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Jlepublinnis in the senate fhouldstand up
for Arcbrtifka and redeem the pledges of
JS03 by voting for house mil 33.
RKPKKSBNTATIVKS of Nebraskain
both houses of the lofjialnttiro should
not faltof In the fcui'luHS and conscien
tious discharge of tliolr duty.
TilBKK is work enough on hand for
the legislature to keep it in session
thirty days longer. This may , however ,
ho impracticable without an extra
session.
THK report of the Nebraska member
of the National Society of Charities and
Corrections , in respect to the condition
of the state penitentiary , does not convoy
any news to Nobraska'peoplo , but It may
surprise the society a little.
THK horse thieves that have been
operating on a largo scale in western
Nebraska and Wyoming tire now re
ported in close quarters with a deter
mined pursuing party on their trail. It
Is to bo hoped that the pang will bo
broken up and the business permanently
stopped. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The legislature should not adjourn before
it has slumped out corruption ami placed
the state institutions under the cure and
supervision of officers who do not wink at
corrupt practices and have the integrity and
thcbackliOHC to stop thieves and plunderers
from robbing the slate and looting the
treasury.
THE first olllcial decision of Secretary
Hoko Smith has just been rendered , and
by it the right of the Southern Pacific
railroad to several thousand acres of
land in Southern .California is denied.
If Secretary Smith does not stop taking
lands away from railroad corporations
and restoring them to the public domain
ho will find himself popular the first
thing ho knows.
THK legislature of Minnesota has un
dertaken several reforms this winter ,
but does not seem to have succeeded
Tory well with any of them thus far.
At present it is wrestling with a coal
iCombino , and the latter is making a
light that will probably prove success
ful. Unless the representatives of the
people take off their ulsters and go to
work in earnest the corporations arc
pretty sure to win.
IP EDITOHS of papers of general cir
culation in Nebraska are liable to crim
inal prosecution for alleged libel in any
county of this state a few Lincoln edi
tors and scavengers will bo lodged in
the Douglas county jail in very short
motor. There has scarcely been a day
for a number of yeanj on which these
champions of boodlorism and railroguo-
ism have not circulated criminal libels
in their subsidized sheets concerning the
editor of this uapor. It is a poor rule
that won't work both ways.
THK bill for the relief of Mr. Hitch
cock has taken up more space in tlu
World-Herald since the beginning of tlu
session than the maximum rate bill , tlu
impeachment resolutions and thoOmahi
charter. The bill will , of course , con
tinuo to monopolize the entire shoot fron
now on until adjournment. The joke o
the thing is that the monopoly whicl
this bill is designed to demolish is to be
broken up only sufficiently to lot tin
World-JFentld In and bar every othoi
paper out. Mr. Hitchcock's nightmare
is a real democratic dally in Omaha.
MANY thousands of people will bt
glad to learn that it has boon decided tc
keep the World's fair open to the public
evenings until 11 o'clock. To those who ,
on account of money considerations , art
unable to spend much time at Chicago
it will bo of the greatest importanei
that .tho opportunities for feeing the fill :
shall bo as great as they can bo made
They will not mind the strain involve )
by so many hours of sightseeing , foi
they can rest after they reach homo. Ti
the working classes of Chicago it wil
bo the next host thing t3 Sunday open
ing.
THE house committee directed to ii :
quire into the legality of the Moshe
lease of the penitentiary and contrao
for convict labor has reported the con
tract was illegally 'made and is there
fore void. The report of the eommitte
will doubtless bo adopted when it come
tip before the house tomorrow , but th
question Is , What next ? If thocontrac
is void the state must resume contrt
and that will require an approprlatlo
and some legislation vesting the Baur
of Public Lands , and Buildings or th
governor and warden with authorit
to enter intJ contracts with parties no
employing convict labor under Moshor
subcontracts , or to work the convlc
directly. It will devolve upon the go'
ornor to recommend such a bill so tin
It can bo introduced and passed bofoi
the legislature udjourus.
Aff At'l'KAf , TO T//K / l'BO//V UK M.-
IIIIASKA.
The sixty days for whli'h loglnlatorfl
ran draw pay have now expired. Very
few of the mombarri are In condition
tlniuii'hilly to pay their own oxiujtiseH at
thi ? t-apltol for more than a few tltiyH
longer. At least ton days more ought
to IKJ given by the lawmakers to llnlxh
fie work of purging the Htato house by
impeaching olllcers who have connived
at fraud and permitted the treamry to
bo looted by dishonest contractors , thiev
ing subordinates and public plunderers
generally.
If Nebraska is to bo redeemed from
the etifho of boodlorism and the majesty
of the law Is to bo vindicated by the law
makers the people hhould not only en
courage and sustain their honest repre
sentatives in the good work in which
they are engaged , but tlu < y should sub
scribe liberally to defray their expenses.
Kvery citizen of Nebraska who approves
the work of the legislature and desires
the work of investigation to be carried
to its legitimate oJiiclusion by impeach
ment proceedings should at once write
to his representatives and remit
whatever ho can alTord to pay
to lion. J. N. Gallin , speaker of the
house of representatives , Lincoln. In
towns and cities contributions should bo
solicited by clubs. Public meetings
should also be hold to express the desire
of the people for whatever measures
they want the legislature to carry
through before it adjourns.
There Is no time to bo lost. Stand by
your local representatives and urge
them to stand up for Nebraska in her
hour of tribulation.
NOT TO UK DISrilACTKD.
Now that the preliminaries of impeach
ment are under way and the laws which
have boon trampled under foot are to be
Indicated any incident that affords n
ihanco for diversion is eagerly given
, 'i'oat prominence by the men whoso
Illeial necks arc in jeopardy ,
t is therefore not in the least surpris-
ng that the Lincoln boodler organs
hould sot up a gleeful howl over the
.orriblo outrage committed by this
taper when it gave publicity to a report
hat Governor Crounso had demanded
ho resignation of Attorney General
lastings and intimated a disposition tc
lo charges against him that would ro-
ult in his impeachment in case ho
'ailed ' to stop down voluntarily.
Now suppose that this report was
eally a downright fabrication from beginning -
ginning to end , and we still insist that
t is not a fabrication , whore does any
tllcinl who has laid himself liable tc
mpcachment got any vindication out ol
hat circumstance ? In what way would
inything the governor denies or alllrms
esson the gravity of the charges env
bodied in the report of the committee-
hat investigated the cell house frauds
ho asylum frauds , the frauds a'
ileatrico and the fraudulent bills o
vouchers for the care , light and fuel a' '
, ho state house ? The intelligent people
if th'is state cannot ba sidetracked fron :
, ho main issue , and that is the redemp
ion of Nebraska from reckless , dis
lonest and untrustworthy officials.
HRFOH31 Iff ILllLtrAl' SKltVlCK.
The manager of the Ann Arbor rail-
oad , whoso conflict with its engineer ;
ias been the moans of evolving semi
: iow and exceedingly interesting quos
: ions regarding the relations botweei
ailroads and their employes , think-
: here ought'to bo radical reforms in rail
way organization and service. Ho urge :
that entrance into that service should hi
nado a matter of enlistment for a torn
of years , as in the army , with oxamina
lions as to qualifications and tin oath tt
obey the laws of the nation an )
enforce the rules of the company
Ho would also have fixed rules t <
jovorn promotions , resignations , dismis
sals and changes in wages , and woulc
prohibit both the boycott and the black
list as a felony.
The principle that is implied li
hose suggestions , which is simply tha
there fihould bo pome equitable rogula
lion by law of the relations between the
railroads and their employes for the pro
tectlon of the public against the arbi
trary action of either , is widely recog
nized as sound and has long beoi
advocated by those who have given th
matter serious and intelligent attention
There can bo no question that it i
steadily growing in favor , and whatovoi
may bo the outcome of the controvers ;
which is to bo passed upon by th
federal courts the time Is not romoti
when the demand for the legal rogulu
tion of railway service will become s :
general and urgent that eongresa am
state legislatures will have to respect II
The duly which the corporations am
those who are in their service owe toth
public must bo made paramount to an
and all considerations iitTooting thoi
private interests , and the right of tin
public to require this is unquestionable
What would bo the most practicabl
way of reaching the desired end is
question to bo thoughtfully considered
The Idea of enlistment in th
railway service , as in the armj
is repugnant : and it is not ai
parent that any bettor results would li
obtained by such a plan than from th
contract system that prevails on man
of the railroads of the country. At
cording to the testimony of the chii
officer of the Brotherhood of Locomotl\
Engineers there is no trouble where coi
tracts are made , and this is a mntht
which the American worklngman ca
have no objection to. Examination i
to qualifications , it Is presumed , ovoi
well managed railroad company wi
require for its own security. A mot1
system of employment and promotion
observed on some of thu great roai
of the country and has provt
highly Ftitlsfactory. It ought
bo applied to all roads , regardless
their extent , and no law should 1
nei'csMiry to put It in force. It is git
ply the observance of common son
business principles In a systematic wu
and the wonder Is that It has not be <
generally adopted and adhered to by t :
rallrcads of the country. The prohlb
ing of the boycott and the bluckl !
ought t bn it HIP , Binoa they a"o wholly
ln < lofoinU > h , butthpw would necessarily
bco'iino obsolete under a jnst and equi
table regulation of the relations between
rnllrcii'l o MM panics and their employes.
The transportation Inturoit * of the
o unity are HJ viral to the public wol-
fa o that ID avoidable circumstances
should he permitted to disturb or In
terrupt their regular and orderly opera
tion , which is essential ti the conven
ience and wellbelng of all classes. A
general stoppage of the transportation
facllltliM of the country for a single day
would do an IncalculaDlo amount of pub
lic da.tmigc. No organization or num
ber of organizations should bs allowed
to possess the power to do this. On the
other hand the corporations themselves
should bo held to the severest account
ability for any action on their part tend
ing to produce a condition of affairs in
imical to the public interests.
Tim people dn not want ( ha Icy Mature to
adjourn before the xttiiioin ; * li'is ' bn
purged of dishonest and faithless officials.
The people u-ill cheerfully bear any taxation
the legislature may impose on them if the
legislature will only do its duty fearlessly
and reganllfss of all pressure from corpo
rate injluimv or the corrupt lobby.
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KKIIllASKA'S .MlllIXl ItfHL'STHV.
The milling industry of Nebraska may
be said to bo yet in its infancy , but it is
not too young to show signs of vigorous
life. The manufacture of Hour is suc
cessfully carried on in various portions
of the state , and the business is moder
ately growing year by year. But the
growth of this industry has been by no
means commensurate with the Increase
in the demand for mill products in this
state and in the wide extent of
territory which constitutes the field
of the Nebraska manufacturer and
tradesman. The milling industry in this
state is subject to no natural limitations
that need retard its expansion. Ne
braska is pre-eminently an agricultural
state. It has been amply demonstrated
that she can produce a ; fine a quality of
spring or winter wheat as any state in
the union. No reason exists why the
immense cereal products of Nebraska
should not bo milled within her own
borders.
The argument that the great milliner
centers of other states have obtained so
long a lead and established so wide a
reputation that it is difficult to make
way against their competition is found
to bo without force when all of the cir
cumstances are considered. While it
may bo true that it would take time to
earn a reputation for Nebraska Hour
that would readily sell it in the markets
of the world in competition with that ol
the other milling centers , it is equally
true that merit will sooner or later com
mand recognition and that products
equally good cannot long remain upon an
unequal footing in public favor.
But the milling industry has
plenty of room for expansion
in this state for the present without
regard to the general market. Our
people are buying largo quantities of
Hour abroad. They are sending their
grain out of the state and importing
their milled products. The folly of sucli
u policy is apparent when we take
account of the fact that a great saving
in freight charged might bo effected by
converting the grain into Hour at home ,
This would save money for the farmoi
and the consumer and would at the
name time build up a manufacturing
industry that would bo of great value to
the state. Experience has already shown
that as good Hour can be made in Nebraska
braska as elsewhere. With the en
larged and improved facilities which
would bo made possible by an increased
demand for the products of our owi :
mills the question of quality , if it mnj
bo said to exist at all , would wholly dis
appear.
The home patronage sentiment in this
state has already exerted an important
influence upon the milling indus
try , but it needs to be more
widely cultivated and more generally
put into actual practice among
consumers. Meanwhile the presonl
growth in their business should encourage -
ago millers to enlarge the capacity ol
their mills and improve their facilities
so far as such improvement may be
needed to make their product all that
the most exacting buyer could require
It is perfectly practicable to make Ne
braska a great milling as well as a grea
grain-producing state , and the logic o
the situation points to rapid develop
ment in this direction.
A vote of censure by the legislature wil
have nomore effect upon the Hoard of 1'ublii
Lands and Jhtildings than jmiring ivute ,
on a duck's back. Turn the rascals ou
and place the management of our stale in
stitutions into the hands of men who icil
not stand by and let the state treasury b
iiillugcd by tlticvcs and swindlers.
THK present year will witness mon
shipbuilding on the great lakes than an ;
preceding year , and the business will b
chiefly confined to the construction o
largo freight steamers. At Bay Git ;
two stool steamers , each ! ! 00 feet i ;
length , are now being constructed , um
many smaller vessels are on the stock
there and at other lake ports. The tw
vessels mentioned are the largest eve
built for inland waters and will compar
favorably with many of the ocea
steamers. The growth in lake con :
morco is duo mainly to th
rapid Increase in the volume of fan
products ( lowing from the west to th
seaboard. To meet this demand fo
transportation facilities the lake vei
sols are multiplying. Few who hav
not given attention to the subject reallx
how important the inland seas are to th
productive west , and fewer still nppn
cinte the possibilities of the futui
growth in tlioojmmercaof those water
Now that the plans and speoificatlo !
or the eoun ty rend raving have bee
submitted to the commissioners in
measures have been taken toward ai
vortislng for bids for the work , it ca
remains to sell the $150,000 of bout
voted by the people for this purpose , litho
the contracts for grading and pavlr
and then push the undertaking to coi
pletion. It looks now as if this itnpo
taut enterprise would bo under way
good season perhaps oven earlier tin
the public Improvements in the city.
will provide wirk/foi a largo numbo" of
iiK-n and will tVtus'do gomotlilng toward
enlivening busing In Omaha during thee
*
e milng Htimmer .
Tin : IlrobugvwGo has l > oen applying
the torch in MlUvntikee will have to bi <
the custodian othjs own secret If ho es
capes capture , ino reward for ev'ldonco
that will lead M Ills arrest now amounts
to $ : ii > 00. antli 4t will doubtless be Increased -
creased if neeesfcnry. Nothing stirs up
a community Iftcc'U porlos of Incendiary
llres. " " "
_
A Iliiici ComiinnlUy ,
The folnhrate.l scientist , Dr. Huns Vlr-
cliow. Is ou hU wny to Chlc.iii > . He ts lliblu :
to tfot lust lioro ; virtue uiulcr.uny
nuvnr 1ms a fair show in Chicago.
A Datiircroim I'rrrmlcnt.
All Ohio wnmun who ItiutKtnea President
Cleveland i luJolito.l to lior hus boon do-
clareil ius.uio. If this worn a s'lfo test ,
every democrat in the Huckeyo state could
bo placed In ; i padded cell.
lU'lciriin tint Menu Much.
l'lillnileti > ttn , Times.
Tlicro Is no guliis-.iylnj ; the fact that the
emperor of Qcrmuiiy is the leading reformer
oftlioiiKo. A tnmuircti who can order min
isters not to niiiko thuir sermons lonnor than
can be dullvcred In six minutes time takes
the iMiko , and if ho will now Insist upon a tlvc-
inlnuto limit to political orations all thu people
ple will arise and rail him blessed.
How the ( Iro.it II : > 4 I'.illmi.
/iiiniiM HISlur. ) / .
It will bo observed that the noisy Mr.
Frank Ireland of Nebraska , who was in
Kansas City throe months aso telling a dolo-
pation of Kansas democratic stalwarts what
to do , is hob-nobbing with "McUinty. " Mr.
Ireland was ajrainst Mr. Cleveland's nomina
tion tit Chicago , ana , after the convention
adjourned , hail the assurance to brag about
it. Yet ho assumed to bo a great man in
the west and put in his application for a Job
early. Ho has been dropped in the sewer
with a low mellow plunk , and the sail , hun
gry waves will roll over the place where ho
foil. The time lias not come for Mr. Cleveland -
land to turn the other check.
tlio Tide wltli n Sluvr ,
Is it not time , as thoilawnof the twentieth
century approaches , for the judiciary and
the legislature , us well as the people of
Pennsylvania , to make public recognition of
the fact that tbu Sunday newspaper is a
necessary agency of modern civilization f
The great world , inriiigingilown the grooves
of change , cannot wait for Monuav morning
for the information that is gathered on Sat
urday night in every Held. The circles of
Sunday newspaper readers will constantly
widen , oven though a magistrate in Pitts-
burg shall occasionally line a newsboy for
violating the Sabbath Why should wo bo
playing petty hypocrites with ourselves in
this matter any longer ? Since everybody ,
magistrate and legislator included , reads the
Sunday newspaper , is there not unspeakable
meanness in conniving at the punishment of
u boy for selling it .0,11 , Sunday morning ?
limiting ill ) l > illmi * Ciiinblno.
The Minnesota legislature has fairly beaten
the coal combine in the courts where the
combine elected to light. That mysterious
letter book , whicVi Sir. Donnelly's committee
seized with force and arms , is still in posses
sion of the committee , and there will it re-
maiinmtil it shall have served all the pur
poses of the inyustjgatloa.
Clearly that is thq best place for the book.
The anxiety of thi ; combine to recover Its
record is prima facie evidence of dishonesty.
If the methods of 'tho ring were lawful they
would not shrink1 from , but court , investiga
tion now that thbytaro accused. We must
assume that there .is incriminating matter
in this book and that the publication of its
contents will rovpalto , the world the rotten
ness of a ring which is levying millions on
the American people annually , busiacs caus
ing untold aufrerl'iifj1 to the pobr.
Wo salute the legislature of Minnesota and
especially the doughty Ignatius Uonuolly ,
their leader in this crusade against corporate
crime. The work thov are doing is not foi
Miniicsota'alono , but for all the nation. More
power to Ignatius , the scholar * militant !
o
, IUI > < 1K JllUHS IwriKWEl ) .
Now York Commercial : But bow shall
offenders bo reached ? It is comparatively
easy for courts to command things not to DC
done and to enforce its mandates , but tc
command men to do , oven to work with theii
hands , though their very souls resist , opens
up a now department of law. Nothing but
imprisonment remains for men who , the
court may hold , should work , but won't
work.
Minneapolis Journal : The order of the
court against the boycott by Ivako Shore en
gineers of freight from the Ann Arbor road ,
where the strike originated , is not so sur
prising , as the point has probably been cov
ered in i * . general way , at least , before ; but
the injunction to restrain employes of the
Aim Arbor road from quitting work goes tc
the root of the matter and involves the very
life of the labor organizations engaged in
railroad work. And , as before suggested , it
is an interesting question how far the same
rule might bo" " extended in its application tu
i employes in other industries how far the
argument that public interest dominated the
right to strike might hold good.
Boston Advertiser : If workmen can be
restrained from striking on account of beitif ;
called upon to handle "nonunion'1 freight ,
since such a strike interferes with inter
state commerce , the companies can be
restrained from discharging their workmen
ou account of membership in unions , since
such discharge is sure to result in delay , con
fusion and consequent interference will
interstate commerce. If an employe mnj
not choose his own time for quitting work
but must cheese n time , if any , when inter
state commerce will suffer no detriment
from leaving off , equally his employer , the
company , may not ehooso its own time foi
dismissing him , but must first make sun
that interstate commerce can spare him.
Now York Independent : The orders o
Judges Taft and Kicks are directed cliiellj
against ' 'sympathy" strikes , with which the
general public has little patience. If om
plojcs have a grievance against lliocompanj
that hires them , that grievance should bi
settled between them , without the interference
ferenco of the employes of other companies
Such Interference not only damages the com
pany Involved , but tlioso who patronize i
and' also the company which employs tin
boycotters. Wo should hope that out o
these cases will come , either through tlu
courts or by congress , some equitable systen
which , while not invadimr any proper lega
or personal rightiof employes , will protec
the public against.oxteusivo railroad strikes
Now York Tribiinv ; Freedom to work o
to ccuso work Is uqiuonicd. But the citlzei
of civilized society is over forced to recogniz
the fact that his rights are to some oxten
limited by his dutlos to society and to othe
individuals. His fn-edom is not absolute , fo
ho has no riglu to tixerciso that freedom Ii
such a way as Unjustly to deprive other ;
of their rights. Now It is plain
ou the very face of , things , that a great cor
poration which serves the whole people , am
upon which the whole people must ncecs
sarily depend for essential facilities , cnnno
bo blocked in its operations without Injur ,
douo to multitudes : The right of the labor
ing man as an individual , the right of an ,
association of railroad workers , is therefor
necessarily restricted to some extent by 111
fact that the opehition of a road cannot b
arrested wittiout'Jmiiry lo the public. Ho\
far tills principle restricts individual free
dom the courts have yet to decide.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : Judg
Kicks of Cleveland , appears to bo striving t
demonstrate- his unlltncss for the position o
a UniteyJ States Judeo. The papers repn
sent him to bo talking volubly about bavin
suppressed the Lake Rhoro engineers un
cndod the strike by his orders given in four
at Toledo. Nor is it denied that ho liurrle
to Toledo on a special train provided by th
I iUo Shore company , at the call of the com
sel of that company. This all looks prott
bad. It scorns to substantiate- charge
of the labor loaders that ho Is acting mot
like an attorney of the road than u Judge
They also ask with some pertinence why li
should have gene from the special train t
the court room and rend oft a previously pri
pared order without Hrat giving the dofutu
ant workmen a chance to bo heard. Hi
rulings striUu many peopleas fore
Jilo and reasonable- . Hut bis conduct bhoul
bo more above suspicion limn It has bccu.
un
Itrpulitlrniii of ( hit 1.OKlil.ituro .Must tic.
ilm-iu Tlmlr Purlrinlnc .
Hi'publio'ui mombcrs of the legisla
ture must make an effort to redeem the
plodgtw made by the party to the
laborer * and producers of this state In
its several platforms or become re
sponsible for Inevitable disaster. Party
platforms either mean Homethlng or
they moan nothing. They are * either an
honest declaration of party principles
and a true enunciation of pledge * In
favor of reforms demanded by the people
ple or they are a delusion and a snare.
The republican platforms of 181)0 ) , 181)1 )
and 18)2 ) pledge the parly to spe'clllo
logisla ion In the interest of the laborer
and p oducer. The platform of 181)0 )
contains the following plunk in favor of
railway regulation an'd the abolition of
railroad pass bribery.
We de'inand the reduction of freight and
passenger rates on railroads to eorre.s | > oud
with rates now pre-vaillng in the adjacent
states to the Mississippi , and wo furtl-er
demand that the legislature shall abolish ail
passes and free transportation on railroads
excepting for employes of railroad com
panies.
The platform of 1SDO also pledges the
party to enact , laws for the regulation
of elevators and the prohibition of dis
crimination against any class of ship
pers. The plank on this subject rends
as follows :
Owners of public elevators th.it receive
and halullo grain for storage should bo de
clared public warehousemen and compi'lloJ
under penalty to receive , store , ship and
bandle * the grain of all persons alike' , with
out discrimination , the state regulating
charges for storage and inspection. All
railroad companies should no required to
switch , haul , handle and recuivo and ship
the grain of all persons , without discrimi
nation.
The platform of 1891 ombxlies the
following plunk :
Wo arc heartily In favor of the general
provisions of the interstate commerce act
and wo demand the regulation of all railway
and transportation lines in such a manner as
to insure fair and reasonable rates to the
producers and consumers of the country.
The * platform of I892upon which every
republican member of the legislature
was elected , reiterates the pledges made
in the two preceding platforms in the
following language :
The republican narty is the friend of labor
in the factory , mill , miuo and on the farm.
It will at all times stand i-cady to adopt any
measure that may improve its condition or
promote its prosperity.
The farmers of our state who constitute
thochiet element of our productive wealth
creating population , arc entitled to thn cheap
est and best facilities for storing , shipping
and marketing their products , and to this end
we-favor such laws as will give them cheap ]
safe and easily obtained elevator and ware
house facilities , and will furnish them
promptly and without discrimination Just
and equitable rates , and 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 llx local
passengor'und freight rates ,
On the question of labor and the pro
hibition of Pinkerton police the 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 and intensify these conflicts , and \Vo
most earnestly disapprove the use of private
armed forces in any attempt to settle them.
We believe that an appeal to the law and its
ofllecrs is ample to protect property and preserve -
servo the peace , and favor the establishment
in some form of boards or tribunals of con
dilation and arbitration for tlio peaceful
settlement of disputes between capital and
labor touching wages , hours of labor and
such questions as appertain to the safety
and physical and moral well being of the
laboring man.
Wo bellovo in protecting tlio laboring men
by all necessary and julielous legislation ,
and to this end wo fuvoi * the enactment of
suitable laws to prote ct health , life and 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 trusty
This is the last chance the republican
party has for regaining popular confi
dence. It must cither keep faith with
the people or disband and let some other
party assume the reins of power.
o
o/ms . .i.vaxils. .
The widow of Dr. Schliemann has decided
to present to the United States national
museum a portion of the relics unearthed at
Troy by her late husband ,
In London the arrests for drunkenness arc
at the rate of one for every 17 , " > inhabitants ,
In Birmingham ono for 1R3 , in Manchester
one for sovoiity-one , and in Liverpool ono for
llftj.
Another story without a moral : A West
side man drank a glass of lemonade yester
day and fell dead and there wasn't even a
stick in the beverage to got crossways in his
throat.
A largo strawberry crop is reported in the
south , and duly credited up to the now
Agricultural dep.irtmcnt. Wo shall sco ,
however , whether the bottoms of the boxes
are any lower than under the old administra
tion.
Edison prophesies that before long editors
will read off all copy into phonographs , edit
ing as they go along , i'ho compositor will
put tliu cylinder on another phonograph and
while listening to the dictation of the ma-
chlno will transcribe the article directly by
the kojs of the mcchanii-al typesetter.
There is a firm on Pearl street vhich had
to change its name because of the fun anil
the puns continually perpetrated at its ox-
penso. Tlio following is the latest : Wlij
did LOVA & Price scparatoi Because thorn
alw.'us was a Kow between them. To under
stam\ \ the Joke It need only bo said that the
linn name was Levy , Kau & Price.
The dinner of the famous "ItOO" of tlu
Chicago convention of 1830. which will bo
given in Philadelphia next month , promise :
to bo a great affair. Tlio ' : ) , " as every
body knows , wore the delegates who voice
for Grant UKW | every billet until Garflolil
was nominated. Kcsponses have been re
ceived , It is said , from over WO of the " .TOO,1
which , considering the lapsoof time , Is some
what remarkable.
Tills is how to extinguish a candle withoui
blowing or snutllng U out : Take a picco o ;
thick copper celled in a spiral at the end.
Fasten the other end to a wooden handle
Hold the wire so that the coil will bo urouni
thnllnmo of the candle , and very quickly it
will bo extinguished. The copper , by It !
great conductivity , takes the boat awaj
from the ( tame and cools It so rapidly thai
the temperature falls below the point o
ignition , and the light goes out.
A battered silver whistle used by the ab
olltionist , John Brown , to summon his fol
lowers to secret meetings shortly before ilu
civil war is owned by a cousin of Colonc
Lewis Washington of Georgetown , D. C
When Brown was arrested and searched hi
gave up everything clso willingly , bu
bugged leave to retain this. Of course th
requeal trna not R-rnnlpd Tito whistle Is
widl In rcurtnbtc In Hhnpo a loiift-tnlloil tad-
| KIO ! with a dorsal 11 n extending the length
of Its Ixxly.
Justice as sin' Is adiuliilMrroil In Kngllsh
courts Is full of these surprise which are
thu greatest vbiirm In life. At Nottingham
Kdward Klmw , for ne'iirly klllltnr his lulstre.iH ,
was lined 4(1 ( shillings. At Gloucester an-
sl/ts Kllon Join's , convicted nf H UNI ting
! l IHIIICI * . Is sent to prison forolghtoen months ,
nix months for each penny , if thu woman
in tlio ( lint case' bad IH-OII Shaw's real wife
ami not bis pseudo wife1 , there Is no doubt
but bo would have got on * scot free. The
principle that a man has the rU'ht to Indict
reasonable chastisement on his mate has
still the support of British Judges and
Juries.
rilK I'KOMUTHIX 01' Vf-.tltlf.
Kansas City Times : President Clark ,
while a hard working railroad manager ,
works systematically and rests systematic
ally. Ho will prove an able director of the
great Gould system and will probably live
long in the high position In which ho has
been placed.
Globe'-Domocrat : The promotion of S. II.
II. Clark to the presidency of tbu Missouri
Paclllc Hallway company Is an honor we'll
carni'd and litly bestowed. It is not too
much to say of Mr. Clark that bo knows
more about the railroad business than any
other man in the country , and the splendid
property of which ho now assumes full con
trol will steadily increase in value' and use
fulness under his Judicious and progressive
direction.
St. Ixmls Hoi ubllc : Tlio election of S. II.
11. Clark to the presidency of the Missouri
Pacllic Ualli-ond company is of special Im
portance to this city. Mr. Clark came to St.
Ixnila to accept tin- general management of
the road shortly after the big strllto of 1SSH ,
and it took him on'a ' . few weeks to gain thu
good will of thu olu employo-t and to restore
harmony and good fueling all along the lino.
From first to last his management was a
successful ono both for the company and the
employes , and St. Louis was benefited by
the change In more ways than one. Mr.
Clark has made frii-nds everywhere , and to
day ho is ono of the must popular uml in-
lluential railroad men In the country ,
Kansas City Star : The rise of S. II. If.
Clark , who is now at the bead of the Gould
system , is an example of the merit system in
the industrial scale. Clark started as a sec
tion man ; his promotion was rapid , because
it was deserved ; ho is in valuable , because ho
knows all the details of his business. When
he talks about track , ho is speaking of some
thing ho understands ; when ho overhauls
the rolling stock of a division , ho knows Just
what it is worth and when it is short. A
prominent railroad man in the west is quoted
as laughing at a boy who wanted to learn
railroading by going into -'the ofllees. "
"Young man , though you are a college grad
uate , " said the veteran , "you will bo making
moro money In ton years from now if you
take a tin lantern and begin breaking on a
freight , than you will make in twenty years
by going into 'tlio olllces. ' "
President Cleveland is making a collection
of walking sticks.
Henry George declares that Moses was a
single tax apostle , but that ho never so far
forgot himself as to he a mugwump.
Senator Stanford proposes to take a lead
ing pan in the effort to make California
wines the equal of the best imported brands.
Senator Frank 1'aimer of North Dakota
says , relative to the statements put about
reflecting upon Senator Hoach , that the
latter has for fourteen years heroically
stood arraignment for another , for whom ho
first sacrificed his fortune and afterwards
. his reputation.
Alvah Bradish , the venerable Detroit
avtist , who has Just completed an excellent
portrait of President T.V. . Palmer of the
World's fair for the Columbian club building
at Chicago , bas the honor of being the only
artist who over secured a sitting from
Washington Irving.
Old Ell Saulsbury is dead. Ho was the
last senatorial representative of the Sauls-
bury family , which , with the Bayard family ,
monopolized the scats for Delaware in the
United States senate for so many years.
The vcnorablo Ell was at last buaten for
ro-election by a youngster of tlio plebeian
uiimo of Higgins. The dead man was not
noted for anything in particular beyond the
fact that ho was ono of the Delaware Sauls-
burys.
"Uncle-Jerry'1 Husk's official successor in
the Agricultural department , Secretary
Morton , declares that ho can husk more e-orn
in a given time than any man west of the
Missouri river. ' ! think nothing of husking
200 bushels in a day when the weather is
propitious. " ho says. In a "shucking match"
with cx-Scnator Van Wyck of Nebraska a
few years ago , Mr. Morton claims to have
buaten his rival badly in a stretch of six
hours. The prize in that conte-st was a
sorrel colt , which the secretary still pos
sesses.
Reviewing the postofllcial career of the
presidents of the United States , a Washing
ton writer notes that six men Washington ,
Jefferson , Madison , Jackson , Johnson and
Hayes became planters or farmers upon re
tiring from public life ; that five Van
Buren , Fillmore , Tyler , Grant and Cleveland
openly tried to got another term j that five
Van Buren , Pope , Fillmore , Picrco and
Grant traveled extensively at the close of
their official career ; that four Adams ,
Pierce , Buchanan and Hayes sooneror later
became recluses.
Judge Matthew P. Dcady of the United
States district court for Oregon died last
week. Judge Hcnsslaer U. Nelson of the
district of Minnesota is the only survivor ,
besides Judge Deady , of the United States
judges appointed before tlio war. Judge
Dcady was ono of the territorial Judges of
Oregon , and on its admission as a state , in
18.VJ , ho was appointed to the United States
district bench. Ilo was OU years old , nmt vrm
rogardeil ns uno of the mnmdriU Jurist *
In the'union lie made the law rolatlnir to
corporations a special study ami hlmlerlslotii
In .such cases arc regarded as of the lurfhcMt
authority.
The late Dr Andrew Peabody , ncconllnpt
to Dr , I'Mwnrd Everett Hale , was looking
over some accumulated papers one day , when
ho discovered that ho was f 10,1X10 richer thyi :
ho was thn year bnforo. Thunnipon ho wntta
to the assessors of C'amhrldge , nskln.i ? thino
oftleMals to Impose a tax on his property ao-
conltngly. Yet nobody over suspected the
good doctor of Insanity.
rurrbn.nl rrntrrmi-nl.
Jv'iiiKiM ntu Journal ,
lu the light of facts which have eroppoit.
out concerning the election of n Unlteil
State's senator In Kansas It Is not at all dif
ficult to uniierstnnd why It Is generally mou
of wealth who go to the senate.
A I'olnt un Milile | Hugnr.
Oliiffminf' Knqutrtr ,
Now that the sap begins freely to run fro >
the festive maple we hasten to note thu
statement of a distinguished contemporary
that "a wonderfully good imitation of maple
sugar can bo inside hv flavoring ordinary
browti sugar with , m extract of hickory bark
It can scarcely be distinguished from the
genuine. " And It doubtless rakes in the iov
crnmlmt bounty of ! i cents a iwund.
Iti'timilng Illow for lllo\v.
IMnilt FIYw.i. .
The .lows of Kussla may yet boavcngod fop
the cruelties practiced upon them. Every
Hebrew banker of Europe lias been asked to
Join In boye-ottlng Russian loans. If this ap
peal succeeds the IJusslan securities will
simply be driven out of the European mar
kets , and the credit of that country will bo
Impaired beyond computation. The Jowlsh
money loaners hold the purse' strings of
Europe , and it is but natural that they
should resent , in the most elTcctivo way , thu
indignities that have be-en heaped upon their
peoplo.
Niitlnniil Ki-llnl Work.
Miss Clara Barton's neeeptanoo as presi
dent of the Ameplcan National Hed Cross
of an area of over one mile square of land in
Indiana , donated to the organization by Dr.
J. B. Gardner of that state , will undoubtedly
tend to enlarge the scope of usefulness of
this International relief association. To bo
possessed of so large an niv.i of land fern
permanent home.hoso inviolability is-ln-
ternatlouall.v assured lor all time to como ,
should prove an important factor in facili
tating all manner of national and Interna
tional work.
.S.V.I//'l , S.V IVKKIift.
Philadelphia Ilei-ord : "I-'or ways that are
dark mid tricks Urn nro voln" llio hvathun
L'hlneo Kn't In It with the coal miner.
New York lli'niM : Jaxjicr It Intoxication
always followed l > y u S\M > | | I-I ] head ? .luininipii i
Ye- < , oven whi'ii a limn has be-en Into.Mcntud
by success.
Gotthalr Kll Is on Ills way from Oregon to
Washington luoKliin for a Job , and If there l.s
anytlilng In a namr hu should .sncci'cd.
Clfvelnnil Plain Di-ali'r : "I'll have light
hair , If I dye for II' " hbouteil the girl with the
blondlnu.
Washington Sun"Is : that Vienna broad
done vi'tV" roared the boss liukrr
And lils'SisslsUnit , who was sulli-rliii1 ; from a
cold , ansttim-d , "Dough. "
' ' Tillies The " - "
I'blliiili'lphln : "novi-r-say-dlo"
briit'iiln , compii-i-d or ( icorgo Washington's
body .servants and tlio heioes of lulu , are llv-
IIIK pioufi dial tlii'Koud do notdlu wbun tbuy
are young.
Silver Outburst : Thu excellent Indloa of Spokane -
kane Imvi , nut takrn sides on the hoopsklrt
question to any marked extent. In ilnt > time ,
however , Ihuy will all be found on the ) inside .
Troy Press : Hawker My wlfo and 1 bad It
out n-taln this inonihiL'Hs to who should start ,
the lira. Jeiisim which won ? Hawker
Neither , llufmv we IbiNlied tbo arKunu'nt bo-
ramu so dot my wife g'it up and reeked break
fast on It.
Puck : IScwly-clcoled congressman ( from
Kansas ) I'd llku In have my picture taken.
Photographer I'ahlnel ?
Newly-elected coniiv-siiian ( blushing ) No ;
Just a plain , every-diiy congressman ,
American "ads" am funny enoir b , but Kn-
gllsb "ads" am funnier. Tno other day in the
Itefereo ono of the nio-,1 prominent uilve.rtl.surs
was an undertaker by the nuni' ' ' of Hurry , and .
after a glowing re-erlpf | Inn of Ills wuros , par
ticularly a i.icn-set of l.lrstrduss colllns that
bull just been Introduced from thu Colchester
factories , Mr. Kerry ended with thusu funereal
words :
"After having once used nny of Mr. ItorryV
goods you will never use any otdur. "
' . . ' .
I'.VK.N'lNl ) UP.
Kew Yinl : Sim ,
Tburu's an evening up of ni.itfera
In this curious world of ours ;
Just iiwirt ot compensation
( JrunU'd by the higher powers ;
And wo never have seen ft clearer ,
And , inuthlnks , we never will ,
Than when g.i/.lii ! : at a pluiiibur
fjiittllng a coal dealer s bill ,
i/tvsr TO"IIK < n > un.
Jitnica WMicumli Illley ,
Just , to bo good ,
This Is enough unoiighl
O , wo who find sin's billows wild and rough ,
Do wo not feel how more than any gold
Would bu the l > lumco- ! life wo led of old
While yet our lips know but a mother's kiss ?
Ab ! though wo miss
All el.se but this ,
To Im good Is enough.
It Is enough
Knough Just to bo good !
To lift our hearts where they are uiiilor.stood ;
To let the thirst for worldly power anil jl\io )
( io imuppcasei ! ; losmllo buck In ( Jod's fucu
With thu glud lips our nmthur used to 1:113.
Ahl though we mlis
All else lint this ,
To bo good Ise-nougb !
it Manufacturer ! un I
of Ulotliliulu tlu WorU.
Great People
Are they who can do thing's to suit everybody
and \ve come about as near
doing- that very same as mor
tal man can. We don't claim
to be perfect nobody is. But
we do claim that our suits for
spring1 wear are so nearly per
fect that neither you nor wo
can imagine them bettor if
they were improved. The
styles are various and the col
ors and fabrics numerous. Of course we are in a
torn up condition just now on account of remodel
ing and extending our store , but for all that wo
have not thought of yielding our grip on the ban
ner which proclaims us to be the loaders in fash
ionable clothing for men and boys. Wo are rocpiv-
ing new spring styles every day which wo
are placing on our countersat prices within the
reach of all.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Etoroonon every evoalnjUll & ) > S.W. Cor , Wil ao-l Dowlas it
tiaturdny tllllU
