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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1893)
THE DAILY BEE. H. KOSKWATF.lt , Keillor. 1'UBUSURD KVGKY MOltNINO. or 8UR eim'TioN. Dalljr Urn mlllioiit Sunday ) Onn YOST. , f fl 00 Dallr nnd itridny , Ono Year in ( H > 8'tMonllM ' ' > ThtroMmitlii 2 ao Humlny Jlro , Ono Yi > nr ? JO Ratiinfny HIM' , OIMI Year , 1W Weekly 1t.-e. One Your 100 OKI'll'M. Oniahn.Thn ) : > ( > llnlldlng. South Oinaliu , I'nrnor N nnd 20th BtrooU. Council lllutTo , 1'J I'cnrl Street. Ciiictiito ) llli.117 ! Clmnilntr of ( 'oinmrrro. NnH York , Uomm 13 , 1-t nnd 10 , Tribune llulldliiff. WufihlnKton , bin I'liurtoonlli Hlroot COIlltKSPONDBNUR All coininnnlcnllons relating to news ami rdllnrlal matter should be addressed : To the Editor. IIUHINKfS M3TTEi : . . All buslncMlc'tteri nnd rondtlanco-i should bo addressed to The Ilcu PnblUlilnit Co mpnny , Uiiuilin. DruftH , clu'Cks and postonloo orilors tobn maila payable to the order of the com pany. . Parties leaving the city for the summer can have the linn sent thrslr address by leaving nn older at this iilllco. TUB IJEE PUBUS1I1NG COMPANY. SWOItN HTATKMKNT OK CJHCUI.ATION. Rtatoof Nolirn kn , I Cour.tr of Dnunlftii. f Ocorxnil. Taiclinck , ocrreurr of THE tlttpnb- tithing conuinnr , itunn fioloinnlr nwnmr tliat the dotanlclroulntlon of THE DAU.v lire for the neck ending liar U. 183.1 , nan on follows : Pund r. Mnjr 7 ZB.OTO Monilur , M r , . , 1.741 'I lierdnr. Mnr U U.143 \Vcrtncid 7. Mny 10 J1.SM Hhundar , nr II . ' " ' IVIdar. Mnr 12 31,131 B turdl\r , Mo J 13 3I.U1 ( Iro. H. TRZCIIUCK , Sworn In licforame and iiibscrlliod In mrprcc nco tbls I3lli ilar of Jlny , 16'J.I. N. P. KEIU Notnrr I'ubllo. n o t'lrpnln lion ( or April , IKOn , 24,881 NOWADAYS a Wull street "panic" la about as formidable us uSouth Aiuorican revolution YESTKHDAY was a red letter day in the history of Australia. Onlyono bank closed its doors. PKUS all over Nebraska are speaking friendly words for the Manu facturers' exposition. C Nebraska democrat who pines for ofllco will not advocate fusion with the populists in the next campaign. IN SOME respects Nebraska is moro ortunato than Illinois. The Nohraska IcRislaturo adjourned sonic time ago. THE World's fair is again in direful Btraits. Another preacher has prophe sied the early destruction of the \Vliito city. WITH her banks in good condition , a big surplus on hand and another largo crop in sight the 'west scorns to bo all right. IF MKKIT alone is taken as the basis of the now pension commissioner's ' policy the true bine veteran will not complain. IT IS remarked that the railway mail service still retains its old-timo ofli- ciency. It is still under the control of republicans. OMAHA people are anxiously waiting for the placards which announce a lower round trip\rato to Chicago. Its bound to come. CLEVELAND'S experience as the sheriff of Buffalo county stands him in good Btead when it comes to keeping oflico hunters in suspense. THE fiimuchl policy of tbo national administration scorns to be drifting ; but as long as it is drifting in the right di rection the country will bo satisfied. THERE seems to bo no good and suf ficient reason why the railroads should Boll round-trip oxcnruion tickets to Shor- ldanWyo. , , for $10 when they charge $20 for a round-trip rate to Chicago. THEIIB is a probable shortage of 117- 000,000. bushels in the world's wheat crop. The United Slates will supply the largest portion of the deficiency and No hraska her full share of it. As I/ONO as the people of Oinnha and Council BlulTs are required to pay an 18 per cent dividend on the actual invest ment of the bridge company just so long will they continue- ask for a 5-ccnt brldgo faro. THE deliberate attempt of the im peached state olllclals to riHyumo a per sonal credit for the reforms instituted by Governor Uoyd is an admission of weakness that was hardly looked for in the defense. is a prospect that rates be tween the Missouri river and Chicago will BuiToi1 a marked decline. Omaha people who are contemplating a trip to the World's fair will defer their visit a few days longer. OMAHA'S bank olonrings for the past twelve months show an increase of $83,018,721 , over the previous year. Taking the clearingH as a fair gauge of the business tninxautlons in the city , the Increase IB a most gratifying evidence of. Omaha's commercial advancement. The increase lb all the moro noticeable from tiio fact that during the period referred to there was an utter absence of specula tive tendencies. TUB numerous trk-nds in Omaha of General George H. Dandy will bo heart ily glad to know that ho has returned to this city to riisumo his former position of chief quartermaster of the Depart ment of the Platto. General Dandy ia one of the most capable olllcorn in the service , and in social life one of the most genial of gentlemen. Wo are sure wo "oiro Uio Hontlmont of everybody 'who knows him In extending to him a moat cordial welcome. DENNIS KEAHNIJY has reconsidered his intention to transfer his Held of peculiar operations to Chicago. As about one-third of the entire Chinese population in this country inhabit San Francisco , ho tlnds the eandlots of that city hotter nulled for his purposes. Al ready , in company with that other blatant agitator , Dr. O'Donnoll , now that the constitutionality of the Geary law has been established , ho ijas ro- uowod his Chinese-bating practices. 77iB rnutRsr ACT nnctslotr. There can bo no question as to the possible far reaching effects of the supreme court decision declaring the Chlnosn exclusion act constitutional , as sot forth In Ihn diHsonllng opinion.1) ) of i thrco member * of the court. The view taken by .Instlon Urowor that if the law is uphold there will IHJ no guarantee that similar treatment tuny not bo acti corded other classes of our population. Under thi.s decision thcro is no pro- tcctlnn for alien residents of the United States against any form of prescriptive legislation which congress may onact. They can find no Hnfcgnard oven in treaty stipulao tlons if congress wills todinrcgard them , "If congress makes a law inconsistent with a treaty , " says thodcclsion"ltmay give a foreign nation the right to comti plain and take such action as it may deem beat for lt own interest , hut the duty of the courts of the United States is clear and they must recognize its . force. " Tlioro are thousands of aliens in this country of all nationalities. It is in the power of congress , according to this decision , regardless of any t rcaty ar- rangomcnts that , may exist with the coun tries from which these people come nnd of which thpy are still subject. " , to reanlro them or any class of them to conform to any regulations that may bo proscribed or leave the country within a given time , which may bo llxeil at a year or a week. Let it bo supposed , for example , that there tmouid bo in congress a ma jority hostile to the immigration , of Italians and to allowing natives of Italy to remain lioro who had not boon natur- allx.cc ! , there is nothing to .prevent the application" to them , according to this decision , of the same treatment that the law provides for the Chinese. The danger Of having to account to any European government for such a course' toward its cltl/.ons may perhaps bo safely depended on as a safeguard against prescriptive legislation apply ing to Europeans , but tills is a form of security that obviously does not furnish a complete guarantee. The pop ular opposition in the eastern portion of the country to certain foreign elements of the popula tion is almost as strong and bitter ns is the hostility of the people of the Pacific coast to the Chinese , and it cannot be regarded as impossible that at some time in the future u very vig orous demand may bo made for legislation to exclude and expel classes of Europeans for one reason or another. With the inoreas- ing tension of social and economic con ditions no one may presume to say that such a thing cannot happen. Chief Justice Fuller presented two cogent arguments against the law. One was that the general government can not , in virtue of a supposed inherent sovereignty , arbitrarily deal with per sons lawfully and peacefully within its domain , and the other was thatin mak ing deportation the penalty for failure to comply with the law congress pre scribed an unusual punishment not authorized by the constitution. He admitted that the government is in vested with -all the irowera 'necessary to maintain its independence and secur ity , but this does not give congress an authority essentially despotic in its character. The soundness of the opin ion of Justice Field that thcro is a difference - foronco between the exclusion of immi grants and the deportation of resident aliens will hardly bo questioned. It is probable that the decision will stand , even though the court should grant a rehearing of the case , but with- regard to the enforcement of the law there is reason to doubt whether it will bo undertaken at once , owing to the failure of congress to provide an adequate appropriation. The obviously wise course for the Chinese residents is to register , and it is to bo presumed that a great number of them will do so. In this way they will avoid adding to the complications and dilli- cultios of the situation and at the same time intensifying popular hostility toward them. The American people generally , whatever they may think of the wisdom and justice of the law , will demand that the decision of the highest judicial tribunal in the land shall bo respected. JUDGK JUCllltKX'i > [ , .IST DKCISION. The last decision wondered by Judge Lochren before ho resigned his scat on the judicial bench of Minnesota to be come United States commissioner of pen sions will prove a memorable one in sev eral respects. The opinion lllod was in the celebrated St. Louis railroad case. As triuitco llonry Solbort brought suit against the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad company , the Central Trust company and the Farmers Loan and Trust company of Now York and the Fidelity Insurance company of Philadel phia to foreclose the improvement and equipment mortgage on the propertied of the road. The decision pornilts the foreclosure for the amount of 9'I'JS7,000. The case has been in litigation for five years. It is one of the heaviest caso-i of its class ever tried in the wo.it : inu has attracted the attention of the whole country. One of the remarkable feat ures of the decision is the number of Im portant precedents it establishes. 1'ho hulk of the b'.mds secured by tills mort gage was hold by the Chicago , Hock Island and Pacllio Hallway company , and the plaintiff , backed up by that road , not only attempted to foreclose its own mortgage , but the mortgages hold by the defendant trust oampanlos , and the main oonto.it llnally narrowed down be tween the plaintiff and the Central Trust company. Under the decision the latter gains a substantial victory. The amount of its niprtgago was $5,000,000 ; of the Farmers Loan and Trust company , $1,100,000 , , and of the Fidelity , * 800OIX ) . The plaintiff is given a lirst lien for about one-half of the Central Trust com pany's claim upon the interests of tiio road in certain properties in Minnesota and on the equipment of the road , liut us this equipment was purchased by tiio road under olovondistinct contracts , the claim is split Into eleven distinct lions , the rolling stock ordered Hold In eleven different parcels. Also as it was paid for in u largo part before the mortgage wus given the defendants can recover a largo part of it upon payment of fanmll bums. The result Is to practically destroy any benefit plaintiff might gain from having a first lion. A first lion is also given to the defendant loan pnnlcs upon different portions of the read. The C'entral Trust Is besides given n second lion on alt the rest of the line and property covered by the other two loan companies' mortgages. The money in the hands of th receiver is divided about equally between * the Cen tral Trust company and the plaintiff. The court refused to grant the plain- tilt's request to foreclose thcso mort gages nnd permits them to stand as liens on the property. Tiio roud i or dered suld , Hitbject to the mortgage of the other defendants , to pay the claim of the plaintiff , but the railroad com pany is given one year in which to re deem after the do3rco is entered , The result of refusal of the defendant trustees to accede to the original de mands of the Hock Island to forcclo&o their mortgages If , therefore , that the property lias not only been saved from wreck but the security of the defendant mortgagees is in belter condition than over before. Among- the important pre cedents established by tl.o case the fol lowing are the most significant : That n junior railroad mortgnRco cannot coiiiitel a prior mortgagee trt foreclose Ills mortgage ; that If n Junior mortgagee has a receiver appointed In a foreclosure suit to which ho mull es senior mortgagees parties , tliat receiver heroines the revolver not only tln the plaintiff , but nlso of all the prior mortgagee * * ; that a i nllronil company giving a mortgage upon Us property , when It hail theretofore given mortgages to othcrpartles , cat not make th 3 hist mortgage a Hen prior tiP the others upon property purchased and paid for with the proceeds of the mortgage , when that property enters Into the corpus of the railroad ; that incase of rolling stock , wliora the title has not passed to the railroad vn road company , but the company holds the property unilcr car trust leases , a llrst Hen may bo acquired by a subsequent mortgagee tic the amount paid by him to take up the tie trust leases and put clear title to the equipment into the railroad company. U'lIKltK GUOl ) MAY The recent bank failures may have one good result in impressing more stronrly upon the authorities nt Wash ington the necessity of greater-care and vigilance in the supervision of banking institutions. The development , } regard J ing the management of nome of the banks ] that failed and their general methods of doing business rolled very severely upon the government olllcials whoso duty it is under the law to keep well informed regarding the condi tion of the banks , and yet they are not entirely without excuse. The system of bank examinations is not altogether what it should be , and this is the fault of congress. That body has had repeatedly recommended to it amendments of the national bunking law which experience lias shown to be desirable and necessary , but it lias failed to adopt thorn , mainly for the reason that the opposition to the banks in congress - gross lias , for years , been so strong that it was able to successfully combat efforts to strengthen them in public confidence. Under present conditions it is found impossible to give the banks as watchful supervision and as frequent examinations as .is desirable , and the knowledge of thi.s fact enables speculative and dishonest bank ofticials to carry on their practices with a freedom ami a disregard of the requirements of the law which can , as n rnlo , lead to no other result than disaster. The present administration cannot , of course , bo hold in the slightest degree responsible for this condition of affairs. The now comptroller of the currency has not boon long enough In ofileo to learn fully what is required of him , to say nothing of intro ducing needed changes and reforms. But ho is making a careful study and inves tigation of the situation and has indi cated that although without experience in banking ho has some very practical and judicious ideas about what is de manded. IIo seems determined to put nn end , If possible , to such banking as that which led to the collapse of the Columbia bank at Chicago , and as ho will have a congress of his own party to uphold him ho may bo able to accom plish the task. Ho is reported to have said that there is no excuse for the failure of a national bank if it is conducted according to law , and that the statutes provide abundant safeguards if tlioy are only followed. One thing ho proposes is moro frequent examinations , upon the safe ground that "a good bank courts examination , and a pojr one ought to have it whether it likes it or not , " Ills plan la to give each bank in the country two examinations at least every year , one of them out of the regular season , so that the actual and neb the prearranged - arranged condition of the institution shall bo made known. This would bo a reform that could not fail to liuvo good results and there can bo no doubt that it would ho approved by all conservative bankers. The general ollccts of the recent hunk failures have not been serlousjund whatever distrust tlioy may have caused has nbaut passed away , but they have not boon uninstrnc- tivo and the lu.isnn should bo productive of seine good in tiio direction wo have Indicated. ATTORNEY GUNKHAL CitAWKditn of VSoutli Dakota 1ms reached an unmistak ably pronounced conclusion with respect to the enforcement of the prohibition law in that state. It is not only emi nently sound and wise , but it will receive the approval of all the people of the state except the radical prohibition ele ment. Especially will It bo distasteful , though , to that very considerable ele ment of the population who have car ried on their unwise temperance crnsado moro for the purposes of gain than from the incitement of principle , Mr. Craw ford says point blank that ho does not propose to take any part in the enforce ment of the law , believing that it was noyer intended that the attorney general - oral was also to discharge the duties of a htato attorney , Neither will ho appoint assistant state's at torneys except upon the most " complete and specific showing that the "prohibition law is being llagraiitly vie lated. IIo will not even consider appli cations for mich appointments unless mudo by residents of the county for which such aid 'la asked , and then ho will be careful to name a lawyer of such character and roputat\on \ that ho will be likely to do something other than pile up expenses for the taxpayers to moot. Coo I. Crawford Is a young attorney of Plorro , but the stand ho has taken on this vexatious question gives promise that "a Daniel has come to judgment" In the state that hai Iwon harrassed as pot-Imps none other by these fraudulent reformers. IT IS to bo hoped that the apprehen sions entertained by the citizens of west ern South Dakota that the murder of the alleged rustler Giles In Butte county is the beginning of a cattle war similar to that of last season in Wyoming1 will prove fallacious. ' The outlawry in John son county brought disgrace on the whole state , bankrupted the county and retarded the development of that sec tion for years. Nor is the end yot. The courts are still wrestling with the con sequent litigation and the cases are likely ta engage attention for a long tlmo to come. However , the report of THE DEE correspondent at Bollofourch that the valuables and money the mur dered man had in his possession were found intact on his body instinctively leads to the inference that his assassina tion was not for the purpose of robbery. And as ho had been suspected as a rustler and ordered to leave the coun try , it is possible that the fears enter tained of further trouble are not un founded. The affair incidentally directs attention to the fact that Utah is also at this time having n lively tussle with cat tle thieves. But as the federal authori ties have taken a hand there it is not likely to bo of long duration. dATB RAWUNS' determination to withdraw his resignation upon the ground that ho finds upon reaching Salt Lake that ho possesses the confidence of his party nnd the people of Utah is not the way to establish the truth of this assumption. If ho wore rcnominated and returned to congress ho could point to the result as a vindication of his course. The probability that should Governor West call a special election , a republican would be returned in Raw- Hits' stead is the moro likely incentive for his reconsideration. The political history of this country shown that for a congressman to resign his seat with the expectation of being vindicated by the vote of his constituents is not a safe course to pursue. UP TO date the only Nebraska news paper that has the nerve to defend the attempted state printing steal is the Fremont organ of the ghost- dancers union. And , by the way , the Fremont paper was U > bo one of the beneficiaries of the steal. THE Muscatine outrage seems deter mined to boost itself Into Iowa politics. liar Out thu Itaicul * . Klwu'oocl reader. It Is to DO hoped Auditor Moore will stand up for Nebraska anil sit down on the at tempted printing steal. Keep the rascals out anil don't let tH .combines In. SpniU llofoni Duty. Wen' flak [ { ( cruder. Is the domoa-.i ; tie party afraid to face the full responsibility of power ? What other construction can bo placed on Its supinoness , Inactivity and general reluctance to carry out Its promises to the people i Sounder I'lnnlis Promised. ( Ilubc-Oemoeral. It was not a very inspiring program which ColQiiQl. Clarkson marked out at Louisville for tho'pnrty. The party will adopt some thing better when it makes its appeals to the people next year and in 1890. Sure Jtmuls tu Disunion Ititffalti Kf press , Surely experience enough has been had to warrant the refusal of any person with common sense to have anything to do with trusts of any sort , as they are sure to lead to disaster. Tno results of such combina tions are evidently not accidental. When a triut puts prices up to a point where exces sive profits follow , a rush of capital In that direction Is sure to come , often accompanied by a decrease in consumption. The amount of capital invested "is abnormal , anil an abnormal depression follows. LmprovnmentH in Arnuiiiii'iit. l'lillaiMi < lilt , lliennl. An interesting experiment in guninaking will bo the construction at the ordnance shops in Washington of an 8-inch steel gun on the built-up-plan , clmmbcrcil to load with high explosives. If such : i weapon can ho mailo to stand the tremendous bursting power developed by the detonation of tiio re cently discovered high explosives the prob lem of military and navalattack and defense will at once take on a now aspect , and the costly experiments of the last ton years will lose whatever degree of decisiveness they may have possessed , o A W.irjiln ; in .Morton. I'ltit'iiiiiiintli Jiiuriiul There is a constant stream of flattery Is suing from thu inouuuoly republican press these days for Secretary Morton , who seems to be their Ideal of a democrat. To a man more suspicious this would naturally aet him thinking that there might bo something out of sorts in his course , but Mr. Morton is as unsuspecting ns ; . child , niul ho goes right on feeling as peed over It as If it wore demo crals instead of republicans that wcro laud ing him to the skies , The greatest of men arc sometimes pleased nt being praised. Hut if ho wants to put himself In line with Ne braska democrats hu must trim his sails to a different breeze. Time fur tlin Imiuti ft'ew York Trilmne. The desperate attempt of the tory organs of Canada to prove that the Dominion is , on the whole , quite as ) irosporous as the United Suites , convince oitly'tho otllcial placemen and place hunters , 'Il'he ' moat ominous fact of course. Is thu virtual , uoclinu In the popu lation , Not only docs Canada fail to attract ttie bulk of < leslrablo.Mi | rants from Europe , though It sorely neddsjttium , but there is a constant emigration , if Canadians to the United States. If the country wore overpopulated - populated It ini'-'lit stand this drain , for a ' ' time , at least. Hut'tli'I * Is not so. With an area almost equal Ttfthat of the United States , Its population1' is only -I.H' .t.-lll , or moro than 1,000,091) l a than the population of the smlo btate ofjvNow York , When a country with so luea or a population for such a great extent 'of territory loses uboul 1,000,000 of Its cltlrifiW through emigration In a few years , the tirii6 for holding a polltl cal inquest over that country is not very far off. _ YOU'D IIXTfJJU/jllKHttin HIM. Cincinnati Onmmtretal There aru husbuniU who are pretty , There aru huslrimls who are witty , Thorn arc husband * who In uuhllu uro as suill- Inir as the nioin : There nro huslmmN who are lioalthy , Thoroure husluiid-iwhoiiru wealthy , Hut thu real angelic hiihband , well , IIU'M uovur yet IMIOII burn , Homo for strength of love nro noted , \Vliu nro really so devoted That u liimu'ur thi-lr wives aru ubsunt tlioy are Ionu iitii0 iind forlorn ; And whle | now and thi'n you'll find one Who's a fairly uood ami kind ono. Vet the real ! inK"lc ! husband , oh , hu'd never yctbeun born ! Ho Ihu woman who Is mated To th mail nhn may bu raU-d As prutty fair , bhouldcherUh him forever am a day. I'or llio real anitvlic cruaturo , 1'orfeet , ijulto , in every fuature. Ho has never bison dUcovurcd , and lie won1 liu , m they tay. I'MOKA. Tolilai. Tribunes The linycjichmcnt trlM moving right ntonit , the supreme court > elnf ( occupied every dity this week In Ink- ng testimony. The trlnl appears to bo In no visa on the fake order. McCool Keeprd : According to the corpora- Ion organ , the State Journal , the Impeach- ncntcaso la a howling farco. but according 0 the testimony of the witnesses In court , hero has been u great amount of fraud nnd corruption carried on la connection with the > cntcnt1ary. ! IJannor County Nowst Nebraska's 1m- leached officials are apparently not count- ng on a complete vindication , but will bo satis tied If they can by any moans retain heir oftlccs , This they can possibly do by egal quibbles of various kinds , known only lo the Initiated. Nlobrnra Pioneer : The Impeachment cases are opening up strat'go revelations. 1'ho pconlo will occasionally cot on top. The now nfllrers , with Auditor Moore at the load , aru making wortliy records in business methods. Jobs nro getting scarce under thu low order of things. Klkhorn Exchange : The Impeachment rial Is brlnping about a general Investiga- Ion which seems , to bo pretty thorough , as something new Is being developed each clay and from present Indications these who are icing tried and a few of their associates as veil will begin to think that it would have > eon better for them had they discharged heir duties BSAVBS required of them by law. \Votrusttbat the , peed work may go on to 1 finish nnd if needs bo expended doublet $15,000 to bring them to Justice. Falrflelil Tribune : The Impeachment trial low In progress against state ofllclals dis closes a condition of rottenness and corrup- tldn that Is a shame ami dlsgraco to the stato. This system of knavery and plunder las boon going on for years nnd the high mbllo functionaries who sat supinely by with their oycs wide open and saw these larlug frauds committed and the public 'nuds stolen anil misappropriated , whether they participated in the division of the nonoy thus unlawfully talcen from the troas- irv or not , should bo held to a just accouuta- Jllity for their acts and punished accord- Lincoln Herald : Impeachment still holds .ho boards up at the state capltol. The trial lras : wearily on nnd it will probably bo con- lulled this month. Whatever may bo said of the guilt or innocence of the accused state oflti-ials , they cannot escape censure for the manner In which they allowed Bill Dorgan mil others to run the affairs of the suite. [ f the state ofllclals had guarded the busl- icss Interests of Nebraska with half the zeal a prudent business man would run his own affairs , there would bo no necessity for this largo expenditure of money In the 1m- : > eaclnnent trial. Tlldon Citizen : The Lincoln State Journal s rentllnir the air with Its plaintive howls against the Investigation of crooked state ind ex-statu olllcials now in progress. That organ has been the staunch friend of corrup- tionists for many years ana no person ac quainted with its history is at all surprised to see it defending state house thlovcs now. All the Journal can say or do will not stay thu wheels of justice this time , for the people have resolved to destroy , if possible , the power of designing villains and their cappers. The plea that Lincoln's reputa tion is being injured by this investigation will not avail. Money has been appropriated for the purpose of cleansing the state house and the work will proceed regardless of consequences. When the Journal folks acknowledge that a terrible disgrace over- bangs their city , they acknowledge a be lief In the existence of corruption , and Should aid the people' to remove it instead of. throwing cold water on a popular movement in that direction. York Press : It is truly Apathetic to see industriously the republican papers are now defending the stats ofltcials whose im peachment trials are now behig conducted. The State Journal leads In tiio assault upon every mini who dares to hint that the ofllcials may bo guilty. In the fnco of testimony showing rank dishonesty of subordinates , with no effort on the part of their superiors to protect the state from the organised rob bery , the Journal writes column after column of slush calculated to foreshadow their acquittal and every Hltlo two by ten p. o. p. sheet In the country echoes their screed. They have got bravely over the talk , "Let the guilty bo punished , " that they were so full of a few months ago. It is hardly fair to foreshadow and prophesy what the decision of the court will be , but to lead the rcuubliean papers ono can only come to the conclusion that they expect these men to bo whitewashed by two judges and condemned by one. Ho that as it may , the testimony is before the people , thanks to the efforts of Ed Itoscwater in Tins OMAHA. Bun , and bo sure , all ye who read , that already is there testimony enough bc- fore the people to convince them that a change is an imperative necessity. White wash may bo applied , but out in thu country where the votes are cast , the real court before whom these men are bplng tried exists , nnd if thu republicans hopu to .save their party from the effects of tncsu men's misdoing they had best begin to try to assist , rather than discourage a complete Investi gation , Every .attempt to hamper , each effort to belittle the evidence , every slur at the attorneys for the prosecution will bo charged un to thu republican party , and it will soon ho generally believed that the men who rim these party organs desire to cover up rather than disclose , corruption that has gene on for many years , routined to the ranks of the republican party. ItnH'.V TllK JI.IKH. St. Paul Globe : Opening the gates will greatly Increase the rooolpts ; and , irom present appearances , the management will need every dollar that can bo had to come out oven. Denver Republican : Throwing the World's fair grounds open on Sunday , while nil the buildings are close- ! tight , will prove a very unsatisfactory comproniiso in our opinion. Washington Post : If it ho true that the of thu World's fair question opening on Sun day has resolved itaulf into a matter of dollars lars anil cents wo aru willing to risk our dollars and cents that the Chicago people will open it. Kansas City Journal : The compromisn in the World's fair Sunday opening problem will hardly bo satisfactory to olther side. Visitors may go into tnu grounds at half price , but thu buildings will bo closed to them. If It is right and proper to open the uxposltlon at all , It is right to open it wholly and charge full rates of admission. What is the vlrtuu in a half-way business ? Philadelphia Uecord ; Their paltry , quib bling comproniiso measure of opening the Kates and siilo shous , but closing thu main buildings , is as dcstilutu of business souse us of dignity. In a matter of such moment half-wuy proceeding are calculated * simply to irritate both sides. Ono faction or the other must | ? lvo way. It is unfortunate that nt this critical period In the grout undertak ing the detlrminatlonof this question should liuvo boon ll'f t to men apparently anxious to evade responsibility , Detroit Free Press : Tliat the half open , ing Is a quibblu is shown conclusively by the demand of a price for admission. It may bo urged that thu price ism small ono ; but it will be very diflicuU tu persuadu honest men tliat the dilTerencu between good faith and breaking a pluiigo Is a mere matter of M per cont. If thuro Is a sin or any broach of contract hi giving a M-cen tshow on Sunday there la just us much sin und just as much breach of contract in giving a tHi-wiit show , This Is ono of thu cases in which there is no ques tion of clegri'o. The stealing of the tiniest lamb In the Hock Is larceny just as much as It would bo to curry off thu fattest wethur. t.VHXVUSAIll.K SI VL'1HITV. WABOO , Neb , , May 10. To the Kdltor of Rc : I have bef nn constant reader of inipeachtnont proceedings from the com- motiremontoftho trl.il noforo th supreme court to date , as they have been reported In TIIR HBK. Have Just read Itaco'.i statements of coal itc'lh-ercHl mil ! chanted for twelve months from anil Inrludlni ? December , IS'.H ' ) , to and Inchullng December. 1S 1 , for twelve months , the month of May , 1WI1 , not being given. According to Mr. Icnco , during the twelve months . JJIin to tlic1 | ° wcro delivered ii.bCU.COO barrels , and thcro were charged for 14,249,141 barrels. Thcro was actually delivered U.liOl tons , 1,000 pounds. There waschargcd 7l'4 , tons , 1,111 pounds , or HUD tons for every day of the 0tl clays of , the twelve months enumerated tin actual Amount received was lWl ) tons , or an average of T.tri tons for each anil every day of the twelve months named , The in sane asylum must bo a very warm place the year i round , when within a fraction of eight tons of coal Is consumed every twenty -four hours for thu whole year. Now , It the state has paid for nineteen ami one-half tons for everyday for a year it would bo considerable wnrmcr than If they consumed eight tons. If the state paid for it the state ought to have It. It is not necessary for a man of ordinary Intelli gence to go Into an investigation when bills for the amount of cunl are presented , oven of an average of eight tons per day , to at once know that a frairl Is being perpetrated. When state ofllclals audit and allow any such enormous bills as those , taking the low est amount stated by Uaco , they glvo evidence of a.stupidity so enormous and Inoxcimhlo that no honest man can como to any other conclusion than that they are Intentionally dishonest , or too stupid to do business for the state or even for themselves. There can bo no excuse for such ofllcial blindness. There are , I believe , less than 400 inmates in the asylum at Lincoln. Take Itace's lowest Hgures anil each inmate would consume seven tons In twelve months , Every mother's M > II of them could have a soft coa'l base burner of his own and then have a sur plus. When the facts are stated there Is no need of amplification or argument to como to n conclusion. There are two horns In the case , Incompoteney one , dishonesty the other. UlU'UllLlCAN. I'EltfiOX.ll. . .t..tt.KK.tt Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wllcox uses five quarts of milk to ono complexion bath. ICx-Prosldent Harrison Is counsel ln a street rail mad suit Just llled in the federal court at Indianapolis. The old Kuapp mansion In Washington , owned by the family of the late General Meyer , recently sold forSM.OOO. A babel of languages may be heard in the Midway plaisancc , but the babel of tongues holds the fort in thu Woman's building at the World's fair. Lord Aberdeen , the now governor general of Canada , was lord lieutenant of Ireland in ISSsO , and became the most popular ofllcial in that trying position in 1mlC a century. "Urick" I'omoroy is 00 years of ago. Twenty-live years ago his writings were read all over the country. IIo Is now inter ested in railroad schemes In Ccyorado. Schweinfurth , the Kockford Messiah , has arranged to send a trotter to the circuit meets this year. Mr. Sehwoinfurth will take to pool betting us well as religious faking to make a living , evidently. King Elumbert of Italy gaveT 001000 for the foundation of an institute fur the orphans of workmgmon in commemoration of his silver wedding. The receipts from the great his torical tourney amounting to $40,000 were devoted to charity. Mrs. Cleveland's tastes In jewelry are very simple. Although she owns a number of rings , she rarely wears any except her wed ding ring. A favorite ornament on dress oc casions is a beautiful diamond star , which was one of her wedding gifts. The late Queen Mingo , wife of the king of the I Caw Indians , was accompanied to the happy hunting grounds with several pounds of jerked beef , a quantity of bread and a gourd of water. Immediately after the in terment the chief had three ponies lariated and choked to death on the nuwly made grave as a sacrifice to his departed wife. Hoscoe Cor.klinfi used to say that the simplest way for a person to stop the habit of tobacco chewing was to keep a packaco of crystallised candy in his pocket ami sub stitute a lump of it for the "weed" whenever a desire arose for the latter. This way , Mr. Colliding said , ho had broken off tobacco chewing , but no Had never been able to abandon smoking. Congressman Thomas J. Geary , author of the famous Chinese exclusion law just atllrmed by the supreme court , hails from California , though a Massachusetts man by birth. He is HI ) years of age. IIo removed to California in 18tt ) , studied law and wus admitted to the bar , anil on the resignation of Congressman J. J. DoHaven was chosen as his successor. He was re-elected to the Fifty-second congress by a bare plurality , is a democrat iu politics , and is u member of the interstate und foreign commerce and foreign affairs committees. The name of "James Gordon Bennett , pro prietor , " no longer appears at the head of the editorial columns of the Now York Herald. It Is stated the paper , valued at ? 8,000,000 , has passed into the hands of a stock company , in which Bennett holds a controlling interest Gossip has it that the change- - was made to secure loans to meet losses sustained In connection with the establishment of the Mackay-Honnult cablu and by Mr. Uennott's European editions of his paper in Paris and Ixindon , Mr. Hen- nott came over to this country last week and Friday ho sailed for Europe again. William U. Kieck , city editor of thu Herald , accompanied him. Simultaneously with hl-s departure for Europe his name disappeared from the editorial page. I.V U.VAIIA. IfnT r Firm Will ITolmMy CnmpUtn th rnitoinr ? ttnllillnff. WASHI.NHTOX Ht'Hiui' or TIIR Unit , i ! 61 ! ) FortlTRBNTIt STIinRT , WASHIJJHTOJJ , I > . C. , May 10. I Hiils were opcncxl today for th Omaha postonlco bullaing ns follow * ' Foster ft Smith , Minneapolis , $ HSOUW , ( T. J. Halo , Omaha , $3M > , SiT ; Anhr * nasfonl , St. Paul , SHD.IWO ; U L. Leae * & Son , Chicago. * KO,3Si : ; Portaso Ert try ( Junrry company , Chii-ago , $ ,7.19,000" Gcddcs.t Secrlo , Denver , * .TSltxjO ; Moun' Avnldo Granite Works , Maine , JsliKl.TOO1 These bids were nil for granite I hero were several other bid * for sandstone anil limestone whlel did not meet the specifications. ( Jed ! il us & Scorlo of Denver will probably got the c-onlract. They nro now building the Kan as City building. \Vntkini Appointed Itocrlvnr , Comptroller Eckels this morning ap pointed Albert Watklns of Lincoln , Nob. , ercelver of the defunct FirstNntlonal hank of , Poiu-a. Mr. Wntklns was postmaster at' Lincoln during Cleveland's first term. South Omnliit Appointment * . ' Secretary Morton toilay ordered the re Instatemcnt of the lady assistant Inlcrn scoplsls In South Omaha who wore1 removed' ' recently as follows : Misses Lulu VI Gibson/ and Ktta Thomas anil Mrs. OrphaC. Thomas/ They each received $000 a year. The reap- ' polntmcnts will take effect May ! ! . \ Mltriillniiconft. , Comptroller of the Currency Eckels' bul-i lotin on changes of bank organization re ports the following : First Nationarimnk of , llartlngton , Nob. , H. H. Clark , president In' ' place of O. T. Oilman : First National , * Mitchell , S. D. , F. B. Moses promoted toj cashier from assistant to 1111 vacancy on account - . count of death. P. S. H. \ XKIIItASKA AMt XKllltASKASS. \ Eagle Is to have a town hall built by a ' stock company. * . A lodge of Knights of Pythias is to bo orirf ganlzed at Hamlolph. The creamery at Humphrey Is to bu pushed to completion at once. I A. A. Ueod has boon elected supsrlntond * ' , ' cut of the Crete public schools , to succeed W. H. Skinner. Valentino's city fathers Iwvo put the town In such excellent sanitary condition that a slcgo of cholera couldn't touch It. The Cherry county commissioners have _ awarded the contract for building an iron * \ bridge over the Miniiechaduza on the Hose- < ; bud Agency road. Thornton A. Faust confessed to burglarizing - f ing a store at Brock on the night of May U and was sentenced to three years In the penitentiary. Ho has already begun to servo his time nt the Veil. lu a dispute over some horses near Ken nedy , Cherry county , J. U. Smith shot atJ. A. Goo of Slioltifn , but his aim was poor and the bullet burled itself in a horse. Smith was arrested and is now In jail. .Time li ) to ! i1 have been ilxcd on as the dates for the Beatrice Chautauijua. Among the workers already engaged by Superin tendent Davidson are Dean Alfred A. Wright of Boston. Prof. W. S. Wecdon of Plttsburg , Dr. II. II. O'Nell. Samuel Phelps Lolanu , Charles 13. Mitchell of Kansas City , Dr. Henry Mott of DubiKjuo , and a host of other loading lights in the Chautauqua llrmamcnt , A grand program of special entertainments will bo provided , including many of the most 1 eminent name's in the country. { William Sparks , a young man whose homo i Is in Auburn , was probably fatally shot at Falls City by a tramp giving the name of ' Smith. Young Sparks was in the second hand store of J. H. Harris and the tramp i > i proposed that ho and Sparks trade revolvers. , ' While Sparks was showing his revolver , , ' the tram ) ) pulled his revolver and- in a spirit of wanton meanness pointed It , at young Sparks and lired. The bullet lodged in the groin of Sparks and before aid could bo summoned Sparks almost bled to death. . , The tramp was immediately arrested and on ; his person were found several razors ; six gold pens , three watch chains , seven fancy penholders and other small plunder. XHVIIIH AX It TltlFI.KH. Doston Courier : It Is a strong hoarder who , , can eat threu plates of hash without turning H hair. . i < Chicago Tribune : The broommakors have if , Just closed n convention atSt. Louis. Jn the i'j matter of price lists they seem to have made < several sweeping changes. HiilTalo Courier : A .saw generally moans , ! business when Its tooth are set. Detroit Free Press : "Will the coming mun ( use both urins ? " asks a scientist. Ho will If j she will penult It. I Now Orleans I'lcayuno : The president can I atl'orcl to t-lmlo hands with an olllco Meeker when hu can give lilm a shako that will last. Philadelphia Uncord : IJIohbs Say , Wig. I'll but you can't tell mo what a dog's pants are WlgwaV-They're made of a sort of very light bark , of uouiso. Troy Press : Just when the coffee thinks It 1 lias Rood grounds for complaint the egg drops , In and settles the whulo business. IMilludiilphla Times : There an ) U.300 brew- cries In America , with an upward tciidBncy. At this rule the bock is a kind of inouiitlu' . goat. * i\ \ TIM ! ACCI'ITKIt TIMB. ; ' ; KHIUKW i llu Journal. Nnw's the tlmo tlinynuiiK man's fancy Lightly turns to I hough Is of love , And lu < fl//y U-o croum pants ho Calls upon Ills turtledove. To the pail ; ho lukux the maiden , Tells bur Ihnro the story old , Ami grout luck they both havu played In If tlioy are not down sick with cold. A CD. Lur est Minuf aomrjrj a 11 It ) t ofOlolulrulu tlij - ' We're Cleaning Up - You've no idea what a relief it will be when those everlasting hammers get out of the store. For years we've been hampered for room and for weeks we've been hammered for more room and now we've got it then comes the cleaning up. We'll bo ready to show off our new room in a few days now. We're so glad to get done that wo feel like as if we might present a house and lot to those who como to the grand opening in a week or so provided they don't say anything about hammers and speaking of hammers reminds us that we're hammering out a lot of suits , the prices on which have boon hammered down to the lowest ebb. BROWNING , KING & CO. , evenlnjtlll 8.U j 3 , W , COT , 16th 30(1 ( DOUglaS StS , ' , tUL ± j i i ii i i
