
ilthough the charter is presumed to be
the most important measure which their
onstltueiits expect them to carry
through tlio legislature. This attitude
of the delegation Is inexplicable except
ipon tlio theory that the citizens of
Omaha outside of a very limited number
care nothing about the charter.
Inasmuch as the legislature will only
sit two weeks longer , It Is about time for
our people to make their wishes heard
by public meetings , petitions nnd remon
strances and by letters addressed to
members of the delegation.
HV/r TIIK LKGlShATVllK SHOULD HKI3-
ULATK.
The question wliioli above all others
conconiH the prosperity and the welfare
of the people of Nebraska is that of regu
lating railroad rates. For years the
producers of this state have been asking
[ or a reasonable reduction of the burilen-
some and oppressive charges of the rail
roads , but without avail. The political
parties have pledged themselves every
two years to comply with this just de-
mandof _ the people for relief , but every
succeeding legislature chas yielded to
the influence and the manipulation of
the corporations and failed to redeem
the pledge. Tiiero lias been a persistent
betrayal of the confidence of the
people by their representatives , with
the rcMilt of retarding the progress of
the state , diminishing tlio general pros
perity and transferring millions of dollars
lars unjustly taken from the pockets of
the people to the coffers of the railroad
corporations.
Again the contest is on which will de
termine whether the people are at last
to get relief or are once moro to suffer
defeat at the hands of the combined cor
porations. It is proposed that the
legislature shall adopt a max
imum rate bill and a measure has
passed the house which provides for
an average reduction of about 20
per cent. The constitution of 1875 gave
the legislature the power to regulate
railroad rates. In tlio eighteen years
since It has failed to oxerei&o that power.
Ten years ago the State Board of Trans
portation was created. It was created
at the behest of the railroads as a substi
tute for legislative regulation. From
the outset the board has been and still ro-
muins the pliant tool and obedient crea
ture of the corporations. It has lost the
people tons of thousands of dollars for
which It hns given absolutely no return.
Its protondcd efforts to regulate rates In
the Interest of the public were deliber
ately designed to deceive and mislead.
From the outset it has played a .confidence
game upon the producers and consumers
of Nebraska. There is nothing better to
bo expected from it hereafter. The
duty , therefore , devolves upon the legis
lature to enact a just and reasonable
maximum rate law and make such pro
vision for Its enforcement that the rail
roads cannot escape or evade it. Had
the Board of Transportation performed
its duty nt the Iowa commission has
done there would be no necessity now
for legislation to regulate rates. The
question would long ago have been set
tled and disposed of. Because the board
has not been faithful to Its trust and has
justly forfeited the public confidence the
representatives of the people uro called
upon to deal with this most important
question and supply the relief which the
people of this state are entitled 'to and
must h.ivc in order to give Nebraska an
equal chance with other western states
in the race of material progress.
The statements of the railroad man
agers , shrewdly prepared to show the 1
loss and injury that would result to the
corporations from a reduction of rates ,
will bo regarded by these who under
stand the methods of these managers
with due allowance. It Is a very .essen
tial part of their duties to maintain higl :
rates and they are never with
out a plausible reason In de
fense of their
course of ox-
action. The experience hero is but a
repetition of that of Iowa and every
other state where railroad rate regula
tion has boon undertaken. Tlio rail
roads of Iowa professed to see only dls
aster in the policy adopted by the rail
road commission of that state , yet
the statistics show that they have real
ized a greater measure of prosperity
since that policy was Inaugurated
than before , while at the same time the
Industrial and agricultural Interests ol
the state have been very greatly beno-
litod. The people of Nebraska do not
ask or expect Iowa rates , but
when they find , as Is the case , that
they are charged from 20 to 150
per cent moro than the people of Iowa
they bollovo they are justified in de
manding a reduction , and they will
persist In doing so until they obtain just
treatment from the corporations. Wo
present In another column examples of
rates by different routed , which plainly
show the discriminations and exactions
to which the people of Nebraska are
subjected.
The maximum rate bill has passed the
House by the decjslvo vote of ( KJ to 30.
If the republicans of the senate do their
duty In obedience to the pledge of the
party to the people the measure will
m Unit t)3 lv and Nebraska will bo
riven tv law tiinti will afford material
ollef to tlio pi'Mhieora and consumer * of
lie state. O'l'jrt1 ' , the most perfidious
jotrayal of popuar confidence can now
( . 'font this inMlijuro of Justice to the
: [ / ,
IT is iinnountfbrf that President Clove-
nnd has decldpjd hat the financial ltu-
atlon does not imnke a demand for an
extra session of-congrcss. It appears to
> o the conclusl\njof \ ! ; the administration
; hat there Is ample authority under ex
isting law , reference being had to the
provisions of the resumption act , for
.Hsulng bonds to fortify the gold reserve
of the treasury , and the inference Is |
, lmt it Is the Intention of the admtnlstra- |
tlon to act under this authority whenever -
over It shall conclude that the emergency
ins arrived to justify such action. It
would gcem that this Is liable to be
reached In a very short time , for there
cannot bo remaining In the treasury to
exceed 32,000,000 of free gold , If so
mioh , and it is hardly probable that
Secretary Carlisle will intrench upon
the $100,000,000 reserve hold for the re-
ilcmption ot legal tender notes. It
ivottld obviously be dangerous to do this ,
'ratitlng that tlio secretary has the
: > ewer , which Is questionable , at least In
advance of the issue of bonds , since the
possible oll'cct would bo to cause a
H'omimn on gold. The speclo basis
rests wholly upon the gold reserve cro-
itcd under the resumption act , and any
interference with this would bo hazard
ous. The policy of the administration
in this matter Is likely to bo developed
.vithin a very short time.
IT appears , upon tlio authority of ono
of the Hawaiian commissioners , that
some time before the annexation scheme
was hatched a deal had been at ranged
jotwecn the American Sugar trust and
the sugar planters of Hawaii. This was
an agreement that tlio trust was to take
the Hawaiian sugar product upon the
condition that if at tiny time the Ha
waiian planters should receive the bono-
ilts of the sugar bounty provided by tlio
McKinley law one-half of tlio amount
was to bo paid to the trust. This
is an Interesting fact illustrative
of tlio greed of that monopoly ,
which under this arrangement , could it
liavo been carried out , would have in-
ireased its revenues several million
dollars , practically taking the amount
out of the United States treasury. Of
course , under the circumstances , the
Hawaiian plantdrsr saw no way but to
submit to this tsoiidition , which was no
bettor from a lijpral point of view than
tlio demand of ayhlghwaymaii. To have
rejected It wo.uld have been to shut
themselves out of the American market ,
need hardly : t be said that Claus
Spreckles and HlS'associatos in the sugar
monopoly are | i6t' opposed to Hawaiian
annexation. ) )
THE princely"tfequo3t ! of $2,000,000 to
lurvurd university by Gordon McKay ,
v retired Now Etfghind shoo- manufac
turer , will prove bf great advantage to
, hat institution. * ' obojiy has , the right
, o criticise sucli a , gift , yet ; it would
seem as if a manufacturer- whoso sym
pathies should have been with labor and
whoso knowledge of the needs of poor
men's sons must have boon extensive ,
night have given a portion of his lar e
'ortuno to help the poor boys wh'o can
not go to Harvard or any other great
university , and who are anxious to
secure an education. If the men who
win their way to atlluenco as manufac
turers and employers of men do not aid
the poor men's sons in their efforts to
rise by placing opportunities before
them , who can bo expected to do It ?
THE BEK is not an alarmist , but It
fools Impelled to warn taxpaying
citizens and the working people that the
failure to pass the charter will be a
serious injury to all classes of our people
ple , excepting possibly the mortgage
sharks and taxshirkers. Even the cor
porations that hold franchises for sup
plying water , light , power and street car
transportation will find that they can
better afford to pay their share of taxes
than suffer a shrinkage of income that
would inevitably follow the shrinkage of
population and trade caused by a stop
page of public Improvements.
WHEN the Iowa railroad commission
ers first began to make schedules for
reduced rates they took as a basis there
for the secret rates given to merchants
who received rebates. While tlio roads
had made such reductions voluntarily ,
they contested the right of the Btato
to compel them to make the rates open
to all patrons. But the state had the
right to do so , as the roads learned long
ago.
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SECRETARY CARLISLE has directed
that the names of applicants for any
olllco In the Treasury department shall
be given to the press. Tlio obvious in
tent of the secretary is to afford an op
portunity to all Who may be inclined , in
cluding the newspaper , to file objections
to the appointmeljyjf any unworthy man
to olllco in his department. This innova
tion is in the interest of good govern
ment.
IT is interesting to learn from the
Kansas City papers that Pugilist Cor-
bott delivered 1li address before the
Board of Trade in that city the other
day , tolling tlybulls and bears about
his own experience ) ' In the grain busi
ness and promising to do his best to
knock out BriSsar Mitchell. It must
have been a vei-jLcfllfylng spectacle.
A DUIIUQUE efltor barely escaped
lynching yesterday upon the discovery
of his complicity' In recent scandalous
stories published by the Chicago paper
whloh the Omaha pourta made decidedly
unpopular In thU locality. It IB gratify
Ing to note that no western city will
tolerate the nowspaiwr neavongor for
any length of time.
OMAHA h Hocond In the list of cities
reporting to Jiratlttnct't in the mutter of
increase of buslnos * done by the clearing
house. The poroontage of gain for the
first week in March over the sumo week
In I8"2 Is fiO.l ) per cent. In the mean
time Omaha's place In the total volume
of business transacted Is undisturbed.
She shows a steady Increase and has
already passed several of her older and
more pretentious rivals for commercial
prosperity.
A BRITISH exploring party under
Frederick Jackson will start this sum
mer in an attempt to reach the north
polo ahead of Lieutenant Peary. It will
bo the most novel race over recorded
and there is a very strong probability
that It will result in a draw. It is not
likely that either will get there.
Tin : United States supreme court has
refused to grant a rehearing in Chi
cago's lake front case and that Is the end
of the grCat game of bluff and grab by
which it was attempted to beat a olty
out of its rights. Corporations never
quit lighting until they are dead.
FOR the first time In thirty-two years
the democratic party is now responsible
for the federal government In all Its
branches. After so long a rest as that
It ought to be pretty well over that
tired feeling.
THE British papers are highly pleased
with President Cleveland's Inaugural
address , but so are many people in this
country. Not all of the friends of free
trade are on the other side of the sea.
THE fanners of Nebraska are anticipa
ting un early spring and a prosperous
year for crops. Lot us hope that they
will not bo disappointed.
Costly lOKrl liHvii ; tlokn.
Hiiffdmotil/i / Jimmnl.
Tom Majors as the maker of a sifting com
mittee for the legislature appears as the
climax of legislative Jokes.
\Vult Tor tlio Sori-lioiul Cyclones.
jVciv Vorfc Trllmne.
Nominated in a thunder siorm and inaug
urated in a snow squall , Mr. Cleveland need
have no fear of the elements oven the dis
cordant ones in his own party.
o
Awuy with It.
An Omaha man has invented a voting ma
chine which ho claims will Insure an abso
lutely I honest count. Such a machine might
suit Omaha iwlltics , but it never would do
satisfactory work hero.
Coming r.uIIHcn. |
I'htlailelplilti Times.
The total solar eclipse of April 10 will not
bo visible In the United States. The ecllpso
of many expectant ofttco seekers will bo simi
larly obscured , and the more obscure their
ccltpso Is kept the better will they bo pleased.
Sotiio of MUIOM'H "I'octlo I.Ictmso. "
Frcmunt null.
Walt Mason , writing in the Washington
News , claims that there is a seat in the
United States senate for L. D. Hichards and
that thousands of people in Nebraska believe
he ought to have It. Out Walt is , as usual ,
talking through his hat. There may be hun
dreds in Neoraska who fancy that Mr.
Hiehards would just crush a senatorial scat ,
but ho never will be honored with a trial.
In fact ho could not bo elected as a member
of the legi laturo from his own county , and I
do not bellovo ho could get the ofllco of jus
tice of the peace In his own .Fremont. . Not
that Hichards Is not liked as u business man ,
but politically ; politically his name is
Dennis.
Divorce ItnCnrm In Dakota ,
ffew I'orl : Evening SIM.
For long South Dakota has been the place
to which the unequally matched , the incom
patible of temper , in fact , all those to whom
the holy bonds of matrimony had. become a
holy terror , could fly for relief. A few weeks'
stay nt a pleasant hotel , with wide piazzas
in summer and wide , hospitable hearths In
winter , or In a snug cottage , and then a
formal visit to a complaisant Judge , who
asked no awkward questions and required
no evidence , ended the legal comedy. Now
the hotel keepers and the owners of the
cottages frequented by the divorce tourists ,
want a lonirer term of residence llxcd by law ,
that their bills may bo longer and the har
vest richer. It looks as if South Dakota
were going to kill the geese that lays the
golden egg , and glvo some moro rapid dis
trict the opportunity to supplant her , Just as
she cut out Chicago in a line and nourishing
industry ,
Troy Press : If money really talKed , n dollar
oiiKht to say many wlso things , it 1ms cents
enough.
Philadelphia Record : Too many men try to
pull thutiuelves out of trouble with u cork-
Indianapolis Journal : Hogan Thlm dasoes
and Chlnaso will Uu the ruin uv tills country
yot.
yot.Grosan Thuy will thot. Sthlll , they coino
in mighty handy for iho > poluco to pr-rac-
tlcuon.
Washington Star : "Tho difference , " said the
man with a weary look In his eye , "between
my poem and my uinbriilla l.s that tlio poem is
ulwuya returned with tlmnks. "
Now Orleans Picayune : When a poor younj
clrl has a chunco to marry a good man , thu
father who has nothing oUe to glvu should glvo
his consent.
I'hlladcluhla Times : Inllnenco will make
Itself full In politics. Kven tlio hnmlilo luttur
carrier when ho comes to the door shows what
It U to linvo a pull.
Chicago Inter Ocoim : Undo Clover Hero's
a loiter say In' that Thomas U sowln' the seeds
of discontent In the school.
Mrs. ( . 'lover Law me ! ho's just a natural
farmer , an' 'taint no uo tryln' to maku any
thing oUo of him.
Detroit Kroo Press : "Sir , " questioned an
Irate female shopper as slio pounced upon u
Hinall man who was pacing the .store , "am you
the lloor walker ? " "Vn-no , ma'am , " ho
gaspud. . "I I'm o-o-only the p-p-pronriotor. "
Harpor's Hazar : "I made an angel rake
that was ulenaiit and mm that was awful , "
said Maud. "This Is the third and It will
decide as to whether or not I can ho consld-
orod an o.viiort. " " 1 could lull this was tlio
rubber , " said Harry , as ho tried the caku.
MISFITS ,
Chtca'jH iWiw llccoril.
Thoblondo would bo briinotto ;
Thu Nliort girl would ho tall ;
The slrl with eyes of Jot
Loves blue eyes above all.
Stout people would bo thin ;
The thin onus would hu stout ;
Each nose displeases him
Who has to wear it out.
Houbs likes the name of Sclmltz ;
Htm yearns for that ot Kutu ;
In short , vvn'ro all nilslits
With our own solvm and fato.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
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I
' Olndstono'a bill providing for homo rule In
Ireland tin * aroused the natloiml spirit of
Scotland and Wnlos. Tho.io two great di
vision * of the Hrltlsh kingdom are begin
ning to formulate , each for Itself , the do
main ! for self-government , They contend
forcibly nnd logically that If the control of
their own affairs Is given to tlio Irish people ,
nnd If nt the same tlmo Ireland Is allowed to
retain a great representation In the Imperial
Parliament , they will bo placed at a dlsnd-
VAntago. Scotland and Wales are right.
Homo rule for nil should bo the rulo. If Ire
land Is ontltlod , ns she is , to the right to control -
trol her own affairs , certainly Scotland and
Wales should not bo debarred from the same
privilege. In war and In peace , hi science ,
In II tnraturo , In every department of human
cndo.ivor , the Scotchman , In the keenest
competition of the century , has proved hU
right to rule. If wo strike from the pages
of Kngllih history tlio story of what the
sons of Scotland nave achieved there would
ho moro blame loaves than KnglUhincn would
earo to count. And Wales ? Colts In heart
and soul the purest Celts alive why should
not Welshmen have the right to govern them
selves f These great reforms must come.
Kngland will bo nil the stronger when they
have been wrought out. They are the foun
dation stone of the coming KnslUh republic J
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It Is evident now that the opposition In
the Commons cannot prevent the pass igo of
the home rule bill , but they can and prob
ably will prevent any other reform legisla
tion , for the present. The division In the
tory ranks caused by the desire of txml km
dolph Churchill to oust. Balfotu1 from the
leadership , and the activity of Ulster
Orangemen , have already brought moro or
less confusion Into the business of the Com
mons and hindered its orderly progress.
With this there Is the evident Intention of
the unionists to obstruct the home rule bill
at every stop by Interposing other matters
which only servo the purpose of delay. The
only defense of the government against such
tactics Is the Interposition of ttio closure
against extended dob.ito. Hut to do this
every day or two takes tlmo and breaks Into
the sessions seriously , and the result Is
likely to bo a hard struggle to pass the homo
rule bill ty Its second reading before Kastor.
The opposition will gain no llnal advantage
by these tactics , unless 'postponing other re
forms is regarded by them as such. If they
do succeed in blocking the other reforms ,
llko these of the suffrage , for instance , they
will pay for it at the polls , for these reforms
have a strong popular backing.
* *
It is difficult to know whether to condemner
or to approve the recent refusal of the Italian
government to permit a parliamentary In
quiry into the so-called bank scandals which
constitute the Koman counterpart of the
Panama complications at Paris. As in the
case of the Panama affair there are so many
of the members of the legislature incrimi
nated by the disclosures that a parliamentary
investigation would necessarily bo exposed
to the suspicion of partiality and of a desire
to interfere wiMi tlio procedure of the crim
inal nnd judicial authorities in the matter ,
On the other hand , the bench aim magis
tracy In Italy as well as In Franco are en
tirely subject to the minister of Justiuo or
keeper of the seals , who Is n member ot the
cabinet. Instead of being independent , as In
this country and In 13nland , they are mere
functionaries and servants of the government
of the day. Their Investigations into the
scandals are therefore likely to go only so far
as the cabinet may deeu- politic , anJ no fur
ther. Meanwhile the administration , the
Parliament , and , in fact , thcentiro economic
life of Italy , are hampered and paralyzed by
the revelations which have alrcaly taken
place , and the credit of all government and
financial institutions is bel.ig seriously
shaken , alike in the minds of the urban
laboring classes and of the Ignorant peas
antry.
* *
The returns from the Spanish general elec
tions are meager us yet , but show that the
government , as Is the invariable rule , has a
largo majority. Kstimated now at 100 , it
marks ttio great change which has taken
place in two years , as the conservatives in
1691 had a majority in the Cortes of about
110. Yet there is no pretense that such un
overturn of parties is related to a corresponding
spending revolution in public sentiment , or
is anything moro than a fresh demonstration
of the power of an administration to get any
verdict It chooses from the constituencies.
Even the apparent doubling of the number
of republican deputies elected speaks moro
of successful political manoeuvring , through
a temporary nnd unstable union of dis
cordant republican factions , than of the
spread of a political faith. No one knows
better than Sagasta that his majority may
melt away within two years , as did that of
Canovns , and the farcical sec-saw of parties
bo again put on exhibition.
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Whllo Honduras Is in the throes of a revo
lution , Costa Rica is threatened with a simi
lar iiiburrcctlon. In IbOO Rodriguez was de
clared president of that republic for a term j
of four years , fi t September , however ,
having bccomo Involved In a itl.iputo with
the Co.ttn Hit-nil IcRlMaturo , ho proclaimed
himself dictator The clerical pirt : > of the
republic Imvn nominated for president I'hlof
.liHlleo Jimenez of the supreme court flud
Tedom Mena hit * been nominated for the
presidency by the "labor" party The dictator
tater and tils followers are supporting Ir ,
Iglcslts , tlio present minister of war , whllo
the liberals have as yet nominated no candi
date. The contest has already grown cmlto
warm and it Is very probable that the elec
tion will bring about civil war , no matter
how the vote results. Whllo the political
outlook i * so tempestuous in Central Amer
ica , several of the South American states
are in far from n peaceful mood. The candi
dacy of Plcrola for the presidency of Peru ;
the revolt In Klo Orando do Sul In llrazll 5
the controversy between 1U11/.II , the Argen
tine and Chill ; all these and other indica
tions , including the crisis in the Venezuelan
cabinet , do not augur \\cll for the peace of
the Spanish-American states during IS'.Kl. '
It Is sincerely to bo regretted that these
states do not grow moro peaceful ns tlmo
goes on. but with the spread of modern
civilization oven the South American revolu
tion may eventually bccomo a thing of the
past.
The death of SoyylTl\ll Hen Said , sultan
of Zanzibar , was unexpected ; but the clova-
tion to the throne as his successor of a Hrh-
Ish favorite Is Just what It had been sup
posed would happen whenever occasion
should demand a new ruler. KalUl. the son
of the dead sultan , seems to have made a
plucky attempt to secure the throne to
which ho claims to bo entitled ; hut the slgnt
of the bristling bayonets of the Hrltlsh
soldiers soon convinced him that his efforts
would bo in vain. This Is the third tlmo
within a little moro than llvo years that ono
sultan has died and another has taken his
place ; but it is the first tlmo that the Hritlsh
have taken the matter Into their own hands
and selected ono of their own favorites for
the thi-ono. Some three years ago Great
Britain and Oermnny put their heads to
gether and to all practical purposes divided
among themselves what was left of the sul
tan's dominions. The Island of Zanzibar was
In 'hided in the territory over which it was
agreed that Great llrltaln should establish a
protectorate. This was done with the con
sent of the sultan who has Just died , his con
sent having been obtained , no doubt , ns
consent is often obtained by the strong from
the weak. In 1SIH a regular government was
formed , with Knglislimcn for minister * ; and
since then the sultan had been only a nom
inal ruler.
AT Till !
Si HKri'lltc Jrn/niil' / ' ,
The Mlnsh was deep ; the maiden paused
I'pon IN very brhiK.
It. seemed to her tlm time had con.o
For her to slop and think.
The leap was wldi' , hur skirts were tight ,
She could not compass It
Phe knew ; and so she promptly paused ,
To coKltato a hit.
Sim paused upon the very brink ,
And polsml herself In ulr ,
A witching beauty In distress ,
I'rcsh , ihiinty , plump and fair.
Jlost anxiously she looked across
To whore alas ! so far ,
Though-near she. saw approaching her
Tim lone half-hourly cur.
Stirred by the slijlit , she seized her skirts ,
And with a dainty inuo :
Sin ; raised thorn modestly , whllo I
Stood with averted fact ) .
.Sliest irted J.iit as If to Jump.
Then paiiMHl upon tlm Drink ,
Apparently , as If slm full
It time attain to think.
The ear bore down , tlm driver .stopped.
Hut still with. skirls In air
She stood , a picture of distress ,
And hesitant despair.
Tin1 slush anil watrr were so deep ,
The pmldlo was .so wide ,
She didn't see lio.v slm could reach
Tlm car beyond the tide.
And so she paused and poised herself
Upon the brink. Meanwhile
Tlm driver of the car looked on
With an Indulgent smile ,
And then Im started on , with this
Ucnmrk to Hood her cup :
" .lust wait tlmio lo.nv.uiiouRli . , miss , ami
Tlm him will dry It up. "
IT FOLLOWS AFTER
a disordered liver that you're subject to
Attacks of cold or chills on slight exposure .
You get " tlrod " easily. The fooling is ac
companied by a' ' tired " digestion , which falls
to ntwimilato the food. This often results in
what wo call Indigestion or Biliousness.
Dr. Tierce's Pleasant Pellets reuse the liver
to vigorous action , nnd this In turn starts the
machinery of the body Into activity. Liver ,
stomach and bowels feel the tonic effect , ana
In consequence the entire system is invigo
rated. The processes become bolf-regnlatlng ,
and a roscrvo force is storpd up against ex
posure to disease.
If yon'ro too thin , too weak or nervous , it
must bo that food assimilation is wttmg.
This is the time to take Pleasant Pellets.
They permanently euro Constiimtlon , Sour
Stomach , Dyspepsia , Sick or Bilious Head
ache , IIzilno3H nnd Jmmdlco.
Catarrh ouml by using Dr. Sago's Remedy.
Lar0'0it .M'uuifnoturjri nn I KH illori
of Clothing In thj WorU.
We're Moving Around
Those carpenters have torn out the east side
of the inside of the store and
moved the west side over to
the east side. We're moving-
such furnishing1 goods as are
not snapped up by posted buy
ers over to the east side. A.1
to the now spring1 suits wo
are selling1 them simply be
cause they are the only real
novelties in spring1 wear in
town. The overcoats for
spring1 were never so choice
in coloring's , styles and quali
ties as this year. Wo are making1 special prices
for the next few weeks and don't mind the racket
but come in and we'll save you many a dollar.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
tv m0aai : u"an ! sW. . Cor , 16th and Douglas3t