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THE State Printing : Board Is to bo
commended for Us action In Knocking
out the printing combine.
WAS the WorlA-UcniliV * alienee In re
gard to the attempted Btnto printing
steal a part of the price it was com
pelled to pledge the gang at Lincoln for
Its support of house roll No. 2'W ?
THK impeachment trial will"at least
settle the question us to whether the
state institutions are managed by the
Board of Public Lands and Buildings or
by Bill Dorgnn. Up to the present time
Dorgan seems to have had the best of it.
FROM all parts of the country come
complaints of exccsslvo railroad rates to
the World's fair. It is not impossible
that the financial success of tho'fair will
bo seriously endangered by the action of
the railroad managers in maintaining
high rates.
CIVIL service reform as practiced by
the present administration is bearing
down hard on the democratic country
editors. It is now reported that the
postmaster general refuses to remove
oven fourth-class postmasters except on
the grounds of oflicial misconduct or
offensive partisanship.
THERE should bo no occasion for
_ _ alnrm over the somewhat precarious
" "condition of one of the Lincoln banks.
The Institution has been declared per
fectly sound by the state bank examiner ,
as well as by ofllcora of Lincoln banks.
It has withstood a run covering- period
of three days , and is backed by all of the
banks of the citv.
THE position of the lower Farnam
street editor in reference 10 the im
peachment trial is explained largely by
his connection with the lobby at Lincoln
during the recent session of tlio legis
lature. In order to secure the passage
of a bill for his own personal advantage
ho formed an alliance with tlio Dorgans ,
Agors , Seoloys , Majors and other mem
bers of the state house ring. In return
for tholr support ho agreed to sing very
low in regard to the impeachment.
EX-SECUETARY OF THE INTEUIOI
JOHN W. NOIILE has dociilod to Imitati
the example sot by numerous aspiring1
statesmen of late yours by Hettlin in
territory with the object of growing
into the United States senate when i
i shall hnvo become a stato. IIo has com
F mltted his destiny to the future of Okla
homa , where ho has purchased land uni
will make his homo. IIo thinks the
statehood of this territory will not belong
long deferred , nnd his ambition is to bo-
coino one of the first senators from
thoro.
THE Louisiana sugar planters now
concede the probability that the incom
ing congress will repeal the present
bounty , but hope In lieu thereof that an
I ? , import duty will bo authorized on the
' - product. They would veil this taslt rec
ognition of the utility of a protective
tariff , however , by tlio pretense that
what they njostly desire is a guaranty of
a permanent policy. That is one of the
chief arguments that holds against con
tinual revisions of the customs schedule.
Lack of confidence in its stability ren
ders commerce uncertain.
BEHOLD how wicked and ugly a thing
it Is for political brethren to decline to
banquet together in unity. The stal
warts olMho California democracy as
sembled around the festal board in Sun
Francisco the other night to aid the re-
cmitly rccotmtod-in domooVatlo repre
sentative of the Third congressional dis
trict , W. B. English , fittingly celebrate
Ills victory. All wont mnrrily and well
until AV. W. Footo , who nmdo a hard I
flght against Will to for the United
States sonatorshlp Iiwt winter , fell to
wrangling with Congressman Tom
Geary over the luttor'u railroad record.
, The finale was a blow from the ponder
ous list of the congressman that fell on i
the jaw of the bcnutorial aspirant with L
the trip hammer effect of sprawling him
under the tablo. An Indiscreet Oakland 1
editor denounced the conquering con
gressman , when half a dozen of the hit
ter's friends fell upon him at one and I
tlu > Bumo time , and his majiglod anatomy
xvas swept up and carted homo. Hos
tilities were hero suspended , but the
subsequent festal proceedings interested 1
the participants no more. Foote ap
peared lit court the next day "with his i
lamps badly smoked"tavs the observant
chronicler , and thus it la likely that San
Francisco is also to be edified with
a law suit growing out of the pecul
iar exploits that vary the festivities of
the democratic banquet tablo.
ll.ltf T/fHOir/V / OFF TI1R HASIt ,
The Impoaoliotl ofllclnls now on trlnl
before tlio stipronio court for gross care
lessness nnd shameful noglcct of duty
hnvo uncovered a champion who has
secretly aldod thorn ever slnco the legis
lature commenced the Investigation
which ended with the adoption of the
articles of Impeachment. The fact Hint
the latest apologist for ofllolal miscon
duct Is the adolescent editor of the
World-Jlcrald will occasion no sur
prise In the minds of the people
of Nebraska , who for several years
have watched the erratic cnrcor of that
Individual with foollngs of mingled
curiosity nnd amusement. Fortified
with n collection of excerpts from the
editorial coUuns of TitK BfiK printed
during thu state campaign last fall , this
acrobatic purveyor of sophistry mnkos a
labored attempt to provo thnt this paper
is inconsistent in the position It has as
sumed toward the impeached oflleials.
In support of Its charges it quotes liber
ally from editorials In which Tine , J3Ki :
last fall tliscountod the tonsatlonal
charges made by 12. C. Rewlck nnd de
fended the olliclals from what at that
thno ucomcd to bo the unjustifiable as-
baults of a disappointed place hunter.
THU BUK has no apologies to mnko for
Its defense of the members of the Board
of Public Lands and Buildings a defense -
fenso made at n time when there was
every reason to believe that they wore
the objouts of the malicious and unwar
ranted assaults of political aud perbonal
enemies. Its treatment of the entire
matter , not only in Its editorial utter
ances but In Its news columns , was per
fectly fair to tlio public atfd just to tlio
oflleials. When Rowiek made his
first public address THE BHE refrained
from publishing his charges In detail
until the oflleiuls who had been attacked
could bo given an opportunity to publish
their statement side by side with the al
leged disclosures. The same issue
of THE BJB : which contained Re-
wick's charges in detail also
contained interviews with Attorney
General Uastlngs , , Commissioner
Humphrey and Deputy Auditor Bower-
man , all of whom characterized Ho wick
as a , blackmailer and a disgruntled place
hunter who had offered his silence as
the price of an olllcc. The same issue
also contained an 'interview with ex-
Attorney General Loose , wlioso integrity
had never been , challenged by any politi
cal party , in whioh ho asserted emphati
cally that the frauds charged by Hcwick
were of such a nature that the Board of
Public Lands and Buildings could not ,
in the ordinary routine of business , have
detected.
Neither is there anything in the atti
tude of THE Bin during the campaign
to justify the charge of inconsistency.
It did not suppress a single fact ; but at
the same time it accepted the statements
made by the very men who are now on
trial as true and worthy of credence.
Going further , it gave the same oflleials
the benefit of the endorsement of a politi
cal opponent in the person of ex-Attor
ney General Leeso. The course of THE
BEE through the entire campaign was
courageous , in that it printed in detail
the charges made by the enemies of the
( state ticket ; fair , in that it cheerfully
accepted as true and without reservation
the statements made by the officials' who
had been thus publicly assailed ; and
loyal , in thnt it rendered the state ticket
an honest , unqualified support , based
upon an unprejudiced investigation of
all the facts at that time alleged or
hinted at an investigation as complete
as possibly could have been made at the
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time .
But in its sickly attempt to score a
point against the editor of TUB BEE the
World-Herald overreaches itself by clos *
ing its apology for corruption with ;
gross mlsstatoraent of facts. It asserts ,
with the cureless disregard for the truth
which has over characterized its edi
torial vaporings , that "llosowator , as
well as the general public , was informed
as to those identical charges upon which
the articles of impeachment wore based.
Nothing new has nineo developed which
may olTor as an excuse for his change o
front. "
The untruthfiilnoss of this statement
Is apparent upon its face. It is n matter
of record , as well as of general public in
formation , that the articles of impeach
ment wore based principally upon the
report of the cell house Investigating
committee , which was not presented
to the legislature until late in the
session. The Investigations of the
grand jury wore not made untl
December , moro than n month after the
close of the campaign. The public was
in blihsful ignorance of the frauds per
petrated by Gorlmm Bolts and John
D.irgnn until they were disclosed by the
indictments of the grand jury. No one
had over heard of the transaction by
which the state olllcials spent $500 of the
people's money on n junket undertaken
solely for the benefit of the prison con
tractor. The action of the Board of
Public Lands and Buildings in appoint
ing W. II. Dorgan as superintendent of
construction of the new cell house , when
he was at the same tlmo acting as the
agent of the prison contractor , had
never been oxpobcd. ' The sharp
practice by which the state was com
pelled to pay twr > and three prices for
the material which wont into the cell
house hud not been hinted at , as far as
Tun BISK or the general public know ,
until the legislative Investigating com
mittee made Its report. And yet , In the
face of all thcso disclosures , nil made
after the close of the campaign , It is
brazenly assorted that ' 'iijthlng now
has boon developed. "
The state olliclals themselves , who
tire now assaulting the oditar of THE
BF.H through the columns of a paper *
which dare not openly express the sym-
pathy for them it actually feels ,
have no right to believe , nor do
they believe , that this paper would
have defended them , much less
huvo supported them in thu campaign ,
had the real significance of the charged
against them boon known before oloo-
tion day. On the contrary , they know
for an absolute certainty that THE BEE
would have opposed their election with
all the strength and energy it could
have commanded. But bocatiio THE
BEE relied upon tholr truthfulness and
refused to lend crodenoe to the unsup
ported charges of a man , believed nt
the time to bo u disgruntled place
hunter , as uuwortliy ot consideration ,
.
they now cunningly Book to ohlotd thorn-
solves bohlnd the very words of com-
mondntlon inspired by tholr own un-
trtithfulnofl1 * . That they have failed goes
without the saying.
A. Sl'KCK OP tt'AH.
A speck of war has appeared on the
cdgo of the northwestern horizon that Is
at least of sudlclcnt Import to have
called out the United States troops from
Vancouver barracks. From what can bo
learned of the matter It appears that the
determination oftho , government to re
sist the Intrusion of n railroad construc
tion party on the Puyallup Indian reser
vation in Washington Is the cause of the
appearance of the military on the scone.
General Ruger ordered Captain Carpen
ter nnd his company of the Fourteenth
Infantry to expel the Intruders. The
road building from Tacoma into this
reservation , it is claimed , is at the re
quest of the Indians themselves. They
are doing the slashing nnd grading and
say they nro doing the work on tholr
own sovoraltlcs , for which they have
government patents.
Puyallup chiefs appealed to Major
French , who assembled them on the res
ervation for the purpose of conference ,
that they were anxious for the railroad.
They assorted their citizenship and legal
rights , and Insisted that there was
no United States law prohibiting them
from improving their own lands. The
major replied , however , that as an army
ofllcer ho would have to put u stop to the
operations , and hence his call for troops.
A significant suggestion in connec
tion with the matter is the
assertion of the projector of the rail
road enterprise that the Northern
Pacific Railroad company is opposed to
the project ; that they wish this right
of way for themselves , and that they
have offered the Indian owners 3750,000
for it. It is probable that the Indians
have boon Influenced In tholr refusal by
those who are opposed to the now line
passing Into the hands of this corpora-
tlon , nnd It is just as likely that the ox-
porlcnccd army ofllcor who has super
vision of the reservation understands
the law governing the case , and has
acted accordingly in protecting the
rights of the aborigines. Yet if the
situation is as represented by the
Indians , they must have experienced n
shock in having United States troops
interfere with their novel enterprise.
LAlfn'S LATKST
Grovcr Cleveland evidently does not
belong to that class of presidents who
have been content with exercising the
functions and prerogatives which per
tain exclusively to the olllce of chief mag
istrate , leaving the legislative branch
of the government to work out in the
contention and strife incident to parti
sanship , its own policies. His prede
cessors for moro than a century have
endeavored , with a greater or lessor de
gree of enthusiasm , to execute the laws
conceived in the wisdom of congress.
But few of our presidents have im
pressed their individuality upon the laws
now upon the national statute books ,
'ind the people have so long been settled
in their conviction that the framers of
the constitution wisely separated the
functions of the executive and legisla
tive branches that they will bo illy prepared -
pared for the startling innovations
likely to bo witnessed during the next
session of congress.
It is pretty well understood that Presi
dent Cleveland will have but little re
gard for the pledges made and the prin
ciples enunciated in the platform upon
which ho was elected. While ho will
not repudiate them , ho is likely to ignore
them and formulate n policy of his own
to moot the great questions with which
his administration is to bo prominently
identified. A tariff rnaasuro is already
being constructed under his personal
supervision. The silver question will bo
similarly handled , and so will otlicrs.
When congrcbs moots again , either in
special session in September or in regu
lar session in December , Cleveland's own
personal Ideas upon these questions will
bo presented in the shape of bills al
ready prepared , and every effort of the
administration will bo bant to secure
tholr passage.
The results of Cleveland's innovation
will bo awaited with interest by the people -
plo of the country. It may bo taken for
granted that the democrat ! ' ; majority in
congress will not tamely submit to the
unusual and unwarranted interference
with the purely legislative function.
There will doubtless bo a division of the
democratic majority along a now line
and wo will have in congress two par
ties , the "government" nnd the "oppo
sition. " The party whip will give
place to the government whip , and
feature so long prominent In English
parliamentary tactics engrafted upon
our own congressional routine.
Mr. Cleveland will doubtless spring
many surprises upon his party , and his
attempt to introduce now methods to the
dollboratlonri of congress Is ono of them.
THE establishment of shotgun quaran
tine at the town of Hugo , Colo. , agalns
the introduction of Texas cuttle , showi
the apprehensions that are aroused
among stockmen of the district upoi
which it wus proposed to unload
the objectionable bovinos. However
the prompt action of the Stati 3
Veterinary Board , It is thought , wll 1
prevent any sanguinary trouble. The ;
have bunt word to inspectors a
points in Now Mexico , through which
the cattle must pass , not to permit thoui
to bo moved further north unless satis
fied that they had passed at least ninety >
days In the region from which they wore
shipped. If this limit can bo proven
the board are confident that the cattle
are harmless , and can bo brought into
Colorado without fear of disaster , such
as swept away over 20,000 lumd from the
Lincoln county ranges alone in 1884.
THE administration of the populist
governor of the neighboring utato of
Wyoming Is by no moans popular. Not
only Is. ho , censured for his olllcial acts ,
but it is now charged that his too fre
quent indulgence in indiscreet verbiage
is tending to bring the character of the
state into disrepute. The peopledo not
take kindly to MB tolling strangers that
Wyoming is not n state of progress , and
the Hhoopmen think it unkind of him
to dosorlbo , to people wlio never saw a
western sheep ranch , the wool industry
In the state to bo at a very low obb. The
Cheyenne Sim xays that the vetoing of
the stock associations appropriation bill
gives cattle thieves n goldbn opportunity ,
as the small stock owners have absolutely
no protection whatever for tholr cattle.
But the editor Is almost Inclined to en
dorse the governor's estimate of the
state's progrcs-dvo condition , and the
teason alleged thorofor is ono equally
applicable to other communities. "In
all our towns there is a class of people
who make their money in the state and
buy their goods outside. " The axiomatic
fact is generally recognized , nnd the
selfish motived that lend to It are well
understood. Abitrncty ] , lloubtless , overg
one has the right to .purchase . wlm' le :
buys In the cheapest market , but prr.c-
tically the oxorclso of this prcrogatU o
Is not likely to prove advantageous to
tho'intorcsts of the community In which
ono resides. To patronize homo enter
prise Is in the long run the wisest
economy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE proposal of Mr. Gladstone to con
fer the Inuroateshtp upon John Ruskln
has elicited various opinions as to the
possible motive of the premier. It Is re
garded by some as an act of magnanim
ity on the part of Mr. Gladstone , slnco
Rusktn has never been In sympathy with
him politically ; by others as ovldonco
that in the opinion of the prime minis
ter the eminent art critic Is thn best en
titled ta this honor among the literary
men of England ; nnd by still others that
Mr. Gladstone's purpose was to bring
the laurcatoshlp Into cjntompt ai a UJ3-
less anachronism the latter a most Im
probable theory. It Is not to bo doubted
that Mr. Gladstone could give , If re
quired , very plausible reasons for his se
lection , but ono of them could not bo
that Mr. Ruskin is a poet. The literary
work'upon which his fame rests confess
edly shows him to have possessed the
poetic sensibility nnd spirit , but his
claim to bo a poet , as the world under
stands that term , rests upon a small vol
ume of verse , of no crcat merit , written
In his early years. Another thing
that renders this selection dilllcult
to understand is the fact that Mr.
Ruskin is 84 years old and has given up
active literary work , having for several
years boon living in strict retirement.
It is hardly probublo that ho will accept
the honor tendered him , since it would
add nothing to his fame , ana ho does not
need the small emolument that goes with
the position.
A BOSTON philosopher draws an apt
illustration of the impracticability of
communism from the incident of the re
cent discovery of the clam beds at
the mouth of the Delaware bay. The
people have a common right to the
clams , "labor being the first title to the
property , and usufruct being the only
title to the property in clam lands. "
The discoverer of the now mine resorted
to the most ingenious devices to keep his
find secret , but it would out. Others
hastened to the diggings , and finally a
Chicago speculator offered to take the
whole output at 30cents a bushel. Then
a whole army of diggers appeared , "all
property rights being based upon the
proposition that no mam has a right to
moro of this earth ( ( belpw high-water
mark ) than ho canjfjqrsQnally occupy ,
cultivate and improve. " And heroin is
exemplified the failure of communism.
Behind the speculator lies the power to
legally got virtually all the clams. It is
his capital which induces the diggers to
voluntarily take money in lieu of clams.
Thus a train is evidenced the impossibility
of communism over becoming a success
"until all men are born on the same
level of intelligence , enterprise , energy
and caste. "
Kclltor.ul Keullxatluu.
CMc 'oo ZW/wne. /
Many an able democratic editor is begin ,
ning to fcol sorry already that ho elected
Cleveland president
Cunseorutcil Clinramloii.
IndlcmapMt Journal.
President Cleveland and William of Ger
many have the same Job on hand compelling
majorities of legislative bodies to vote as
they do not wish.
Itubbloi Alt lie UiiMt.
PlitlatldpMa Ittf-ord.
The reported failures of western bunks do
not appear to hnvo resulted from causes of
sufllcicnt imixH'tnnco to uwukon moro than
local interest. As a rule , the bunks of the
country nro in coed condition to protect
tticir own credit and to euro for solvent
customers.
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HtsHoll Ulnnts Ills * 1'roipcots.
& ( . Paul Ptimtcr-l'rens ,
Postmaster General Bissell will never bo
president of the United States , Any man so
blind to the duties of statesmanship that ho
refuses to remove a southern postmaster because -
cause Ins complexion is not blonde is un
worthy of a democratic nomination. In the
opinion of the dominant wing of that party
A Political Delmlon.
Globe-Democrat ,
Colonel Clnrksou seems to think that
there is n Harrison and an imtMIurrison fac
tion in the republican party. This Is a de
lusion. At this stage of the game the repub
licans nro not putting anybody forward for
181)0. Two or three yours honcu will bo early
enough for us to begin quarreling about can
didates.
Grorcr tlio Fcarloat.
CMcjoo Inter Ocean.
So it seems "My Commissioner" who so
successfully pulled down the flag is to bo
richly rewarded. But it will be noted that
ho had moro power delegated to him by the
president than had Minister Stovuns by the
constitutional authority ot > the government.
Kings would hcHltuto whc o the president
treads fearlessly. , ,
Clearing the OecK * " fur Ifteo Truilo.
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To clear the decks fqi ; fcco trnda wo must
first reform the tariff ; wu must study the
nouds of the treasury. Wo must select for
the tax list sticu urlicl&hyjyluld a maximum
revenue with a minimum of protection.
With such a list provlUi ( > A' money to moot
the necessities of an cconau ical uovcrnment
wo can put uvorytliin ols'if on the free Hat ,
Then shall realign i-JefTorson'a
we - dream ,
" /reo commerce with p jiuUlons , "
1'ollOB
Webber S. .Seavoytj.ojil f of polleo of
Omaha , cannot bo successfully contradicted
uhen ho says :
"Above all tilings divorca the police force
from politics. A policeman can't ' bo a poli
tician and perform his duty. Politics is tlio
natural enemy of a good pclluo forco. "
Chief Seavoy expresses the unanimous
opinion of all who huvo given the subject any
thought. Until the police are made to un
derstand that intorfcrenco In politics will
result in tholr dismissal , a high degree of
onlcieiicy cannot bo secured. Nothing is
more demoralizing to discipline than ttm re
liance placed by subordinates upon the in
fluence of men whom they have helped Into
oQlco to shield them unless it IKJ the con
tinual scheming of tholr superiors to secure
promotion as a reward for political services
rendered.
The convention of chiefs about to bo hold
in this city will accomplish something U It
shall dovlso some plan whereby the police
can bo freed from the baueful lufiueuco of
politics.
ntnn.i OF A. rK.trunit.
Nobrnskix City News : The Uneoln .Tour-
al U dnlly doing nil It cixn to throw dlicrodlt
pen the ( mpoachnicnt proceedings and ro-
leets IIIXMI nil connected with the nroiocu-
Ion. 'Iho News docs not sny Unit the stnto
ilNeors will bo impoachod. n * they tnny bo
.ived by some legal tochnlcallty , but from
-ho - evidence ns published wo know that
hero was something decidedly rotten In the
mlldlng of the cell tiomo , the Insane ntylnm
iianngomont nnd the flour dcnls. Wo bo-
love the Journal. If It would tulmlt unv-
hlng , will admit thnt fnot. The Journal
ias wnxed too rich to admit or publish suij-
hlng i-oncomlng the former stnto oflleorj.
Schuylor Herald ! Up to this date cnoutjh
ivlilonco ha ? already boon btouIit to light
.11 tlm Impeachment trial at Lincoln to show
.hat . thu affairs of this state have been In
rcr.v poor hands for many years. The I.ln-
olu Journal Is still defending the 1m-
xiachcd republican oHIclals , but ninny of the
nero respectable republican papers of the
Into nro condemning them. That the re-
lublicnn ring , thnt lias been in full control
if the affairs of the stnto for over twenty
rears , has boon corrupt to the core there Is
10 doubt. At last n dny of reckoning Is at
umd. Those who have made It a practleo
to rob the public treasury for years nro nt
'ast to bo brought to punishment nnd tnndo
Lo understand thnt the pcoplo ( inventleast n
few right * that even Iho members of the g.
) . p. nro bound to respect.
Plattsuiouth Journal : The attorneys lor
ho tlcfonso In tlio impeachment cases are
csortlng to very Ingenious methods to so-
: uro tholr clients' nuqulttiil. Ono of those Is
the assertion that some of thcso charges
, vcro made nnd printed hist fall Iwforo the
election , and the election resulted In the vin
dication of the oflleials. In other words , that
ho people condoned the offenses. This is
ory far-fetched , True , Mr. Uowlck had
resented certain facts relating to the nsy-
um frauds , but they bore none of the char
acteristics of a judicial examination ; no
body had bo3ti indicted , tried , convicted or
acquitted on thcso charges , nnd the merits
of thorn were Httlo known. Further , not a
word was hinted of wrong-doing in the
building of the cull liouso at the peniten
tiary. The defense is.n great coming down
from the attitude of Innocence assured nt
the beginning of the trial.
Grand Island Independent : There seems
to bo no end to the attempts of greedy men
to put their hands into the public treasuries.
Wo have had repeated examples of that kind
in our Hall county history , wo have experi
enced the same thing on largo scale in the
swindles and frauds which led to the Im-
leachment proceedings. And now wo have
t again before our eyes in the attempts
made by n combination of corruptlonists , to
t ko unjustly from the state treasury about
$25,000 by state printing contracts which
should give the bidders prices Irorn two to ton
times higher than they ought to bo , and than
they hnvo boon before. The head-center of
this combination Is the Lincoln Journal coin-
jinny , which ulwavs undertakes to got rich
by tapping the state treasury. The Lincoln
Journal favored the gang of state ofticials
who nro under indictment , mid It Is mid
always has been a defender of railroad ag
gressions. That such n concern is trying to
make the most unjust attacks on the state
treasury is not surprising at all.
ItEOlSTKll Oit 3IHIlt.lTB.
Chicago News : The anti-Chinese legisla
tion enacted by congress promises to boar
fruit of n rather unpalatable kind. Mission
aries announce that if Chinamen are deported -
ported from this country under the Geary
law , Americans will bo expelled from China.
Kansas City Star : It is suggestive that
the one justice on the supreme bench who
might have been certainly expected to iiftlnn
the constitutionality of the Geary law-
Judge Field of California pronounces it ' 'In
human and violutivo of the constitution in
every section. " That sort of an opinion ,
uttered by a jurist from the Pacific coast ,
where the prejudice against the Chinese is
most violent , is significant to say the least.
St. Paul Globe : To what oxtcnt the en
forcement of this law will disturb our rela
tions with China , it Is dlftlcult to forocast.
Chinese merchants , and the better class of
that country are not excluded , and it seems
probable that the advantages of trade with
America will prevent Chltui from making
any serious retaliatory movement. It is cer
tain that China would suffer much moro by
losing our tradn than wo would by losing
its trado.
Chicago Post : The supreme court's decis
ion in the Geary Chinese exclusion case pre
cipitates a situation which promises to be
very painful to this country. On the ono
hand , the foaoral law ofllcors confess their
inability- enforce the act , which must
therefore fall into contempt rnd breed dis
order and lawlessness. On the other hand ,
there is every reason to bclio\o that the
Chinese emperor will take reprisals in the
manner already hinted at , by deporting all
Americans from China.
St. Paul Pioneer-Press : Against the ex
elusion of Chinese desirous of coming to this
country wo have nothing to suy. But this ox- "
pulslou of those who are legally hero , who
have boon regularly admitted and nro now
guilty of no crime , is not only parallel to the
unenlightened policies that wo have con
deinned so severely in the case of other na
tions , but It is sure to react moro disas
trously upon our own citizens and not im
probably to Involve us in a war which wo
should nnd it hard to justify.
Globe-Democrat : There nro about 100,000
of these pcoplo In the United States , and
comparatively few of them have complied
with the provisions of the law , having been
assured by their friends and advisers that it
would be declared null and void. The dis
crimination against them is direct and abso
lute and the court says that it is constitu
tional. They have no chance of appeal to
another tribunal. The case is finally set
tled , and they must abide the consequences ,
whatever may bo thought of the act in
point either of justice or of expedience.
Chicago Tribune : Its immediate and uni
versal enforcement , however , is clearly out
of the question if the Chinese laborers per
sist in tholr refusal to register , oven nfter
taken into court , owing to the fact that not
enough money was appropriated by the last
congress to cover the expense of deporting
any largo number ot the Celestials. Thnt
does not mnko It any the less the duty of
the ottlcors of the Treasury department to
go ahead and arrest Chinese who are found
In this country without a certificate , and to
take them before a judge so that their cases
may bo heard.
Chicago Herald : It Is not Improbable that
this decision which nfllrms the validity of
the Cnlnoso exclusion and deportation act
will bo resented by China. American mor-
r.hants and missionaries in China may look
for a similar edict of deportation. The
Chinese government may cut off commercial
intercourse. Diplomatic Intercourse may
also cease. The Chinese government , ac
cording to this decision , has n right to shut
out Americans and to send away Americans
now thoro. It is possible thnt the dema
gogues who procured the enactment of this
cruel law and others like It may have over
shot tholr mark.
NK1UM8K.I AND NJSIlltASK.l.VH ,
Oakland's schools will graduate a class of
seven scholars Juno u.
The Spring Ranch mill , built in 1873 , has
been destroyed by tire , causing a loss of
915,000.
A camp of Modern Woodmen of America
has boon organized at Hubbell , with twenty
charter members.
About 75,000 pike and half as many Gor
man cart ) have boon deposited In the lake at
Oakland by the state llsh commission.
John Bradford , well Known as the starter
of several papers in Nebraska towns , has
begun the publication of the Hoportor at
Bethany , Lancaster county.
ICloven head of horses perished In n tire
which destroyed the barn of John Jansou
iioarJunson. The flames are supposed to
have boon of Incendiary origin.
It is reported that General L. W. . Colby
has sold sixteen of his young Arabian horses
to a circus. Ho still retains possession of
Zlutka I/inuni , or the waif of Wounded
Knee ,
A Columbus laundryman of the pigtail
persuasion has offoron a reward of a year's
washing for the conviction of thu thief who
stele his watch ana the return of the
property ,
Mrs. Carolina Anderson of Omaha has
brought suit against MoU Bros. , saloonlsts
at LouUvillo , for $3,030 damages for selling
liquor to her husband , which resulted in his
failure In business ,
A stranger lured a team of John Howard ,
a Fairmont liveryman , five days ago , and , a $
no traeo has been found of thu rig or the
driver , the conclusion has booa reached that
the atrangcr was a thief.
f.tltK TO TIIK F.ltlt.
Aunoiu , Nob. , Mixy 17To the Hdltor of
'inn linn : Your odltorlnl , "l-ower Kilos
Demanded , " strikes the rlht plitro. Rates
nro too high and wo all k-iow It , nnd line
many others propose to wait till they comedown
down , or stay away. Wo have arranged n
party of seven , but before wo will nay thorn
$ yoo for tickets wo stay at homo. No doubt
thousands nro In the .samo atato of mind.
When the railroad companies got to lighting
each other thov can put rates nt n
ridiculously low Ilijiuv. like fS to San Fran
cisco nnd other California points. Knch
year they mnko rates nt 1 cent a mlle to
encampments and such places. Ono rate for
the round trip will bring moro money than
thu present rate. Hnd they placed the rate
at ono faro nt the opening of the exposition ,
Instead of 11,001) to 'JO.OOJ per day they would
hnvo twlco thnt. Now puoplo nro wnltlntr
for lower rato.s nnd when they come , for
como they must , there will bo such n rush to
Chicago that everything will bo packed full.
I < ct the railroad companies understand that
the people most ! "no reduction , no transpor
tation. " N. p. S
AMI ( JJC.V// „
Miss Elonnor Calhoun , grandnolco of John
C. Calhoun , Is making some stir as an actress
In Paris.
Mrs. Anttclo , a 00-year-old resident of Port
Ends , La. , was devoured by alligators in ad
jacent swamps.
A Plttsburg Inventor of n bear trap Is
fully convinced of Its merits. The ilrst
trial snapped off his leg.
There is n real substantial side to ( lotion.
Mrs. Amelia Bnrr makes from $10,000 to $15-
000 n yonr from her literary work.
Henry M. Stanley siys ho has no Intention
of returning to Africa. Ho will bo a candidate -
date fora seat hi the British Parliament nt
the next election.
Dr. Conan Doyle , the novelist , began Ufa
as an eye specialist , but his great success as
a story teller has induced his abandonment
of the former profession. Dr. Do.vlo was
born in Edinburgh in 18.VJ .
Frederick Walter , a Philadelphia ions-
grinder , whoso poverty stricken appear-
nnco appealed to the charitable , died
recently , leaving slocks and bonds nud cash
in bank of the aggregate value of fTil.fiOO.
In the bright lexicon of the avaricious law
yer there is no such word us honesty. The
cstato of the late Richard Jessup of San
Francisco , valued at SUO.OOJ , was completely
nbsoibcd In four years by the lawyers o' the
young hoir.
Colonel John S. Mosby , the famous ex-con-
federate guerilla , Is nearly 00 , and his hair
is nearly white , but ho stands as straight as
an arrow , walks with n tlriii step and seems
to bo full of vigor. IIo is practicing law in
San Francisco.
Adjutant General Townsend , who died last
week , though serving nearly fifty years in
the army , boarinir a high character la every
way and being several times brevottoJ for
meritorious and distinguished services , was
never in a battle.
The mayor of Chicago is a man of bright
ideas. When ho wants to 11 ro n persistent
office hunter who abhors a harbor ho puts a
llgntcd match to his whiskers , and allows
the lake brcc/os to fan the conflagration us
the owner recedes from view.
Newspaper rivalry runs to quantity re
gardless of quality. The 100-pago edition of
the Now York World is to bo surpassed by
the San Francisco Uxatiiinor , which an
nounces n Columbian edition of ! ! > pages.
Loss bulk and more brains would bo u de
sirable diversion in the big cities.
Kaiser Wilhclm is now said to pass a good
deal of time wandering about Berlin in dis
guise. Ho is reported to have gone through
the Hebrew quarter of the city recently in
the guise of a Hebrew peddler and to have
discussed the condition of the Hebrews with
a great number of the working class of the
race.
The Infanta Isabella , aunt of the young
king of Spain , excels in all outdoor sports
and exercises. She loads shooting parties
In the royal preserves and brings down part
ridges , woodcock , hares and rabbits. She
rides after hounds in the solitary , rough
country around Madrid and is often the first
at the death of a fox.
The Maharajah of Bhownuggcr Is the lion
of the hour in London. Ho u an oriental
potentate who has traveled from India to
England to attend the opening of thp Im
perial Institute and to fullill n long cherished
dcsiro of paying personal homage to the
queen and empress. Ho is an enlightened
young man of 35 , who is considered ono of
the most benevolent of the native rulers of
India , having spent > ,000,000 , in charities.
Comparing the paid admissions to the
World's fair for the first twelve days with
the first twelve of the Centennial , shows an
increase for the former of 2Min2. ! On the
opening day in Philadelphia , May 10,1870 , the
attendance was 70,172 ; opening day in
Chicago. 129.200. The receipts at the
World's fair so far do not moot the expenses.
Running expenses are estimated at $45,000
per day , requiting 00,000 paid admissions
dally to make both ends meet.
TUB IIKUIXQ NBA. I'llOSl'ECT.
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JftW York Sun.
Put on the gloves , said Morgan ;
And Kmsull put thorn on ,
And straightway wont for Morgan
As sluggers oft have gone.
Dut Morgan and his backers
Are standing up llko nion.
Tlioy find Homeliuw that.slugging
Is mightier Umn the pan.
And Undo Bam Is watching
The deeds his Htatosmun do ,
And If ho llmU thorn wonk'nlng ,
He'll take a hand there , too
And If. ho does , by thundnr
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W-H-0-O-P 1 I
LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DEMi
Contract for the Omulm PostolTioo Workj (
Not Yet Awarded ,
COMPLICATED BY NUMEROUS B
Ai n Itcunlt i > f tlm MtMimlenlnnillng In th ,
Sp-lllc4toni | : n Xe\r rropiiiltlim U
ltc < | iioM ( > il \ijr \ Arrliltoc ! * to
b ttln thn Mutter. .1
llt'HKtUor TIIK BUR , 1 ,1
filH I'VniitTKKNTit STHKKT . , V > l
WASHINGTON , 1) . U. , nyls. I 'I
There seems to bo a tie-up on the letting I
of the contract tor the Ontalm | > ostonico
Geddls , Seorllo ft Co. of Donvcr , who art1
constructing the now public building a
Kansas City , wore tholonest blil-lors win *
complied with the spocHlcatlons , butthoeon
tract has not been awarded them , nnd Super
vising Architect O'Uourko , who has th\ \
matter under consideration , now says I
nmy bo several days before the contract Itj
awarded. I
1'horo seems to bo no doubt that some
complications have itrlson to delay mat- ' '
ter.i. At the tltno the bids were ro.ul , Mr , '
Sccrllo , who was present , objected to tlu\ \
reading of bidi for limestone or sandstone
construction because these did not comply
with the specifications. Ho win Informoqi
by nn oflicial In the architect's ofllecthnl ,
the law required that every bid should lx
road. Mr. O'Kourko intlniatcd today tc4
TIIK Unit correspondent that there scumou
to bo so many different kind * of material
proposed In the bids its to complicate mat * !
tors generally , v
It is possible that there may bo a roulvor- ' ,
tlscniunt for bids , but hardly probable. . '
Oftuii wlioii complication ansos through !
misunderstanding in the spoi'illcutlous , etc. , ;
now bids are requested to settle the matter. ;
It is the bollof hero , though , that In the end' ,
Ucddls , Soerlte & Oo. will have the contract. !
Western I'mmloni. '
The following pensions granted nro re. '
t > ortcdi : .
Nebraska : Original NInnlan D. Nichols , f
Henry J , l-iowe. Inereaso Kichard Powell. )
OrlRtii.il , widows , etc. Judith A. Parker , ;
minors of Cornelius Llnchan. Original .
James Kvans , Increase Charles II. !
Ulakslco. Kuissuo William Foster. Orlg-
inal , widows , etc. Mary 1'ylcs , Juliana
Lcnnhard , Jennie 1C Dennis.
Iowa : Original Christopher Goodloo ,
Asbury Jacks. Additional John Vogol-
b.ich. Increase John Ulfrgiu , Peter Quluii.
Hulasuo Thomas Kdwanls. Original ,
widows , etc. Nuucy Huldtworlh , Snrnh
Kay , Mary Hall , minors of P. Hobor. Orig
inal Isaac N. Miller , increase Charles
Hcsmur , D.ivid MclCco , John M. Kuiiklo , Al
fred U'Utolph. ' Hehsue Charles C. Danncr , ,
Samuel Murphy. Original , widows , etc. y
I oulsa Tallow , Alaria Howard , Kilns Kvnns , .
Ksthur D.uuicr , Sarah Kills ( mother ; , Polly
Trlpp ( mothor. ) Widows , Indian twars Al-
imni Ames.
South Dakota : Hoissuo Charles T , Jof-
.fers. Original widows , oto. Murthu C.
'Dike. '
Secretary Morton made the following ap
pointments today for the bureau of unlmnl ,
industry lit South Omaha : David Hush to ;
bo clerk at f'.Mli ; Philip Smith , to bo tagger |
ntfrJO. P. S. If.
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FLASHES Of FUX. }
ChlcaKo Tribune : "That Is what ; I call
jirntty hard lines , " mused the young man In
jail , fooklng dejectedly ut the parallel Iron
barb In his narrow cell window.
Lowell Courier : The man who patronizes
bars often lues trouble with Ills gait. ,
Chlcapo Inter Ocean : "Do you think a
porous plaster can ruio htm of stuttorlnK ? "
Doctor Yes ; when ho onmusto take It off ho
will swear right along without stopping.
Washington Star : "Who says ( hat woman's
work JM never dun } " snld Uholly CliluUlns'
lamUiuly as alia iippllod for his room runt. - ,
Yonkers Statesman : "Aro cnblo earn
healthy ? " asks an uxclmngu. As n nuittor of
fact , iK'lKhbor , the grip nuvor mudn Itnup-
liuaranco lu this country until the Introduc
tion of the cable curs.
Chicago Kecord : Hello That uhotographor
nmdo u horrid picture of m ,
llur Hrotlior llutho did nobly with thu ina-
torlal he had to worlron.
Troy 1'rcss : You can't expect a good deal
from a poor card player.
riilhiilulphla Hocord : Wagner music In bolus
experimented with as a ruln-proUucur. (
ItulTalo Courier : The croinatloulst U never
a loafur. IIo firmly bcllovos In every man
urnlng his dust.
Now Orleans Picayune : lUln baa no respect
for the base ball playor. U fulls upon tuo Just
and the unjust ; und also upon the umpire.
Inter Ocean : "How was It Mlggs had to pay
81 for a cup of coiToo ? " "Woll , you see U9
HtutUirM , and they charged 10 for every tlruo
ho ropoatud the word coffoo. "
WHAT A FAI.t , TI1F.HE WAS. ' '
notion Courier. ]
A dude through a theater alslo ,
Trlppod along with a Hitlsliou amlsla < l
And aconflclunt mlon
That rolloctod , I wlan , i * .
A concolt of his ravishing stlslo.
Hut ho tripped on n lurking chapeau , ' J
Hhot forward n furlone or suau ,
Ana tlio Kuthurud dobrU
Of tlio Hame Huemud to bin
Llko a relic ot long , long uguau ,
COL
Lurcoit Manufacturer ! au t KjtitllM
of UlotUlnaltt tUsVurH. .
We're Cleaning Up
You'vo no idea what a relief it will bo when
those everlasting hammers
got out of the store. For
years we've been hampered
for room and for weeks
we've been hammered for
more room andnow we've
got it then comes the
cleaning up. We'll be ready
to show off our now room in
a few days now. We're so
glad to get done that we feel
like as if we might present a
house and lot to those who
come 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 been hammered down to the
lowest ebb.
\ BROWNING , KING & CO. , v
I S , W. Cor , 15th and Douglas Sts ,