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TITK OMAHA , DAILY BKE Mil DAY , MARCH 81 , IfllW , DAILY BBifl K. ItOSKWATKH KllU ( > r mjfftjVt'L'MUHIircU KVICHY MOUNI1 jiuU = r-s.--js = aaai 'ft , TK.ltMH Of BtMIHOltt IT-ION. * ' Onlly tlco-without Sunday ) Ono Year. . $800 Dully nnd Sunday , Ono Year 1" 00 MX Monlhi. . GOO Jiirno it ! i in i MI i . . , . ( > , , itii. > * * * ' T i A Htindny Ili-c , One Yrnr ? 00 Pntunlny Ili-f.Unn Year 1 J JJ \Uckly lleo , Ono Year. 00 Omnhn.TlK1 llco Iliilldhnr. ' Hniith Utnnlin , riirncr N nnd 2Gth Strcoti Cnnncll IllnlTH 12 1'eiirl Stirut , r'hlnijroOfllce. 3l7Clinmbcrof Cmnmcren Nnw York , llooms 13 , 14 and 10 , Tribune IlulldliiR. Wu3hlnnloiir > ID Kourtpcnth Street COUURHl'UNDKNtiK. All communication * relating to now * nnd rrlltorlal matter should bo uddroascd to the KUItorlal Departmnnt. Hl'SINKSa I.KTTEIW. All liusliiessletti'i-H nnd rcmlttnncrs should bo addressed to The Heo Publishing Oompany , Oninhn. Drafts , checkH nnd postofllco orders to bo madu payable tn the order of the com pany. TUB nUH PUnUSHING COMPANY. BWOltX OTATKMKNT Of CMCUI.AT1ON f tMROf Nebrntkn. I County of DmiRtai , f ( leorRO II , TiKChuck. nocrotnrr of TUB IHtK Pub lishing cotmmnr , docin toloninlr swcnr that the nctiinlclrctilnlloiiof TMK IMll.v I1EK for tha week ending Mnrcli K , Ik'M , w&s ni ( nlloits : Rundnr. Jlarcli 19 onn.-nc. . . . . Tuesday. ; Mnrcli 21 . M.737 Wcdnc tnr. .Mnrch S3 . M-04 rhursdar , Mnrcli U . M.TM Krlilnjr. ainrcli III . 2lllfl.'l Butunlnjr , March K . 2,910 ( JKOHOU II. TZSCIIUCK. Hworn tobofornmonmlMilncrlboillnmj presence , thli Sitli ( Ur of March , I8W. N. I' . KKII. . [ HEAI , . | Notnnr 1'ubllc. _ Avonico ( 'lriMiliitliiiinfur rulirunry , al.UOll AX Al'1'K.lI. TO Till ! I'r.Ol'l.K. The sixty days for'whlch legislators can draw pay have now expired. Very few of the members nro in condition financially to pay their own expenses at the capital for more than a few days longer. At least ten days more ought to bo given by the law makers to finish the work of purging the state house by impeaching officers who have connived at fraud and permitted the treas ury to bo looted by dishonest contractors , thieving subordinates and public plunderers generally. If Nebraska is to bo redeemed from the curse of boodlerism and the majesty of the law Is to bo vindicated by the lawmakers , the people should not only encourage and sus tain their honest representatives In the good work In which they are engaged , but they should subscribe liberally to defray their ex penses. Every citizen of Nebraska who an- liroves the work of the legislature and desires the work of investigation to bo car ried to Its legitimate conclusion by impeach ment proceedings should at once write to his representatives and remit whatever he can afford to pay to Hon. .1. N. Gaflln , speaker of the house of representatives , Lin coln. In towns and cities contributions should tie solicited by clubs. Public meet ings should also bo held to express the desire - sire 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 tribu lation. All contributions received by Sneaker Gaf lln will bo acknowledged through THE BBE. Total received up to March 29 , $220. THE flat hits gone forth that Nebraska has no compromise to make with public thieves. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THKSK nro dark days for i the rotten Lincoln rin } , ' . It lias lived its time and mtiatbo demolished. II Jiepublicunain thescnale shouhlsland up for Nebraska and redeem the pledges of 1892 byi'otinyfor house roll 33. VfuiiM the courts nro aiming hard knocks at the boycott they should jump on tlio trusts and combines with equal force and energy. A HOUSK-CLEANiNO once every twenty- two years in tlio state bottso and state in stitutions is just us essential to the well- being ot tlio commonwealth as is a house-cleaning every spring for the health and wollboing of the family and community. IP THIS present war in Texas is to bo repeated every time n United States marshal attempts to make an arrest it may become necessary for the govern ment to declare war against that state. The law appears to bo of no account whatever in Texas. IT IS now believed that the wheat crop in Kansas lias not been injured by the winter and that the crop will bo good. Reports from various parts of this atato are equally favorable , and it is ex pected that Nebraska will harvest a good wheat crop this year. IP THK state is to resume control of the penitentiary the senate should con- cut1 in the resolutions adopted by the 'house declaring the contract void and give Governor Crounso an opportunity to formulate a plan for the future man agement of thp btato-prison. ALT. , of the largo tanners in the east nnd a few in'tho.wost will , it is said , bo included in the great leather combina tion. The powerful ones will bo in it , but the weaker ones will bo out in the cold , nnd by controlling the production of bark the combine will seek to freeze ; the outsiders to death. A BECIPKOWTY treaty with Mexico would lu a great advantage to * the American farmer , and if the present ad ministration wishes to do n popular thing it will negotiate such a treaty within a yqar. The suspension of the Mexican tariff on corn has already greatly stimulated our exports of that cereal across the lino. Is constantly winning victories over the lories , and at the same time ho is winning the applause of the greater portion of the civilized world. Tlio remarkable success of his leadership - . ship , considering his advanced ago nnd 1 the energy of his opposition , makes him the most conspicuous flgurq in the poli l- tics of our timo. B railroad companion of tlnltoast nro nil eager to got a share of the west ern grain business. The New York , Ontario & Western will this year es tablish n line of steamers between Duluth ( - luth and O.swogo. Tlio latter port has had but a very small part of the grain trade of Into years and the railroad men tioned lias done very little in that lino. Tlio more competition there is among transportntlc.n lines the bolter for the western producer. TO rtBn'w.icvt.Y MKMitnna. The future of the republican party lit this stnto la In the hands of the ropublld can moiiiboi'B of tlio loglHlntura. It ro- mains for thorn to decide whether the piirty la to occupy nil Indefensible poal- ns the mipportor of corruption , vonullty nnd orimlnnl negligence In high plnccs. If republicans tnko posi tion against linponchtnont In the face of the prnctlcnlly unnnimotis reoonunenda- tlon of the legal commission employed by the house of roprcsentntlves they simply sound the dentil knoll of the pnrty mid plnco It beyond resurrection for years to come. The question which republicans must ask themselves Is , shall the party bo sacrificed for tlio suko of keeping men In olllco who hnvo shown themselves utterly unfit anil untrustworthy In the respon sible positions to which they hnvo boon elevated by the party , or ahull these men pay the penalty of their own mis conduct and want of strict Integrity so that the party may vindicate Itself from the charge that It fosters dishonesty and protects corruption , even after It has been exposed ? Wo realize that the self-purging process Is disa greeable and wo know that it takes great moral coin-ago for a party to discipline and depose from power men whom it has elevated to positions of honor and trust. But there is a higher duty than that of backing party friends and associates , and that is the duty of maintaining the ropatation and good name of the parly and keeping ils record clean and unassailable. Once more wo appeal lo republicans in Ihe legislature to redeem the party from the blot and disgrace cast upon it by Iho defalcations and forgeries of Moshor , through which nearly $1100,000 of state funds have been fraudulently appropriated ; by the cell house and asylum swindles ; by reck less purchases of supplies ; exorbitant prices and the general looseness in man agement of state instllulions through the criminal negligence of state oillccrs and their connivance in many instances with public plunderers. If rojiiblicyi ) members of the legislature falter in their duty in Ibis crisis upon them and them alone will lie the responsibility of party disintogralion and inevitable dis aster. A. cole of censure by leyislaturc will huvc no more effect upon tlieJl'iurdof I'nblie Lands and JJuildinys than pouring water on a duck's back. Turn the rascals out and place the manaycinent of our state in stitutions into the hands of men who will not stand bij and let the state treasury be pillaycd by thieves and swindlers. THK 10\\'A \ \ The republicans of Iowa are getting ready for another state campaign , and they are manifesting a commendable disposition to cut loose from the influence that has handicapped the party in the past. The experience of the republicans last year lOttght to have taught them that in order , -to achieve -success they must rid themselves of the prohibition load which for years has been a heavy burden upon the shoulders of the party. Every intelligent student of political affairs knows that the cause of republican defdat in the last two gubernatorial campaigns in Iowa was the fact that the party was commit ted to the support of prohibition. In the presidential contest of last year the republicans cut loose from prohibition , and the result was n signal victory that fully vindicated this position. The state was carried for the republican ticket by a decisive majority , showing that on a clean light where distinctive re publican principles alone are in volved the majority of the people of Iowa arc in favor of those principles. Tlio party will make a fatal mistake if it fails to profit by this lesson. It has been most amply demonstrated that it can expect only defeat so long as it con tinues to defend prohibition and make that policy a party issue. It has botfn vanquished in two btato elections on this question and there is every reason to believe that it will bo defeated again if it undertakes to make prohibi tion a cardinal part of its policy. It cannot olTer any bettor reason for doing tills in the coming state cam paign than it had to present in. the last two. The results of prohibition have not improved. There is no evi dence to show that its operation is any batter now than it was two or four years ago. On the contrary the probability is that it could easily bo demonstrated that it is moro generally inoperative than over before , simply for the reason that popular sentiment has grown steadily more hostile to it. The moro intelli gently and carefully the people have studied this question the moro con vinced they have become that the policy is inimical to the general welfare , and this has led many who are not opposed to temperance to antagonize prohibi tion. The number of this class Is very largo , and while they are In sympathy with tlio general principles of the re publican party they will not support that party if it assumes the champion- Iowa is unquestionably a republican state whenever Its voters are called upon to render a verdict on republican policy and principles , pure and simple , lictin party of Unit , slate can win on a straight platform which reoognly.es only the cardinal principles of the party , and ll cannot bo certain of success on any other. The oxportonco of Iho past ; ought to be amply sulllciont to guide its coin-so in the present , and the indica tions nro that it will bo. If this promise shall bo fulfilled Iowa will elect u re- publican governor and legislature this year and got rid for a generation to uomo of the troublesome prohibition question. 11NoV thai impeachment Is almost an accomplished fact the double-onder organ of this city , which throw cold water upon the movement at every stop for the 8uko of getting the btato house I ring lo aid In ndvntielng ( In pot bill through tlio IKHIHO , hm muldonly de clared Itself In favor of Impeachment. Hy tlio time Impeachment lias been voted that shoot may bo expected to claim that It was oh lolly Instrumental lit ferreting out the frauds and pointing the wny to the removal of the delinquent olllcors. HKJDV foil IMl'KACIIMKNT. The conclusions of the advisory com mission composed , of eminent counsel to whom the legislature had submitted the testimony taken by Ha investigating committees , hnvo fully borne out the views hold by Tim 13 KB on the duty of the legislnturo to Institute impeachment proceedings against . the members of the Hoard of Public Lands nnd Buildings. The proof of complicity with dishonest contractor : ) and corrupt methods was overwhelming and the records in the state house bear incontestable evidence of criminal negligence and ollicial malfeasance. Almost ovcry department of the state had for years been conducted with reck less disregard of business methods. Many of the transactions of the hoard were manifestly designed to assist con- Iraetors in perpetrating frauds upon the state with the sanction and full knowl- idgo of the custodians of public properly nnd dlsbursors of Iho state's funds. Such a deplorable condition of affairs it Incumbent upon the legislature : iil merely lo vindicate Iho law , but to take the management of state in stitutions oul of Iho hands of nen who have shown themselves untrustworthy by the process which the constitution provides for such con tingencies. The preliminaries in this political process have been completed and the climax will bo reached when the two houses in joint convention vole the resolutions of impeachment nnd arraign Iho delinquents before the highest judicial tribunal of the state. In taking this action the representa tives of Ibis commonwealth must divest Ihemsclves of all partisanship and be in spired solely by the desire to purify our government and purge the state house of corrupt influences. This is the high est duty that representatives of the people ple owe to their constituents nnd they are expected to discharge it without faltering , regardless of polilical consequences quences or personal friendships. " A STIllKIRU The figures presented in the European cablegrams of THK BUK relative to tele phone charges in France , whore the bus iness is uiulor government control , will servo to remind Omaha telephone sub scribers of the fact thai Iho extortionate rates to which Ihoy are obliged lo sub- mil are enormously in excess of the cost of the service rendered. They have known this well enough heretofore , but the contrast between French and Amer ican rates is so greal lhal whenever a com parison is made il produces renewed and increased indignation. In French cities of over 2o,000 inhabitants the private subscriber is charged a rate equal lo aboul10 n year. Hi's yearly telephone bill is aboul Ihe same as Iho citizens of Omaha pay for Iwo months' . The French government does nol lose money by fur nishing telephone service at Ibis rate , and il is expected that the charges will bo reduced as the system is extended. It cannot be argued thai our system is more expensive than lhal of 'France , for the American system lias been copied in that country , as it also has boon in Germany , where the rales are aboul Ihc same as in France. The knowledge lhal wo are suffering from the oppression of a monopoly lhat goes beyond Iho bounds of all reason in extorting money from its patrons lias caused Iho people to seek relief in vari ous ways , bttl thus far nothing has been accomplished. A measure provid ing for a reduction of telephone rates in this slate has been introduced in the legislature , but there is no prospect thai anything will como of it. Meanwhilethere linvo been earnest efforts put forth by associations of citizens and business men in other states to secure justice from Iho general government. The National Citi- ' .ons Industrial alliance of Now York is now making such an effort and has secured the co-operation of a largo num ber of organizations of various kinds. It seeks to induce congress to do something for Iho relief of Iho people from the extortion under which they are suffering. It demands that the fraiidu- ulcnl reissue of expired patents , ' under which the telephone monopolists are conlinuing their system of plunder , shall bo declared void. An action is pending before the circuit oourl of Mas sachusetts by which il is soughl to sol aside the reissued patents cf the Bell Telephone company as illegal and fraud ulent. The attack upon those patents ought to succeed , but the power of Iho monopoly Is so great and so skillfully is ils influence directed thai it may ho im possible to dislodge il from Iho strong hold in which it has entrenched itself. The legislature should not , adjourn before it hun stamped out corruption and placed the slate ini-t Hut ions wider the cure and supervision ofojlccrs who do not wink at corrupt practices and have the integrity aiid thebuckbonc to stop thieves and plunderers from robbing the itate and looting the treasury. u > nt.ix According to the last report of the Agricultural department regarding the distribution"and consumption of cereals a very small percentage of the corn production of this country goes to Eu rope. Notwithstanding tlio efforts that have boon made to intr jdtico this cereal Into the European markets as food for the people the results have not boon wholly satUfaotJry , though some pro gress has boon made. It may fairly ba said that what has been accomplished has at least justified all the efforts that , have boon ma.lo ti Inl.'oduco corn to the tables of Europeans and warrants 3I. 3V cojitlnunneo of the nnvomont to this end. In view of th-3 faol lhat the planters of the south are showinj ' , a disposition to 0If pay more uttjiition to the raising , Ift cereals It Is especially important IfVf the farmers of Iho we.sl should show Vfa more i ogard for Iho question of introducing ao ducing the chief production of thissec , tion to the jKsople of the old world. Referring to this mittor : the Chicago Jferald judiciously ugrotj that the iievv secretary of agrlculluro should give ' cordial and offccltva support to the ' agent of thu itf | > trttnoiit ( In hi * effort * to nmko the potAlM of Kuropo approolnto the value of Imlhtn corn HH human food. That gentleman line already accom plished n grctvtnidcal in this direction , and he has ntKiiifostcd an Interest and 7.oal lit proiiKuMug the work In which lie Is engaged which It Is mani festly the duty1 of the government to appreciate ami-support. As stated by our contcmporai i ho acted for a long time mainly uporiihls own responlblllly nnd without thc > support of the national government , but having l > con given an olllclttl status and received the recogni tion of the European governments , it is to bo hoped ho will bo permitted to re main where ho is and continue the work ho has shown himself so well qualified to perform. The secretary of agricul ture under the last administration Bpoko In the highest terms of the results that had been achieved by the work of the department's agent. The good results of the corn propaganda , ho said , conducted at a comparatively slight ex pense to the department , are most readily shown by reference to the figures of our export trade. So long as corn was used in Europe exclusively as catllo feed ils export from this country de pended entirely upon the abundance of the crop and Iho corresponding depre ciation in price , which made il cheap oven for that purpose only. But If wo compare the exports for Iho pasl fiscal year with those of 1890 , bald Iho secretary of agriculture , Iho only year in which corn exports have boon as great m in Iho year just elapsed , it is found thai whereas in thai year the price nt point of shipment was less than 42 cenls , Iho price in 1892 win maintained at an average of over 53 cents , an advance of aboull 33 per cent. While oilier causes may have had a part in effecting this result , il was in no small degree duo lo Iho earnest efforts made in recent years to introduce corn to the people of Europe as a suitable food ior human beings. According to the estimate of the last secretary of agriculture the money value to the corn growers of Iho United States from the enhancement in the price of export corn amounted to $10,000,000. , It is possible that within the next four years this sum may bo increased four or live times , and if the present secretary of agriculture can contribute to this re- still by encouraging Iho movement for extending Ihe use of corn as human food in Europe ho will have accomplished a mosl important service to the country. STOl'OVKll I'lliriLKUBS. One of the priipij' reasons why an effort should bo madoilo'seouro stopover privi leges for Omanaj during the World's fair is that many . .tradesmen for whom Ihis oily is a natural buying point will otherwise bo tjC.ttypted to make their visit to the exposition both a business and a pleasure tvllt. They can buy as cheaply in Omaiia/as / in Chicago and in many respects it-Avottld bo lo llieir ad vantage to plncb tlicir ; orders here , but oven if they realise this factthey are likely to make i > lirchtisos in Chicago as n matter of cbnvenienco , if , they are denied Ihe privilege' of buying lickets which , will permit' them lo slop in Omaha. II is the aim of every business man not only lo secure new customers , bill also to hold those which ho already has. There are many business men in the west who have long maintained commercial relations with this city , and who will naturally wish to stop hero when Ihoy go to the World's fair. It is reasonable to suppose thai Iho stopover privilege would cause many to do so who would nol otherwise. No effort should bo spared to secure that privilege for this city. It will not bo conceded voluntarily by the railroad companies , but properlydircctod ] work on the part of our business men may bo the meansof gaining it. The Commercial club , may bo able to do something In this'dircothm if the advan tages to bo derived thereby are cstimaled at their real value. The people do nol want the legislature to adjourn before the sta'.e honu has been purged of dishonest and faithless officials. The people will cheerfully bear any taxation the legislature may impose on them if the legislature will only 'do its duty fearlessly and regardless of all jmssiire from corpo rate injluence or the corrupt lobby. EX-SENATOR DAWKS of Massachusetts was the recipient a few days ago of an unusual compliment. A dinner was given to him in Boston and the occasion was signalized by the presentation of a gift of $10,000 as a testimonial of his many friends in the stale ho had so long and ably represented in both branches of congress. The significance of the event is in the fact lhat while Mr. Dawcs had been thirty-six years in public life ho retired from the service of the people no better off financially than when ho entered it. There wore un doubtedly many opportunlllos pro- sonled to him during those years for making money.lOthor men in public station had in tjlijii meantime become rich and there is- every reason to sup pose that ho miglff have done so. Bat whatever the chnijces were ho Ignored them nnd wont 01 of ofllco with no more of this world's goods than when ho went Into Iho public service. He had devoted his whole tlmofinud attention to hU duties and in dolnir this ho had no time for money innkmgj Moreover , ho had maintained a record of unspoiled Inlog- rily. It was this thai Iho people of MttB. chusotU do.ji'ed lo show their np- preciation of , andi they did it in a way that will bo memorable in the annuls of the state , Mus.lachusotts has been represented in every" department of the federal government by some of the greatest men this country has produced. Ex-Senator Dawes may nol rank among her foremost statesmen , though his service * to the nation have been of great value , but in devotion to duty nnd In lofty integrity ho lias had no superior from the Bay state or any other com ' monwealth of the union. It is in the highest degree gratifying to refer to such an example of uprightness In of ficial lifo and to note the popular ap- prcclullui of il. IT NOW appears from n dispatch re ceived by Commissioner Ga-neatt from Dlreclor Burnham tha Nebraska' * building on the World' * fait1 ground * In "t'hnstf , I'huwlenl niul highly appreci ated by moil e impotent to judge , " and that It I * a credit to thontato. This wilt tlb tltt < soothing to those who hnvo boon dis turbed by adverse criticism of t ho build- THK citizen * of Council Bluffs nro pro ceeding on the right plan in tholr efforts to secure a 5-cent faro between that city and Omaha. Organization and work will generally produce re sults. TliK republicans In the legislature are now in a position to reinstate the party In the confidence ot the people by plac ing themselves on record In favor of purging the state house and vindicating the law. ( if tint Ni-liiMalm Kick. That newspaper men are not barred out of olllco under the present administration was proved yesterday , when two editors pot choice consulships and others were ap pointed presidential postmasters. o KmlMfnmliii ; Platform IMmlgoN. /uiii < ! ( " ( / ( / Murnal. It would bo quite embarrassing to our delegates to the monetary conference if some Ddtish or German representative should Inquire how the president is Retting nloiitf with that wildcat plank upon which ho was elected. Duty "I th ( liivflrnor. As was to bo expected from Lorenzo Crounso , the now republican governor of Nebraska will prosecute all the state ofll- cers who are under a cloud. Governor Crounso owes this to himself and his party , and if the populists are honest they will not object. Old Glory Muit Fun tlio I'olo. ( llnDemocrat. . "Manifest destiny. " is not Just now point ing to the ultimate absorption by the United States of any part of the continent to the south of us except , perhaps , Cub.i , but to the north of us the case is idltterent. Canada's agitation of the annexation question Is as active and earnest ns over. I'oor Ufil .MUsmirl. - SI. Lulllx Itci > nl > llc. When Massachusetts is not getting Spoils , Georgia Is j and when it is not Georgia it is 'Wisconsin , and when it Is not Wisconsin it is Kentucky , and when it is not Kentucky it is Now York or New Jersey. These arc the states in which the demoralising mania for Spoils is raging as an epidemic. Ono Ktlltor Kotviirilud. 7ml/uii / < ij > off i Jiiurnal ( rep. ) The appointment of Mr. Samuel I" . Morss , editor of the Indianapolis Sentinel , as consul general at Paris Is a very tit ono to bo made. and , under the circumstances , a very natural one. It is a good olllco , and Mr. Morss has fairly earned it by party service nn.l devo tion to the personal fortunes of Mr. Cleve land. Ho is a gentleman of ability and culture , and will fill the position with entire credit. Itiisliu-KH and Ullleo Acir \ ' rk Tlme.i. Members of congress are growling over Iho order of the president requiring the cab inct officers to reserve two days in the week for the transaction of puolic business. If they had a sensible idea of what their own duties are they should bo thankful for this order and seek to have It extended to tlio other days of the v eek. Then congressmen as well ns members of the cabinet could at tend to public business. They would find it much more satisfactory than the petty occu pation of office brokers , to which they now give their time nnd energy. And though they prob.ibly do not now see it , they would find a politlealcarcer both more honorable and easier than it is now. Selling VUR mnts. M. Ixiin'g I'oat-Dlifitntcli. The stale of Missouri Is disgraced by the sale of human beings into temporary slavery under the so-called vagrant law. During the past few weeks several negroes have been sold at public auction , and in Mexico , Mo. , ii few days ago a white man narrowly escaped falling into the hands of a. "syndicate" of negroes organized to buy him. Of course the persons lilfoly to bo thus auctioned oil nro not highly sensitive and perhaps "do not mind" the little episode. The chief objectio is the scandal which follows every ono oj ihese auctions and reflects upon the good name of the state. The practice recalls the most disgusting features of an institution now universally condemned. Missouri leg islatlon is run upon a very low piano when it confesses Itself unable to find a better way of dealing with crime or idleness than by putting the labor of convict's on the auc tion block , whether in or out of the pent tentiary. TICKLISH IIIIP1.KS. Texas Sittings : I novcr tried to put on style said tlio carpenter. I'm a plane , ovcry day person. Iloston Courier : It doesn't follow that bo- cfiusi ! a man N known as a "ll.it" thai lie is "level ho'uled. " Hlnslianiton Leader : llatgs ! Were yoi loaded ? liases 1 suppose MJ ; I found my pockets were rilled. Kansas Farmer : "Hero's another Wow a American agriculture , " said thu ( utmor whei lie .saw a cyclonu coming. Washington Star : "Look licre , " said the ap pllcant's friend , "I'm afraid you are too eager The olllfo hhould scelc tlio man , you know. " "That's all rlKht. Hut I'm not sclllsh enough I to deprive tlio olllco of a little judicious steur- lus. " _ Indianapolis. Tourmil : "No , sir , " said farmer JloKoih. "Tuln't no use to argy calamity poll- ties tor mi1. I ain't ono o' tlio people that thinks or man liuz got tur liellovo tlio country's KUln' tor ruin In order tor have ills welfare at huart. " Philadelphia U'rtRor : At the last state ball In Berlin a woman foil Into a fountain of pur- fuiucry. Show-as scent home. Yonkers Statesman : The person who Pbpu- cially "points with prldo" Is thu girl with a now engagement ring on her linger. Iloston Transcrliit : The stars which ono .sees on liolng knocked down furnish the Heron light that beats about the thrown. Somorvlllu Journal : "Crosses are still worn , " says a juwelry paper. Yes ; wo are all wearing them. STOCK IN TllADE. linl nmi ) > olH Jniirnnt. "t wonder every hour , " wild ho , "Why you should hiivu accepted me ; 1 Wdiid'T by what grace or art I won that pieclous prize , your heart , And gullied this lovely hand " " 'Twas not your homely face , " bald bhe , "Muilu inu forgot your poverteo : I ratlior think you won your prlzo ( Slnco KO It siii'inuth to your eyes ) fly vlrt uo of your band. TllK MKl < .lXUHOM lll < lflUK SKH.KEH. Constltitttnii. Jim Jones , ho was a candidate for oKIco so lie was ; Hu'd been workln * clean from daylight In the democratic cuuiu ; llu'd heard about thu salary an olllco holder draws So liu went In for an olllco In tlio inornln' ! IIo brushed Ids oltl black beaver un' ho pol ished up his hoots ; IIo got him twunty packages of Ueorgla-mailo cheroots , An1 thuy missed i him from the village an' po IftfcludKinitfs 1'orhu went In for an olllco In tbomornln'l But tlie olllce wasn't comln' , an' they told him for to wall ; Thu road was klmlur crooked when ho thought It kinder .straight ; Hut JUMOI ho kept u-hWlngln1 on the demo crat legal u , Tor , " said he , "I'll ketch the odlco in the mornln' ! " Soon the congressmen had smoked up every onu o'bis cheroots , An' the mud had worn the polish from thu IcggliLs of Ids hoots , An' , liu olllco jcV got mixed up In political dKiniUv , An' Jones ho kinder , weakened hi thu mornln' ! So ho boarded of a freight train that was rnn- nln' by tlmrult1 , Tor liu didn't have a dollar , an was feullu like a fool ; An' then ho went to powln' ! with a mortgage tmhtsimilo An' ho cussed out every olllco In the morulu'l \VIIIiN \ MORTON WILL liliGIN folmuka AppolnltnonU to Bo Mnilo in Ear nest During April 4 IOW THE MATTER WILL HE WORKED Socrntnry \Brlctlltm-o lltplulnii that hi dinner * 1I Is Coiillncil \Vlinlly to Hid ( ) \rn Dcpurt- iiirnt ut All Time * . WASIIISOTOX Iluiinuj OP Titr. DKH , filll b'OUKTKKNTIt StHRItr. , . } \V. SIII.\OTO.V. 1) . U. , March ISO. As soon as the scnnto adjourns Secretary Morton will begin the work of "doing" the Nebraska appointments In great earnest. lie will not J > cgln ocforo that time. It Is oo- lleved tliat the extra session of the senate will adjourn slno dlo about a jveck from next Monday. Fr.inels MeGlverltiH of I'Yemont 1ms ap- pllod for the position of disbursing ofllcur for the federal building at Fremont. AIIIOIIK the otliur now entries In the pat ronage derby inado today was the name of Hon. li. .1. Hull of Darlington , la. , ox-coin- mlsslonor of patents , for a place on the now district court of appeals. Mr. Hall was en dorsed by Ucwcisuiitatlvo Hayes of Iowawho also presented Air. D. U. Klohmoiid of Mus- catiuo to be minlst r to Greece , and I'rof. Itaitio of Iowa to bo consul at Copenhagen. ConlliK'cl ti ) Ills Iciiirtiiiunt. | Mr. A. Campbell of Omaha Is an applicant for the position of superintendent of mails in the Omaha ] > ostoillce , the place created origin ally for one Vandervoort. Campbell formerly lived in Nebraska City and was the llrst Nebraskan tvfi'ot a postal clerkship under Cleveland's llrst term. Ho wrote to Secre tary Morton and also to McCuahr , the secre tary's confidential clerk , last week request- iiifr their endorsements lor the position in Omaha. I learned of a prominent Nebraskan hero that Secretary Morton replied to Campbell that there was a rule in force pre venting him from Interfering in appoint ments in any department other than his own. McCualg also wrote Campbell that because of this rule. Morton thought best that none of his clerks should interfere. McCimlg advised the young mini to pet other endorsements. A local newspaper hero claims that at a cabi net meeting last week Mr. Cleveland In formed his cabinet officers that Interference in the matter of appointments in other de partments than their own was not desired. Till' * . Is construed to mean that Secretary Morton will have very little to say about the distribution of patronage in Nebraska. ( iriisliiiiu Ciiiialni ; Mimy DUniUsiiU. It Is stated in high democratic circles today that Secretary Gresham was in a large measure responsible for the early re moval of so many republicans in tlio consular and diplomatic service and the appointment of democrats to take their places. There is every evidence now that Walter Q. Gresham Is determined to prove himself one of the most ultra democrats In the country. All democratic eyes are , of course , upon him , and any leniency which might bo shown repub licans and which would bo tolerated at the hands of time-worn democrats would be charged against Secretary Orcsham with compound interest. It is intimated by his h.tlmatc personal friends that under the circumstances ho in tends to lean backward and bear down heav ily upon all republicans under the Depart ment of State. There are to be swift and sweeping changes in the consular and diplomatic service. It Is stated that only a few commercial agents who arc paid small fees will bo retained. The men who were appointed by President Cleveland eight years ago and were retained by President Harrison upon their merits are 10 bo re moved if they do not resign , with the single exception of Mrs. Cleveland's cousin , Uen Folsom , consul at Sheffield , England , who Is enjoying emoluments worth about $7,000 or $3,000 a year. It is the Intention not to dis turb the nepotism record being mudo by this administration. All \VII1 ItnScntotl. There will bo llvo or six more days of the debate upon the question of seating the ap pointed senators from Montana , Wyoming and Washington and then a vote is expected to give all of them their seats. The debate , however , is being conducted upon nonpartisan - san Hues and the Intention is to determine an important question of doubt thSt is , whether a senatorial term shall end on March 1 ! irrespective of action or non- action upon the part of the legislature in electing a successor to the senator serv ing , and the governor can on that day al > - point a successor in ( ho absence of an elec tion , irrespective of the fact that the legis lature has not adjourned and may elect a senator on the day following the appoint ment of one. In other words It is the pur pose to determine whether there is any con nection between the appointive power of the governor and the elective power of the legis lature , and whether the ono must have any respect for the other. It is believed also that the resolution to elect a secretary , sergcant-at-arms and chaplain of the senate will after a Httlo brush on the part of the democrats , go over until the senate comes together next fall or winter. The program is to refer the resolutions proposing an investigation into the charac ter of Senators Hoaeh of North Dakota , and Mantle of Montana to the committee on privileges and elections for consideration , with the understanding that they will not be reported. When these steps have been tnltcti Uio Honnto will bo r < vuy ! to finally art * Journ , A quorum cnnnot bo kept hero ovnrn v < eek or ten days longer. A call nf the Hen ate today revealed but forty sovfti senators In tlni city , iiuin.v if Mioni are paired and If iv part\ question hud 'men upon a vote there would not have IH-CII n quorum. It HUM nf | > oar * Hint the xcnato c.in trannact no parti san hualnci * at the extra snMlon ami that It can bo blocked at any moment. Dlvurrr.lVllliniU KninrliiK It. Divorced three years without knowing It1 Such has been the experience of Mrs. Wllllo A. Itousre , a quiet and refined lady who is employed In the government printing ofllce. About llvo years ago Samuel u Itousoo , her husband , who had boon employed In the government printing office its a compositor , Informed her that he was going to Omaha to got , work. Mrs. Kotiseo prepared him for the Journey , and the goodbys wore tearful and r ffcctlonate. The couple regularly cor responded with each other , ami some time after the husband had settled In Omaha the eldest child , now a young man alxnitI years old , went out to pay him a visit. Time wore on and Mrs. Uotisco was ever expect ing her husband to return to her in spite of almost n cessation of corresiiondetice. Some time since she conducted to Institute Inquiries regarding him and was shocked to learn that in January , IS'.H ' ) Uousco had secured - cured a divorce from her on the ground of desertion. Hud No Uponiirnr. She immediately placed the matter In the hands of the lawyer , Mr. A. II Hell , who began an Investigation that was shortly ter minated by his receipt of a certified copy of the decree of divorce from Frank Moores , clerk of the court In Omaha. Subsequent Inquiry developed the fact that Hotiseo had married another woman In Omaha immedi ately after the ulvoivo was granted and Is now the father of an infant about H months old. Tlie incident has become public and ex cites considerable sympathy tor Mrs. Housed No. 1. This evening's News says of It"Mrs. . Housee will take no steps to linvo the deerco sot aside , as she believes it would bo useless and her circumstances are such that she could nnt bear the expense. It Is stated that she never had any notification of the Institu tion ot proceedings and that she kmnv noth ing whatever about them until three years after they had been concluded. She haft three children , of whom Housee Is the father , two boys and a girl , the latter being the youngest and about 10 years of ago. "A lawyer said today that the Nebraska law was very lax in relation to divorces and tlio only notification required to be served upon a defendant was a publication In a paper published In the county where the suit was instituted. Mrs. Hotiseo has the sympathy of a large circle of friends who es teem her for her many admirable qualities. " Kx-Senator and Mrs. Charles H.VanW.vck of Nebraska Cltv are at the Hlggs They como to spend Kiister Sunday with their lit tle daughter , who is in school here , and will remain a week. Judge Itartlott Tripp of Yankton , S. D. , Is at the National. It is believed that ho Is to be appointed to some position before ho leaves the city. Frank T. Kmeraon of Omaha is at the National. Mr. ami Mrs. U S. Coffin and Mrs. D. J. Glen of F.n-t Dodge. la. , are at the National. Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Drowoy of Watertown , S. D. . arc at the Kbbltt. C.W. McDonald of Omaha is at the Metro politan for a short stay. Henry T. Oxnard of Grand Island Is nt the Arlington. Governor O.-tborn of Wyoming attended a Mystic Shrine banquet here last night. I'M ward C. Shelton of Nebraska City has been appointed special ago it of the bureau of animal industry to succeed Watson Pick- roll of Heatrice , resigned. Shelton is a special friend of Secretary Morton and had charge of his senatorial boom the past winter. Leave of absence for two months on surgeon's certificate of disability is granted Captain Asher C. Taylor , Second Infantry. Mr. Max Orkln of Win'ersct , In. , and Miss Tx'titla Goldsmith were married yesterday afternoon at the residence of the bride's mother. Mrs. It. Goldsmith , liKB Druid Hill avenue , Baltimore , Mil. , Hov. A. Gnttmacher officiating. The bride wore a traveling dress of green and gold silk. Mr. and Mrs. Orkln loft for a southern trip. P. S. II. XKHIt.lSKA AXn X'KHll.l.'iK.lXS. ' Work has commenced on Fremont's fed eral building. The business men of Oak treated them selves to a banquet Insf. night. . . The United Presbyterians of Nebraska are holding ( i presbytorlal meeting at Pawnee City. Superior United Presbyterians have voted down a proposition to build n new church buildine. Robert W. Taylor fell from a wagon at Table Hock and was badly injurded , his arm being broken. Hov. George Tompkins of Now York has accepted a call to the First Baptist church a t Broken How. Ex-Sheriff Johnson of Johnson county Is studying piedicino in St. Louis and expects to graduate In six months. Two young men named Scott and San ford arc under arrest at Plattsnionth as sus pected horsoithloves and burglars. Tlio admirers of Representative Dlmmiclc of Franklin county propose to welcome him homo with a brass band when the legislature adjourns. C. II. Reynolds , superintendent of the Norfolk division of the Elkhorn road , and Miss Clara A. McBrlde , were married at N.orfolk Wednesday. A broken sidewalk plank cost the cit.v of Fremont .STM ) . S. Carlson fell because of the break and injured himself so badly that the city council settled with him without suit. C. W. Wilson , a Pawnee county farmer , who went to Chicago with a carload of cat tle ten days ago , is dead. Ho had stopped on his way homo to visit relatives In Illinois- & COL Dt Manufnatitrori an 1 of Ulotulnz 111 ttuVorll \ Now Boys As we promised something1 better for the boys j a few days ago , wo wouldn't go back on our i words for any- j thing and consequently - | quently next Saturd ay wo give away a beautiful Easter lily , pot and all , to every suit pur chaser in the boys' department on the second floor. We are going to make a hole in the wall in a day or so now and we want to make a hole in the boys' stock too , and as we've got on a whole lot of now styles we won't have much trouble in doing it. We'll give you boys some special bargains in whole suits and a whole lily thrown in. BROWNING , KING & CO , store n 5 % ! } " ill11 ° u j S. 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