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existed in 11 pm-Uonhirly olTonsivo form
In Tennessee uni.1 Arkniitms , is tibout to
bo iibolishctl in those states. It will
noon bo doomed everywhere.
The legislature should not ailjourn before
it hus stamped out corruption arid placed
the state institutions under the care and
supervision of officers wlm do not wink at
corrupt practices and have the integrity and
thcbackbonc to stop thicrcs and plunderers
from robbimj the state and looting tltc
tmtsury.
REVOLUTIONARY plots nnd counter
jilots continue to bo reported from the
Spanish American republics. The pco-
plo down in that part of the world
would bo miserable if an era of per
manent peace should dawn upon them.
They are not ready for anything so tame
nnd uninteresting as that.
THERE will bo a story of suffering
from the Cherokee st'rlp before long.
Thousands arc still Hooking toward the
border and it is reported that many are
already nearly out of means of subsist
ence , while the thno of the opening is
utill uncertain. Many of these people
will soon regret their haste.
The people do not want the legislature to
adjourn before the state house has been
purged of dishonest and faithless officials.
The people will cltcerfully bear any taxation
Ihe legislature may impose on them if the
legislature will only do its duty fearlessly
and regardless of all pressure from corpo
rate influence or the corrupt lobby.
Tan statements of steamship agents
that ocean racing has been stopped are
dibcrcditod by the information that .dur
ing the recent race between the Paris
and the Teutonic oil was burned in the
furnaces to increase the speed. Such
contests , by which many human lives
arc endangered , ought to be stopped by
law.
WHEN the South Omaha recount is
finished a sight draft of $150 will bo
made on Mr. Hitchcock , payable to the
First Congregational church. The bal
ance of Mr. Hitchcock's forfeit on his
South Omaha banter will run up to
about 5100 and will be made payable on
demand to the Young Working Woman's
homo.
THE republicans in the legislature
should remember that It will bo much
easier to straighten the party record
now by deposing dishonest state oflicials
than it will bo next fall and a year from
next fall when the whole state ticket ,
six congressmen and one United States
senator , will be the stakos.und the state
house scandals will bo ono of the main
issues.
ALLEN , Humphrey and Hastings have
nothing at stake politically In the
future. Republicans who aspire to bo
their successors and every republican
who expects to bo u candidate for any
ofllco this year or next year is vitally
concerned in the outcome of the effort
now being made by the legislature to
purge the party and replace faithless
and disgraced olllelals by men of Integ
rity who enjoy public confidence.
TIIEIIK are now indications that Nor
way will presently have another cabinet
crisis similar to that of last year , the
legislature having passed a measure
which practically asserts the right of
the people of that country to homo rule.
A strong popular tendency toward an
extension of the rights of the people has
long been growing In Norway , but the
movement has not yet passed beyond the
preliminary stage. Such reforms come
slowly In Europe ,
Foil once in its lifetime the Omaha
Fake-Mill displayed two discrimination
in treating its weary readers with
tersely told historic truths , stolen bodily
from the columns of THE BEE. The
Fake-Mill Sunday article on the hlstorv
of the Catholic church In Omaha ap
peared in THE BEE March , 1882. With
oharactoriatio audacity the confirmed
plagiarist palms It oil as original matter.
A ( tieco of news eleven years old is old
enough to have a grey beard.
THE Minnesota legislature is now
dealing with a coal combine or con
spiracy formed in that state upon a plan
similar to that which has been tried
without much success in some eastern
cities. Tlio facts alleged indicate that
producing companies have combined to
compel till wholesale and retail dealers
to pay a certain sum for the privilege of
soiling coal under penalty of having
their supply cut off. It Is too late by
about a year to work such a schema as
that successfully. The dealers cannot
bo bulldozed as long as they have a
strong popular sentiment in their favor
to foil back upoa.
A itKJownKit ron AU.KN .t co.
The honorable John O. Allen , secre
tary of state , ventures into print through
the bastard democratic sheet published
in this city to arraign mo for daring to
stand up for Nebraska and denouncing
the state board of which he is a member
for its criminal negligence and out
rageous betrayal of trust. Mr. Allen
desires mo to explain the change which
hat come over the spirit of my dreams
and seeks to Impugn the sincerity of my
course in connection with the state house
scandals. To bolster up his own Inde
fensible conduct and that of his associ
ates Mr. Allen takes mo to task for defend
ing him and the state baard during the
campaign and quotes two editorials from
THE BEE , ono dated October 15 , 1892 ,
nnd the last October 110 , just tliroo days
before the election. In both of these
articles THE BEE takes the ground that
the charges brought by Mr. Kowick
wore trumped up as democratic campaign
ammunition for the purpose of damaging
the republican state ticket.
Taking It for granted that Mr. Allen
speaks for the men whoso impeachment
Is pending , It comes with decidedly bad
grace for men who wore dead weights on
the party by reason of inolllcloncy and
subserviency to railroads as members of
the State Board of Transportation to
taunt me for giving them active support
for re-election. This was the most uncon
genial luik I over had to perform. As
a matter of fact , t accepted their ver
sion of the Lincoln asylum charges ,
and believed at the time that
the board was not Implicated.
There is a great difference between
campaign thunder and the report of
legislative committees based on sworn
testimony. At the time [ defended the
board no charge hail been substantiated
and the coll-houso frauds had not oven
been discovered.
As an editor I have always considered
myself and always snail consider myself
in duty bound to denounce corruption
and help to depose and punish dis
honest olllcors , high or low. I shield
neither personal friends or party asso
ciates when they violate law or commit
acts dangerous to the well being of the
community. No man can swerve mo
from discharging what I believe to bo
my sacred duty by offers of boodle , prom
ises of reward or threats of punishment.
I am neither afraid of a boycott , a bully
or n bullet.
But suppose I had really changecWront
on the culpability of Allen , Humphrey ,
Hastings and Hill in connection with
frauds committed against the state. Is
it my duty as national committeeman or
editor of a republican paper to pervert
the truth or garble the facts and play
Into the hands of oflicials who have
shown no regard for their oath of olllco
and allowed the state to bo robbed when
it was within their power to prevent it ?
Why should Mr. Allen feel aggrieved at
my course in the face of the revela
tions made before the grand jury
and legislative committees ? Wasn't
Doriran indicted by the Lancaster
county grand jury , and didn't Mr. Allen
have a very narrow escape himself from
being indicted by the same grand jury ?
Now if Dorgan Is. indictable for felonies
in the coll-houso deal every member of
the state board is indictable and im-
pcachablo. In the llrst place these
members know Dorgan as the superin
tendent of Moshor at the penitentiary.
They made Dorgan the state's inspector
and paymaster for building the cell
houso. Ho was not a contractor , but an
agent of the board. When Djrgan
charged up double prices for material
and labor ho committed an indictable
felony , and when the board endorsed his
fraudulent vouchers , on which they had
advanced him 85,000 at u time before
a stroke of work was done , they
became equally liable with Dorgan to
indictment and incidentally to impeach
ment by tlio legislature. When Dorgan
charged up for labor not done and they
signed tlio vouchers they wore guilty of
criminal negligence or collusion. When
Allen and his associates appropriated
"KiOO of coll-houso money for a junket
thny laid themselves liable to the charge
of .embezzlement , punishable both by
criminal courts and impeachment.
It will not do to plead the baby act on
the pretense that the board had no time
to look into Dorgan's methods. They
had time to go down to Texas to locate a
new town and start up a Texas town-lot
company at Lincoln. They had time to
visit Chicago , St. Louis and Washing
ton. Tlioy had time for numerous diver
sions , but they had no time to find out
that Dorgan was only building ono new
wall and using old walls on three Hides
of the cell house , and they had not time
enough to order Moshor to build the
eighty cells which under the Stout con
tract ho * had obligated himself to con
struct at his own expense.
But the penitentiary jobbery and rob
bery was only ono of a doxon sink holes
of iniquity and rascality. The Burling
ton Beach land grab , the Saline land
steal , the Lincoln sewer job and n dozen
other schemes of robbery and plunder
have been pQrpotratud under the very
noses of the board , not mentioning
the speculative schemes with state money
in Moshor's coparcenerships , which
sooner or later are sure to como to
light to scandalize some If not all the
Allun , Humphrey nnd Hustings clnliu
to ho good republicans. The least they
can do toward repairing the terrible In
jury they have done the party and mivo
It from disgraceful annihilation this
year and next year is to voluntarily stop
down , Instead of asking ropubliwuu in
the legislature to stultify themselves by
voting against the Impeachment resolu
tions now pending In the house.
K. ROSKWATER.
1W11AL KLKCT11W HOAOS.
The progress of electric road building
in some of the btatoa of the east is
rapid , ana this movement Is certain to
extend to all states In which rural com
munities are not widely separated. A
corporation with a capital of $15,000,000
has boon formed to cover Now Jersey in
the neighborhood of Jersey City and
Newark with electric railways , and this
department of enterprise la developing
In other states. The report of the rail
road commission of Massachusetts for
181)2 ) states that last year IM2 inlloi
of electric road wore built or
projected in that state , nearly
three times the greatest length of
atvnm railroad laid In any ono year.
An Important fact oinnooted with this
devolopnmnt Is the competition of tlipso
roads with steam railroads for local
travel. The MimiiehiHotts report says
that from a local road furnishing an
added facility for city or town travel , era
a means of transit between communities
which by reason of proximity are ono In
their biisitio33 and social relations and
interests , the electric railway Is already
stretching out Into the trunk line , con
necting remote centers of business and
population. It Is no longer the
successor of the omnibus line as the
railroad was of the turnpike and
stage line , but it is oven now assuming
the functions and dividing the tnillle of
the railroad itself. "If this is to bo Us
province , " says the report , "it is quite
certain that sooner or later the demand
will como for the privilege of convoying
merchandise as well as persons , and for
a speed approaching that of the steam
ea" . "
The managers of the steam railroads
are beginning to appreciate the danger
that confronts them. The New Haven
road has recently manifested its op
position to all now electric lines
which should parallel Its tracks.
The competition of the olectrlo roads
compelled the Great Northern railway
to withdraw its local trains batween
Minneapolis and St. Paul. As the
development of the electric road goes
on , connecting towns and villages in
such thickly settled states as Now York ,
Pennsylvania , Ohio and Illinois , and
competing bjth in passenger and mer
chandise tratlle , wo may expect to see
the question , already suggested , earn
estly discussed whether it is just to
grant the free use of public high
ways to electric roads competing
directly with steam railways which
have purchased their right of way.
Tills will hardly bo n serious
obstacle , however , to the construction
of rural electric roads whore there Is a
demand for them , because the companies
projecting such roads will bo willing to
pay liberally for tlio franchise.
A very Interesting1 possibility Involved
in this development of electric roads is
the great social and material changes
that may result. It may correct
in largo degree the tendency of
population to concentrate within small
municipal areas , while in bringing the
smaller communities into mare intimate
intercourse with the larger 01103 both
would bo benefited. "The effect upoirHhe
farmers and villagers mentally and so
cially , " says the New York Emiiny I'ost ,
"will bo very great. It has heretofore
been the case that a village off the line
of a steam railway c 3uld not prosper.
But with the advent of the electric
motor and cheap rural line it will bo
possible for such n village to thrive , for
It can then bo connected directly with
some center of Industry. Tlio trolley
thus will be the means of opening up to
further settlement parts of our country
now decaying or dead. " Manifestly
( hero is much to bo expected , in both
social and business benefits , from the
general development ot rural electric
roads.
cotfa n ESSMKX.
The determination of President Cleve
land to conduct his administration
strictly according to his own ideas of
duty and expediency is manifest. The
newest phase of his policy regarding ap
pointments Is the baldest thus far an
nounced and it involves , moreover , a
distinct innovation. It is reported that
he has decided to appoint marshals , dis
trict attorneys and other oflleials with
out reference to congressional recom
mendations , but upon the advice of demo
cratic state olllcors and other members
of his party personally well known to the
president himself. Such a recognition
of state ollicors is quite without prece
dent , for while presidents have of
course given respectful consideration to
recommendations coming from state
oflleors of their party , no p resident ,
not even Andrew Johnson , wont as far
as it is said Mr. Cleveland proposes to
Lro in recognizing them. It is therefore
a radical departure from the political
usage since the foundation of the gov
ernment which the president has deter
mined on , and the effect will bo watched
with a great deal of interest.
It may be , as has boon suggested , that
n bettor class of otllcial.s generally will
bo secured under the proposed plan , and
it will relieve congressmen of the
annoyance of place hunters , which
they are constantly complaining
is a source of great trouble and lees of
time to them , but that congressmen
generally will complacently assent to
the proposal to ignore them in this way
is not to bo expected. There is prob
ably not a democratic member of the
Fifty-third eongro.i.s who is not under
promise to scores of his constituents to
secure them places under the govern
ment , and it is said that the democratic
congressional delegations of some of the
states have united upon whites for sub
mission to the president. They will
have a sulllciont excuse for not carrying
out their promises if the president adheres
horos to the plan ho is said to have do-
turmlncd on , but to passively assent to
bo thus placed in a position of inferior
ity so far as influence at Wash
ington is concerned , to state ofllcors ,
would impair the political strength of
many of them , and undoubtedly all who
have reason to apprehend such an effect
vlll resent the president's plan.
How this may bo dona is suggested by
the statement that there Is talk of an
organized attempt in the senate to pre
vent the confirmation of oflicials of the
Department of Justice nnd of the con
sular service who may bo appointed
without congressional recommendation.
But whether so radical a means us
this of rebuking the president bo
adopted or not , there are other ways In
which the democrats In congroaa maj
make the president understand their dis
pleasure. The apparent indifference
which Mr. Cleveland is showing to the
good will of the representatives of his
party in congress , and in which he Is
bofng emulated by the members of hh
cabinet , it would BOOIU must Inovltablj
result in such a broach between the leg
Islatlvo and executive branches of the
government an will prevent nn agree
mcnt upon any pulley. It la already ap
parent that the administration cannot
have the support of a majority of th o
democrats in the senate for 1U financla
policy as now understood , and there I
10 reason to expect that It will bo any
xUtor off In the houso. U may bo more
ortmmto regarding a tariff policy , but
hlslsby no mean * assured. Hvorybody
vlll concede the rlitht of the executive
o conduct the affairs of his department
iccordlng to his own views of right and
luty. IIo is tinder no obligation except
lint of custom to consult members of
congress In the selection of public olll
cors. But a eusu > Tn that has been re-
pcctcd for nearTy"a century and become
established as ono of the unwritten laws
of our political system cannot bo ruth-
essly sot aside without causing some
Isturbanco.
The national treasury is again ac
cumulating gold. There was no demand
ast Saturday for export and there was
uldcd to the government's reserve of
reo gold $5)00,000 ) , , besides which the
jovornmont accepted an offer of $1,000-
00 In exchange for small legal tender
lotos. The treasury officials estimate
by the close of next week the free
gold in the treasury will amount to bo-
ween 80,000,000 and $7,003,000. In view
of this Improved condition the question
of Issuing bonds in order to fortify the
gold reserve Is in abeyance , and of course
tothing will bo done looking to
1 sale of bonds so long as
ho treasury continues able to meet the
lemands upon It. At this period of the
car the inflow of gold to the treasury
nay bo expected to increase , and If this
.s realized there is reason to believe that
ho government will encounter no more
rouble from a scarcity of gold before
nldsummer. Of course It is impossible
0 anticipate what tlio European demand
nay be , but in view of the fact that all
the government banks of Europe are
now carrying a heavy reserve of gold ,
iggregatlng over $1,500,000,000 , and that
hero is in addition a large amount in
other banks , it seems reasonable to
issume that the demand will not bo
so largo as it has boon for the past year ,
ind it may practically cease for a time.
What wo cannot look for is any considor-
iblo return of the precious metal , because -
cause it Is evidently the determination
of foreign governments to hold what
they have got , even if they shall not
continue to add to it.
An interesting phase of the experi
ence of the treasury in this matter has
> ocn the assistance afforded by the
muks in various parts of the country , and
t is but simple justice to these institu-
ions to say that in this particular they
itivo shown a most commendable desire to
Maintain the credit of the govorment. Un
questionably but for the prompt and suf-
Icient help given the treasury by the
mnks either recourse to the issue of
jonds would have been imperative or it
vould have been uguessury to invade the
jold reserve nold"7o"r the redemption of
egal tender notes ; , ' ' The banks should
eccivo the credit , for this action which
ts patriotic purpose merits , for it was
hardly less vltal'tfyit the government
should receive . this aid in the
exigency just passed through than
, t was thirty ' . "years ago when
; ho banks responded to the urgent
ippcal of , Secretary..Chase for
isslstanco to the government. Such
1 manifestation of solicitude on the
> art of the moneyed institutions of the
country to maintain tho-credit of the
government is reassuring and ought to
exert a wholesome influence upon busi
ness confidence.
With the treasury in a more satisfac
tory condition so far as the supply of free
gold is concerned and the prospect favor
able for a continued improvement , the
apprehension that was caused by the
steady decline in the gold reserve ought
to disappear and a general restoration of
confidence ensue. This appears to bo all
that Is necessary to make the year 18UK
ono of exceptional business activity and
prosperity.
A vote of censure by the legislature will
have nomore effect upon the Hoard of Public
Lands and Jiuildings than pouring water
on a duck's back. Turn the rascals out
( Zj/ ) / cc the management of our state in
stitutions into the hands of men who will
not stand by and let the state treasury be
pillaged by thiefes and swindlers.
THE removal of the Mexican tariff on
corn affords another encouragement to
the western farmer. The Mexican mar
ket promises to become exceedingly
valuable to the American farmer.
Cultivating u Crop of Olllcrs.
Cliteagn Itccunl.
Secretary Morton has dismissed sixty em
ployes from the seed division of his ofllco
Just as the spriiipr plowing Is about to begin
and the demand for sardon seeds is becom
ing riotous. This is indeed sad.
Facts Talk Loudly.
( Iltbc-Dcmoerat.
The Harrison administration paid off $2 ! i- ,
000,000 of tlio public cleht null reduced the nn-
iiuiil interest oliarno to the extent of $55-
000,000 ; hut that kind of statesmanship will
now como to u stop for four years.
Colonel .IIIIIOH , for Iiittiuu-n.
David Rcnnotl Hill will sceuro his Cull
share of aniusement by remaining quiet and
watching the contortions of some of those
gentlemen who frowned on the spoils sys
tem at Chicago for publication only.
Don't Turji 'I1" , " " I > < > 'n.
I'hlhuMiililit Inquirer.
It may have been with a thought of a third
term that ( Si-over deuced not to bar out the
editors entirely ! As a matter of fact ho
would never have had a second If it bad not
been for the men whom ho Is now turnine
down. lL _ _ -
Itoutrh on tlin Old Ciiiurd.
It Is hard , desperately hard , for the old
guard to realize that they stopped on a ha-
nanu peel when they inarched on Chicago
last summer and cntinmed Cleveland down
their party's throat , i Vet they now discover
tliat Clrovor has put a padlock ou the ice
chest where tlio pie factored.
- 1 9 . _
1'riifl ln'traHiili ( > .
Clilniati Inter Ut ai.
What would Cleveland have done last. funo
In Chicago had It not been for the muscular ,
lo'id-volced patriots who helped him run the
machine four years or more ago ? They
worked as men work when sure of their pay
and had no idea that Colonel Wutterson's
touching ohituary -Marching through n
slaughter house to nn open grave" was per
sonal to themselves.
Tlio Peuplo anil tlin SiolUmuii. |
.Vic 1'nrfr Hveiitim I'ust.
The great inaaa of the people have no sym
pathy with the spoilsmen who crowd into
Washington and bog for otllco as n method
of living at the public expense. They do not
thrill with Joy and Imbblu over with cntnusi-
asm whenever the president puts n "worker"
into the postoflloo or the custom house.
There Is no enthusiasm nnyw here except
among the few followers who hope to olitnln
personal advautaso. IJut when u llrat rate
appointment U m.ido the whole- country lit
otitliinlii.ttloovi'r it. has geauliio prldo In the
prcAldunt who nmkcvi It , and the result l.i nn
Incalculable gain In ftronglh for tlio p.irly
to which the president belongs.
A ( iriivn IVrll.
St. l , < ntl * lle\mlille \ ,
If Mr , Cleveland U not mighty polite to the
Missouri colonels not a man of them will tnke
olllco tinner him.
Striking nnd lli-luu Nlrnok.
Tin : O.MVIIA llir. : l.s striking some hard
blows for the maximum freight rate bill.
Some of the comparisons made between the
rates lit Nebraska and thoseof other states
nro worthy careful consideration ,
U'lilipliii | ; Tnoni In 1. 1 up ,
7/di//iinl / t'mirmif.
Instead of nn extra session ot congress wo
are to Imve , It appears , another campaign
of education the object this time being to
educate some of the free coinage nonsensu
out of the democrats in the senate and house
and make them more amenable to the finan
cial guidance of President Cleveland.
x ' ) n ( ( niujHiKu .fnunidf ,
Governor Boles of Iowa has not been heard
of much of late , but when , as an advocate of
free silver coinage , he favors a dollar which
.shall contain enough white metal to make It
as valuable as a gold one , ho should bo con
gratulated on the progress ho has made. The
main part of the republican partv has been
occupying that ground since. 1ST" .
o
Tim Cnlmii'lH on Tlinlr Dignity.
st. IMIIIS iiniitiilic.
The Hcpubllc is lu-oud to say that the people
ple of Missouri , colonels and all , can earn an
honest and independent livelihood without
consuming taxes. If the Now York and
llostou people insist on having all the oftlces ,
let them have them. Mlssuuriaus are not
going to root around for scraps of patronage.
They consider public olllco a public trust ,
and they nro not going to push and scramble
and squeal for it if they never got It.
Consolidating Utah unit Nevada.
It Utah Is admitted to statehood by the
congress whoso legal existence has lust be
gun it will como In as a part of Nevada. Hoth
republicans and democrats appear to bo
agreed on this point. Of course Utah would
bo the big end of the consolidation , and
would run the state , but a rotten borough
would bo abolished by this arrangement and ,
conversely , the nonpolygamous clement of
Utah would bo reinforced by perhaps a suf-
llcient number of votes to put them in con
trol.
Tlin Dignity of tlio Trrns.
JVifliit/cljrfifrt / Tliiifs.
In former years , when newspapers were
party organs first and newspapers only in
cidentally , it was more appropriate for
editors to accept otllco , just as the editors of
small village organs may properly do now.
Yet even then public men perceive the im
propriety of such a iwllcy , and It will bo re
called how earnestly it was condemned by
the elder Harrison and how vigorously de
nounced by Webster. In modern times
when people expect independence and im
partiality in journalism , Us separation from
all political rewards is imperative.
II It'K t't/T THIS IHSdHACE.
Wahoo Now Era ( Ind. ) : The report of the
house committee on Investigation of the pen
itentiary Is enough to make every honest
citizen of Nebraska blush with shame.
Madison Chronicle ( rep. ) : The peniten
tiary investigation by the Nebraska legisla
ture is bringing to light enormous steals and
frauds practiced by contractors and umler-
ofllclals. Show 'cm up and let no guilty man
escape , no matter what his politics.
Tecumseli Chieftain ( rep. ) : The house
committee appointed to investigate charges
of corruption alleged to exist in connection
with the management of the state peniten
tiary has unearthed a very unsavory mess.
The report has stirred up a great amount , of
feeling and w'll ' probably lead to some very
unpleasant conclusions.
Central City Nonpareil ( rep. ) : Was It not
last fall that certain republicans were call
ing Hosewater a dictator and prophesying ho
would rnln the republican party ? Saturday's
Biu : looks much llko It. When it comes to
standing up for Nebraska the only thing wo
regret Is that there are not about ISO moro
just such editors to stand up for the stato.
There would bo a little less stealing and a
little more legislation.
Alliance-Independent : The reports of the
investigating committee show a stnto of
affairs that is a disgrace to the state. It
shows that the principal state ofllccs have
been , and most of them now are , held by men
totally unlit , cither In a moral or n business
sense , to 1111 such olllccs. There is but ono
right thing for the legislature to do im
peach the rascals , and turn them out. Tlio
circumstances justify it. The people de
mand it.
Seward Reporter ( rep. ) : The charges
against the present and former state oflicials
should not bo taken as true without being
fully substantiated , and the high standing
of the men should not prevent a thorough
ventilation of the facts , oven if the result is
damaging to the parties. Wo would bo slow
to believe that any of the oflicials named con
nived at fraud or winked at Doodling , but the
charges have been made publicly and they
should bo thoroughly investigated.
Adams County Democrat : The legislature
has devoted moro or less of its valuable time
to looking into the condition of state institu
tions. No ono will deny that the evidence
of mismanagement is very clear. Fraud
has been practiced , politicians have worked
their positions for all there is In it. Every
employe who had llnancial dealing with the
outside world took advantage of the stnto.
Goods were bought at a fair figure , und those
responsible to the state would charge the
state two or three prices.
Schuyler Quill ( ind. ) : The unearthing of
frauds and steals in the state Insane asylum
and penitentiary at Lincoln only tends to
prove the alleged rotten ring which has con
trolled state politics nnd institutions for
years. Chief among this outfit have been
Secretary of State Allen , Attorney General
Hastings , Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings Humphrey and Treasurer
Hill. The action for Impeachment against
the present oftlclals should be pushed , and
further , all connected with the steals should
bo prosecuted. Instead of being in state
ofllces they should bo In the penitentiary.
Wahoo Wasu ( rep. ) : The reporter the
legislative committee , appointed to investi
gate the penitentiary and asylum at Lincoln ,
is anything but a favorable ono to those who
have been connected with the Institutions
and to the Hoard of Public Lands and Build
ings. If the report of the rommpUeo Is true
the state bus been unmercifully robbed for
several years past and the amounts will
reach way up In the thousands. The Wasp
has no defense to make for the republican
olllclals connected with the steal. If they
are guilty as reported , let them "stand up"
and take whatever medicine that may bo ad
ministered to them without squealing.
Hardy Herald ( rep. ) : The Nebraska legis
lative investigation committees are unearth
ing oceans of rottenness In the management
of state institutions , and their report last
week from the penitentiary was especially
besmirching upon the old Board of Public
I mds and Buildings and the penitentiary
management. If true they should and will
bo hauled over the coals sutlleiently strong
to right the wrong. If Mosher could rob his
friends and cscapo the scrutiny of the bank
directors it would bo peculiar , to say the
least , if ho did not surround himself with
the same kind of associates In his work for
the state. loot's punish the guilty and lot
tlie innocent alone.
Holdrego Citi7.cn ( rep. ) : The reiwrt of the
special committee appointed to investigate
the building of the new-cells at the peniten
tiary shows that the same old gang that has
done so much to bring the republican , party
into disrepute has been at their old g.imo
and the state has been grossly robbed.
Meanwhile the State Board of Public Lands
and Buildings , which was supposed to oversee -
see this matter , sat idly by and allowed the
state to bo robbed. ' 1 ho report of the com
mittee censuring the board was spread on
the rerorCs. A resolution has been Intro
duced to bring Impeachment proceedings
against the lx > ard and the question comes
up In the house today. The republicans in
caucus last nislit decided to light the pro
ceedings. This Is to bo regretted , for If the
republican state omVials have been guilty as
charged they should bo impeached. The re
publican party ci-nnot afford to defend guilty
men because they happen to bo republican
ofllclals. The attitude of Tin : BKK In de
manding that the matter be thoroughly
ventilated nnd that the guilty suffer for
their deeds is to bo commended.
OI'IVIO.V.V O.V
O'Neill Krontlor : The friends of Moshnr
of tlu defunct Capital National built of Lin-
coin offer to pay the amount of hln Indebted
ness providing ho Is not prosecuted. Ho has
committed n crime against the lawn of the
state of Nebraska ana should bo punished
Beatrice Democrat : Had Banker Moshor
stolen a hog to keep hU family from starv
ing or a load of wood from government land
to prevent their freezing ho would have been
In the penitentiary before now. But ho stole
Sl.OOO.lKX ) . falsified the records of the bank ,
violated the federal statute nnd Is at liberty ,
surrounded by officers who apologize for hav- '
mg annoyed him by bringing the matter to I
public notice . Such is "justice ! "
Kearney Hub : Banker Mustier Is rust I- '
eating and ruminating In Chicago , whVro the |
law's alarms cannot for the present molester
or make afraid. He has recovered his speech
sufficiently to say that there are others that 1
ho might Implicate- the rascalities with ' I
which ho stands charged , but i.hat ho does I
not euro to do so. This is pretty thin. If ; ;
Mosher can drag anybody else into the mlro j :
ho ought to do it , Instead of smirching pos&iI I
bio parties by Inueudo. j I
Nebraska City News : As a bank wrecker | i
Mosher stands charged with about all the I 1
crimes in the category but expects to escape i i
punishment by simply repaying a portion of ' !
the amount stolen. Who wore his aids !
A\ho nro the men ho Is shielding ! Whv
should ho say should ho remain he would bo
hi the penitentiary f That the management
of the Capital National bank was rotten no
ono will deny , and it is the duty of the offi
cials without regard to party to fully show
how Mosher conducted affairs , toll who were
his beneficiaries and bring the whole gang to
punishment. Thoealc'.um ' Hunt of a thorough
Investigation ought to bo turned on this
dark blot.
M. Munkacsy Is at work in his Noultly stu
die on a picture of such dimensions that the
canvas has to be raised and lowered bv a
machine for the purpose. It is lit feet high
and 45 wide.
Colonel Ingersoll thinks that no great play
has been written since Shakespeare's death.
Ingersoll evidently does not appreciate the
dramatic jwssibilitics of tUo tank , the pile-
driver and the buzz saw. *
General Buckner is said to bo assiduously
studying German in anticipation of being
sent to Austria to represent the dignity of
the United States at Vienna. The general
is not a llngutsLbut ho reads and speaks
French iluently :
Of James Brycc , author of the "American
Commonwealth , " n recent biographer re
cords that ho is "a good fellow , full of information
mation , who can make himself a very genial
companion ; " that he is a confirmed botanist
and wears "a white felt hat that has seen
very many years of service. "
Thomas Allen , a veteran , 103 years old ,
lives in Tyler county , W. Va. Ho served
under Wellington in the war with Napoleon ,
under General Scott In the Mexican war
ami at tlio ago of T'J years ho enlisted in the
war of the rebellion. Ills physical appear
ance was such that ho passed muster as
being under -13.
Perorations are Mr. Gladstone's strongest
point. He may confuse his audience with
figures , overwhelm them with words , but
when the time cornea for him to round olt
his speech and when his voice , dropping in
volume , takes on the magnetic thrill that
has bellied to make its owner a power in
Kngland , then the audience mentally rises
to meet the orator.
The Intimation that on account of his
connection with Irish politics General
Patrick A. Collins will be persona non grata
to the British government will prove to bo
unfounded. Mr. John Morley has said that
General Collins would bo as acceptable as
any man whom President Cleveland could
send as consul general at London , nnd Lord
Hosobery Is said to bavo unofficially given
a similar assurance. Mr. Gladstone and
General Collins are friends.
11ATK I
Hustings Democrat : The maximum
freight bill which has passed the lower
house of Nebraska's legislature is very
modest in its demands. If the senate does
its whole duty to the state a mite of Justice
will bo done the people oven at this late day.
AVayno Herald : ThoNowbcrry maximum
freight rate bill as modified provides for a
reduction of about 20 per cent on freight
rates. It is moderate , and the senate \vlli
do the wise- thing if it passes it. There is
no doubt but Governor Crounso would sign
it. The people need relief in this direction.
York Democrat : Mr. Kcckloy has done
the people of Nebraska a good service on the
freight bill. His own party papers will not
give him credit for his work , but the Demo
crat cheerfully informs the people of York
county that they have ono representative
who deems his duty to the people greater
than his duty to party.
Wukeileld Republican : The commit
tee of Nebraska railroad managers in
formed the legislative committeeon
railroads that any reduction of railroad
rates means a reduction of the wages of
their employes. This objection amounts to
nothing for the simple reason that the rail
road companies of this state pay their men
now Just as little as they can and have the
work dono. They might cut off some fancy
salaries of the high officers , but it is not
likely that they will have to reduce wages.
Ki'dilcy Can't Itn Kinlrvliuil.
York Democrat.
The World-Herald , price 5 cents at the
news stands to newspaper men , is attempt
ing to discredit Mr. ICockloy by calling him a
slaveof - Kosowatcr. It don't go In this com
munity , Mr. World-Herald. Because you
have u row with Mr. Kosowater everybody
don't have to Jump onto Mr. Kecitlcy , not in
this nock of the wood * . Ho In our kind of n
imm , If ho la a republican , and you follow *
In Omnhn would not hurt ihinif.i vnrv much
If you would send a few such men 10 the
legislature.
vmtntKs n nninrr { tni.i.x.
There are flXX1 ( light houses.
Our newspapers employ ! 200,000.
China has H.OOO-year-old bri.lges.
In China laborers got " > cents a day.
There are UI.OOO Western Union onices.
The IConigstlen wlno cask holds l.SW.'A'W
pints.
Pin making employs UO.OOO hi Hoddltch ,
England.
' { 'lit'kegs used for the exportation of gold
'ffib western wlro
trust contemplates a re
duction of wages.
PA'K.uf ' " > < ' * * tmiiH"h' timber In Washington
1'XHH.H : ) ( ) cottages could bo erected.
The shipment of amhraelto coal last week
fell off 'Jirvllir * tens as compared with the
sr.lino week In ISlfcJ.
It is s.iid It will cost the railroads entering
Chicago . ' 00.000,01X1 to raise the tracks In
conformity with the new law.
There are about fi.llix ) miles of railway in
Sweden , of which 1,700 miles belong to the
state and il.MO to private companies.
The talk of lower wages for coal minors hi
Lngland hns occasioned throats that not a
pound of coal will bo mined for a month.
Since the Cape diamond Holds were dis
covered In l.siir , MMMIO.OOO fa rats of stones ,
valued at $ .1.V > , ( XXMXM ) . have been exported.
1 heso would load up two big coal trains ,
The largest sheep ranch In the world is in
the counties of Dlmmttand Webb , Texas It
contains upward of .lOO.oiK ) acres and yearly
pastures front 1XHXX ( ) ( ) to 1 . ( VXUHX ) sheep.
The number of cattle exported from this
country and Canada In isn-j was llfj.KVi head.
New York shipped IKI.rx.VS. uoston liW.lWJ ,
Montreal W,700 ) , Baltimore 51 , 111 , and Phila
delphia IW.TSI.
The Engineering News savs1,070 miles of
railway were laid in the United States In
I.V.I : ! ; a.iXW tnlle.s are now partly completed or
under construction , and surveys have been
completed on ' . ' , -158 ni'.ies and -131 miles are
projected , but not yet surveyed.
The amount of cotton sent to market this
crop year to March 1 and the stock on hand
amounted to flKtt4S ! ) ( : bales , of which -1,0 3,108
bales have been exported , burned or remain
on Hand. The takings by northern spinncm
for the crop year have been Iiiu'ji7 : ; bales ,
as compared with ltllOS7 ( ) bales last year.
.i/ ; / , . < UNI.i.v ; > L.ivnnrrM.
Philadelphia Tlmm : Knn may ho madoof
the undertaker and sexton , but they get In
their little dig at last.
Cleveland 1'laln Dealer : A grout dual of
man s trouble comes from thinking aloud.
Washington Htar : "I have clmtiKed my pol
itics , hald the eoiinterfelier a.s ho was handed
over to tlio warden. " 1 am no longer a frco
Arkansaw Traveler : A revolver Is no largo
weapon , but II. can bo made to cover a very
largo man.
Indlau.-ipollt News : This promises to be a
week of appointments-ami disappointments.
Texas Slftlnjis : However wcll-breiid a baker
maybe , bo's generally u loafer and u whlto
cai ,
Yonkers Statesman : The moon Is mild to 1m
without water. A sort of heavenly Kentucky ,
us It woro.
Indianapolis Journnl : "Your new soprano
goes very high when she hlnjs in this now
opera. "
"Thill's nothing , " said the maimKor , sadly.
" \imuimht to M > < ) how high aho can go whoii
she. draws bur salary. "
Clothier and KiirnMinr : Von Illnmcr You
haven't unotlier elKiir llko thu ono you guvu
me the other day , have you ?
Wllllerlry Viis , hero's ono.
Von Hlumer 'I'lianUs , old man. I'm trylnz
to break my boy from smoking.
ICato 1'leld's Washington : Hicks. Every
don bus his day , my boy.
Dick llleks. Then why do they fl ht ?
lllcks. It frequently happens that two of
thum have the same day.
Puck : I.lfo Insurance president ) nstonls-
ment ) . What under the sun over iniido you
take a risk on this inaii'sllfo ? Why. ho swu.urs
that lie hus been a confirmed Invalid for II vo
years !
Superintendent. Onn pf the best of risks ,
sir. Confirmed invalids never dlo of uoytlilini
but old use.
THK FISIUNd HI'.AROK.
C/ifniflii / Inter Ocean.
Sing a song of sixpence ,
A stone Jug full of rye ,
Four and twenty fishermen
I'lshtng very spry ;
When the Jug begins to open
Anil the fishermen to Ring ,
There's not the shadow of a clinnco
That they'll catch a blessed thing ,
"
TllK KICK Kit.
The Kewnman.
I tlimntht some ono would kill him , ns ho
kicked iroin morn till night.
Or tlmtMimo mad wrntcli would (111 ( him full of
buckshot out of spile ;
Hut I wondered when the barborgavo him Just
the smoothest shavu ,
And the porter bowed NO meekly when ho took
the klokur's grip ,
And all col toned to him wonUly , though ho
never gave n tip-
Trainmen wntehod with euro the heating on
tliucar ho patrimlred ,
Not n hackman essayed beating when his kick
was realized ;
Even newsboys grinned compliance when hi )
quoted otlli-c rules ,
And fair women Nought alliance with IliN
niolili'r of tlio fates ,
Mko 11 mule , by uarni-st kicking , lie hud won
all pleasant ( lilngs ,
And In lioaven you'll mmlilin picking out the
longest pulroC wings.
CO.
argest Munnfactururj aiul KoUtlorJ
of Cluthlni ; In tlu WorU.
Hihger Than Ever
Our hats are yes , higher than they will ever
be again. They're up on the
third floor. The prices ,
strange as it may seem , al
though they were raised with
the hats to the third , were not
raised. This has been denote
to allow the workmen room
in which to tear out the di
viding wall on the ( Irst
floor. We have this week ,
received many now novel
ties in children's wear , ex
hibited on second floor , while men's suits for spring
are now shown in greater variety than ever. You
will will be able to secure many desirable bargains
if you come before wo make the hole in the side of
the house We'll have the greatest store on earth
when we get through the hole.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Bloro open every ovonlnz till a 5 * S.W. Cor , IDtb and Douglas 31
aaturduy till 111