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19 TITR OMATT/V / DAILY BEE : SUNDNY. MAY 21 , ISM-TWENTY VAGES. THE DAILY BEE. E. HOSKWA/mt , Editor. _ PUBLISHED BVEUY MORNING. TERMS OF Pnlly Jlco ( without Snnrtny ) Ono Vear. . I B 00 Pally nuil Sunday , Ono Year . Hi 00 BlxSIonths . . . . ; . . r ( K ) TUrpo Months . 2 ' - ' flunriny Itoc , Onn Year . a OO Saturday Hoc , Ono Ycnr. . . . . . . . 1 60 Weekly llco. Ono Year . 1 00 OFFICES. Omaha , Tim lleo Iwllillns. youth Onrnlin , corner N mid 2Gth Streets. Council JllnlTs , 12 IVarl Street. ChlcuKoOfllco , 317 < ; iiiiml > crof Commerce. Now York , Itooms 13 , 14 and IB , Tribune Building , Wellington , r > 13 Foiirtruntli Street. CtmilK.Sl'ONIlKNOE. All communications relatltiK to news nnd editorial mutter should bo addressed : To tlio Editor. IIUSINKSS I.KTTEKS. All bnslnc s letters nnd remittances should bcnddrrvsed leThe Hen 1'itlillslilni ; Co mpnny. Oniuhu. Draft ; * , checks mid postofllcn orders to bo Hindu payable to the order of the com pany. Parties leaving the city for thn summer can have tlin llHKs < mt their address by leaving an Order at tills ofllco , THE UK13 PUBLISHING COMPANY. BWOKX 8TATEMKNT OV CIRCULATION. Bintoof Nebrimkn , I C'our.tr of Dotiidni. I Ocor o II. Tncliuck , accrctitry ot Titr HEEpub- lIMilntf company , iloe nolemnly ntronr Hint thn actual circulation ofTilu IUH.V 11KB for tU-j week ending Mnr 2U , 189J , vrns as follows ! aundnjr. .Mny II . 7H.OJ5 ilonilnr , May 15 . ZU7 Tuomlar. Mar 10 . , Weilnciilar.May IT . 21.730 Tlmnidny. .Mny 18 . M.W9 Friday. .Mny ! ' . . v\.VX Batunlny , Mny 20 . ll.TM OKU. II. TgzcnucK. Sworn In tioforo m9 and nubscrlboj In mi pros- enoo this Mth dny of Mny , KM ! . N. I > . KKll. . Notary I'ubllc Avcrnirc Clrrulntlon lor April , 1803 , 24-ttl TllE pcoplo ot Omaha can show their Interest in tlio homo patronugo move ment In no butter way than by visttlnir the innmifneUtroM exposition the coni- ing two w-j'jka. THE tuUimony of John Alien before the court of impeachment would seem to indicate that ho takes more grille in hit ) record as a mailing clerk than his work fta n incmbor of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings. IT is to bo hoped that the arrange ments for the proper reception of the Railway Surgeons association will not go by default. Omaha can afford to show an appreciation of the visit of so many distineuishod visitors. THE national health authorities believe > liovo that every reasonable precaution Jias been taken to prevent the cholera from landing in this country. Eternal vigilance , however , is the priuo of health this year , and much may bo done by in dividual effort. TliB extreme bitterness of English politics is illustrated by the porsomll attacks upon the venerable prime minis ter. If jeers , hisses and atones are the most effective arguments loft to the con servatives Gladstone and home rule are destined to triumph. THE proposition to call the republican atato central committee together to mnko some formal expression in regard to the "innocence" of the impeached officials is the most impertinent piece'of 'nonsense that has emanated from the headquarters of the boodlers' ring at Lincoln for some time. THE BEE will not bandy words with papers that have subsisted upon public plunder and have been apologists for thieves and jobbers that luivo despoiled the people of this state. Between those Creatures of venality and champions of rascality and THE BEK there never has been and never will be anything in common. IP AN honest superintendent of the Norfolk insane asylum was able to save 81,027 In three months by taking the purchase of coal out of the hund.Tof the Board of Public Lauds and Buildings , how mucll could twelve honest superin tendents save the state by buying the coal for their respective state institu tions ? And why is it that a superin tendent can buy coal for the state with out competitive bidding cheaper than could the members of the board now on trial for neglect of duty ? AMERICAN workingmen will be inter ested in a projected expedition of Brit ish artisans to the 'World's fair which is being arranged for by the publishers of a Scottish news paper , the .Dim- dee Weekly Jfews , who propose to pay all the expense. Only bona fido'worklng - mon will bo Included in the expedition and they will bo selected with reference to their Intelligence und representative character. The plan IB to not only give them nn opportunity to leurn what they can of mechanical and industrial achievement from u thorough in spection of the exposition , but also to Investigate the condi tions surrounding- wage earners in this country nnd other matters that will bo interesting- Instructive- the working classes of Great Britain. The project is ono illustration of the great interest that is felt abroad in the World's fair. IN , SOME of the eastern cities the question of a more than ordinarily elaborate celpbration of the coming an- nlveraary of the Declaration of Inde i- pendence is already being dibcilsscd. It is proposed in Philadelphia to have an observance of the day that will be memorable , and In other cities a desire la being manifested to make the Fourth of July thisyoar uu occauion for showing the world an extraordinary object les son . in American patriotism. The Idea is moat commendable , for > at this tlma the United States la receiving more of the attention of the world than over before and every oppor tunity should bo improved that will enable the American people to impress upon mankind their devotion to free ; institutions and their patriotic deter mination to maintain them. It would be well ; lf every city and town In the coun try could bo animated by this spirit , so that from ono end of the republic to the other and in every auction of it there would go. out to the world on Indepen dence day such a greeting from Ameri can freemen as. would strengthen and stimulate the friends of popular govern ment everywhere. JOUtttfAUSM. OMAHA , May 20.I luvo Just returned from a ton days' tour , covering n circuit of ,1100 miles , which carried mo through St. Louifl to Louisville , thotico to flu- clnimti , Philadelphia , Now York , Washington - ington and back to Omaha , by way of Chicago. During thin rapid transit , Washington was the only place where t was detained for forty-eight hours. I had brought homo a copy of last Sunday's New York Jlcruld , which dc- votes two pages to the men who edit and manage the great papers of the American metropolis. These pages are superbly illustrated with the portraits of Joseph Pulitzer , Whltolaw Reid , Charles A. l nnn , John A. Cockcrlll , Kdwin L. Godkin , Oswald Ottondorfor and a do7.cn other great lights of ourimllsm. In the very center of this jnlnxy apjxjars a magnificent sketch of ho monumental World building that oems above Now York with its glided orae. This splendid tribute to its rivals on , ho part of tlio Herald exemplifies the plrit of comity that subsists among the greatest of American dallies whoso ivnlrius are oxhlbitod in the race for jxcellonce , but ever ready to glory in i achievements of the most cntorprls- ug nnd successful. This spirit of upn ircolatlon nnd professional comity Is ext -ended by the great Now York dailies beyond the conllnuu of the metropolis to editors and papers that have taken rank n American journalism. Two years ago I called on the late leorgo .Tones , proprietor of the New York Times. After extending to mo a cordial welcome ho pulled out of his desk drawer a souvenir card of THE HUE building , saying : ' 'I never fail to show .his to people who call on mo as a strik- ng proof of what opportunities America affords to enterprise , brains nnd pluck. It is a monument that any great city might bo proud of. " This was by no means exceptional. THE BEE is better known abroad than Omaha. James Gordon Bennett , Whlto- ln\v Reid , John A. Cockorill , George W. hilds , Henry Wattorson , Horace White and scores of men who stand highest in newspaper circles of leading American cities have frequently complimented and assured mo of their appreciation of Tin : BEE and its marked success. The very first thing that greets mo on my return to Omaha is u scurrilous , con temptible tirade of personal abuse from a local paper published by a monomaniac whoso solo ambition in lifo is to tear down what 1ms taken mo over twenty years of the hardest of hard work to build up. Now I have tirao ami again said in private and in public that Omaha is largo enough for two good news papers , and I should feel gratified if the paper that represents the democracy were as well patronized and prosperous ns THE BEE has been. There is no reason why such a paper , ably and honorably conducted , should not flour ish and make money for its proprietor. In fact I hope that the day is not distant when THE BEE will bo compelled to run a race for excellence and enterprise with a paper managed and edited with a view to building up Omaha , Nebraska and the west , instead of being steered by wreckers whoso policy is to oppose what TUB BEE advocates , right or wrong to side with thieves and plunderers when THK BEE fights for good government and honest methods In public affairs. And this brings mo to the unprofes sional and disreputable personal as saults that have been made by the Omaha and Lincoln organs of boodlor- ism and jobbery whenever I happen to bo out of the state. In 1890 , when the proprietor of the Omaha World-Herald was abroad , not a word appeared in THE BEE concerning him and no controversy was attempted into which ho was sought to bo dragged. Within twenty-four hours after his re turn to Omaha and right in the midst 01 the prohibition campaign ho belched forth with a broadside of vituperation , in which he pronounced mo the jonah that must bo thrown overboard to save the city and demanded that I bo deposed as chairman of the executive committee of the Bankers' and Business Men's association. A year later , while i was on the other sldo of the Atlantic , this monomaniac and his satellites kept np a constant fusilado of abuse and slander , charging mo individually with responsibility for matters I did not oven dream of 4,000 miles away. The same despicable and dirty methods were pursued during my recent absence , when the man and the whipper snappers at Omaha and Lincoln well know that 1 was not prompting the impeachment managers'or fighting their battles per sonally in the editorial columns. Not only that , but the spirit ot vindictive mediocrity hounded mo clear to the national capital , misrepresenting every stop I had taken in the perfectly legiti mate business thnt called mo there. This morning I find myself arraigned as a scoundrel , hypocrite and impostor because I treated as campaign Blunder the charges made against impeached members of-tliO'Stato board , which they then denied and pronounced baseless. , In this instance I acted exactly as I did in 1870 when the Omaha Herald charged David Butler , then the republican candidate- governor , with corruptly appropriating $17,000 of school money. Butler denounced the charge y.IS campaign slander and republicans , in- eluding myself , took no stock In the charge , I voted for Butler and was elected to the legislature on the same ticket , But when Butler failed to account - count for the school money to the legis- lature I started an investigation that ended in his impeachment und eonvic- tion. The course TIIK BEE has pursued toward the impeached state officials is ) perfectly honorable- and consistent. : When they were accused of criminal I negligence ; und collusion with dishonest I supply contractors their dunial was accepted as against- the assertions of political opponents. But when the charges were found to bo true by 10a legislative investigating committee and pronounced to be impcuchublo offenses by a commission of able jurists , with such convincing proof of criminal negligence > i- gonco and reckless disregard of a sacred trust , partisanship had to yield to good t citizenship. TIIK BKK stood up for Ne braska and demanded In the name of the people that the law Ira vindicated and that falthloB officials 'bo deposed from power nml place , In performing this stern duty I have neither sought to shield a frlond nor punish an enemy. The Impeached of ficials cnnnot truthfully assort that I have a grievance agaltut any ono of them. They have never refused mo a favor and never had n chance to refuse one. They received the earnest support ot THE BEE in two cam paigns and never have been asked to contribute dollar directly or indi rectly. They have thomstjlvos , nnd themselves only , to blame for the dls- praco that" has overtaken them , They have scandalized the party that honored them and have no right to mk or ex pect that the party shall be sacrificed nnd ruined In order that they may es cape the penalty which they justly morit. It IB n disgraceful commentary that those republican state officials have as their chief defender the editor of a bastard democratic paper who is shame less enough to boast that his .sheet first , made public the crookedness nnd rank jobbery of the Dorgan coll-hotise contract nnd who parades boforu the public the charges of peculation nnd grand larceny at the state institutions that wcro under their management nnd supervision. What \ a spectacle this bclf-confcssod apologist for boodlcrism and official de linquency 1 makes of himself when ho claims the credit for exposing all these frauds last summer and when they wcro called to account by the legislature and before the courts pettifogs and pleads their cases under pretext that they are victims of persecution instituted by my self. self.But But I am not surprised in the least. Moro than n year ago .1. W. Johnson , secretary of the railroad commission and manager of the railroad literary bureau , nuulo me the proposition that for the s uko of harmony ho would muz/.Io all the little brass-collared curs that wore then barking at my heels , nnd ho also offered to silence the W'orhl-ircrald if I so desired. Later 1 on the off or was repeated by 1 n prominent lepublican whoso name t deem best to withhold. Both propos itions were declined with thanks , coupled with the information that I was able to cope with my local competitor without.outside assistance. But those oilers were a revelation. They afforded tangible proof that the gang at Lincoln had a string to , the demo-pop organist which they could pull at pleas ure. They pulled that string very effectively when the impeachment was pending before the legislature and they will not let go their grip until the trial is over. E. ROSEWATSK. DBC1SIOSS. Recent decisions ot the supreme court in cases under the tariff law will compel the treasury to refund money obtained from customs to the amount of between $20,000,000 and $30,000,000. , Under rul ings of the Treasury department iru- porters of hat trimming have boon re quired to pay n duty of 50 per cent on these goods , which were classed as silk materials. As long ago as the Arthur administration Secretary Folgor , who made the first ruling on _ this question , hold that silk ribbons we're silk goods , and as such were dutiable at 50 per cent , even though they were Imported and used as hat trim mings , the duty prescribed for hat trimmings being 20 per cent. The gov ernment has ever since adhered to this view. The importers took the question to the courts and got decisions in their favor in the lower tribunals. The gov ernment appealed to the supreme court and a few days ago the decisions of the lower courts were alfirmed. It is esti mated that the amount which the treasury has improperly colleo ted and must refund , practically at once , is from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. The supreme court also recently decided - cided what is known as the Sumatra - matra tobacco cases against the govern- mcnt , involving not loss than $5,000,000 , which must bo refunded to the Im porters. The justice of those decisions is perhaps not to be questioned ; but they come at a most unfortunate time for the treasury , every resource of which is re quired to meet current obligations. As the government received gold from the importers , it will , of course , ba expected to return gold to thorn , and the question is , where will it got the gold ? It may take It from the reserve fund of $100- , 000,000 , but will the Bocrntary of the treasury venture to do this under existing conditions ? It would oh' viously be hazardous to Im pair this fund for a purpose of this kind to the extent of say $20,000- 000 , yet it is not apparent what else the secretary can do. There would bo noth- Ing'gained by paying out legal tender notes , for these could be at once presented sontod for redemption in gold. It will bo soon that these decisions must inevitably - ovitably aggravate very seriously the difficulties and perplexities of the treasury situation , which , during the past two or throe weeks , had been i slowly improving. The effect of these decisions is to prao ' tlcully make a gift to the importers of ' . the amount of money which the treasury will have to refund , for they , of course , repaid themselves by adding the higher duty to the price of thu goods. Having in this way received back what they had ' paid to the government , the refund will como as an additional profit und is in ' effect u present to them out of the public treasury. It is diflioiilt to regard the 8"matter with entire complacency from this point of view. If there is anything instructive in this costly lesson it is that , greater care ba taken In defining urtl cles .embraced In the tariff as to which there is a possibility of dlverso rulings. THK Interview with William Liddor- dale , formerly governor and now ono of the directors of the Bank of England , in which ho spoke freely of the financial situation , is reassuring. This eminent authority docs not regard the outlook as justifying any serious apprehensions. lie thinks that so fur as the United States is concerned the lltmnolul prob lorn is a perplexing one , but ho does not sea in it any cause to fear d crisis. He did not suggest any solution , but he did express the opinion , and It is iinportun from such n nourcoj'tlmt the repeal of the nil vor-purchnso law would not nlono euro nil the ills of the finnnoliil situation , Ho predicted n return of gold lo this coun try In the autumn , but while this Is lo bo expected the question Is what will the treasury do In the meantime to moot the demands uponlPJfor' gold ? It ap pears that the financial situation In Eng land In about normnJ , the Australian crisis having produced less serious con sequences than woro'Antlclpnted , nnd In the opinion of Miv'Tlkldordnlo ' the worst has been oxperloiicc'd1. Meanwhile great Interest Is felt regarding the future policy of this country in dealing with the hard problem thnt confronts it. I THUff AND AOII' . The ngltatlon caused by the decision of the United States supreme court sus taining the constitutionality , of the Geary law causes attention to revert to the somewhat similar oxcitcmont that followed the passage of the alien and sedition law ot 1703. The purposes of this law were to some extent similar to these of the law for the exclusion of the Chinese. The alien nnd sedition law gnvo the president authority "to order all such aliens as ho shall judge danger ous to the peace and safety of the United States , or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect are concerned In any treasonable or secret machinations against the government thereof , to depart - part out of the territory of the United States within such time us shall bo ex pressed In Hiich order. " The provisions for the enforcement of this law were drustru as these enacted for the operation of the Geary law. The act was to continue in force for two yours. This law , in connection with the naturalization law , which was part and parcel of the same act , was passed by the federals for the purpose of porpotu- atiug their power. The political resent ments which it created eventually proved n dangerous menace to the life of the nation. They were the immediate cause of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1708 thnt originated the doctrine of nullification and the promul gntlon of which finally ended in the war of the rebellion. Instead of strengthening the party in administration the unpopular act broke its power and the immediate succeeding congress oatublishcd a uniform system of naturalization and so modified the law as to make the required residence of aliens live years instead of fourteen as in the act of 1798. " " < ? IlKLl'lXa ItltlOAD MEX. A.t the railroad session of the interna tional convention < $ f ' | ho Young Men's Christian association in Indianapolis the exhibit of the relations of the organ ization to railway ijifo/ests and railway men disclosed somq surprising facts that are full of lnterest'1'lTho influence and magnitude of the practical work of this association since it ceased to be exolu- ilvoly a religious or 'cVungelical agency s something enormous. According to statistics prcsentcd'ioyl C. M. Hobbs of the Denver < fc Rift" Grunde railroad , President of the Colorado association , there are approximately 1,000,000 men employed in the various branches of. the 'uilway service. Another 1,000,000 are employed by the various interests de pendent on the railways , and 1,000,000 other persons arc the holders of railway securities. Estimating by the usual average thut ouch of those classes repre sents four others dependent on each member , there are 15,000,000 , people of this country dependent upon the railway interests for employment or support. It is , therefore , to the elevation of the moral and social condition of nearly one- fourth the entire population of this country that the railway branch of the work of the association is practically directed. When it is remembered that last year 500,000,000 passengers rode upon the railways of the United States , an aver age of eight rides * during the year for euch inhabitant , it can bo readily seen how vitally important becomes the effort to promote the capability and character of these upon whom the safety of the people depends. Mr. Hobbs empha sizes the fact that thin work in behalf of railroad men "is not u mission work in their interest , " and further gives the gratifying assurance that its demand springs "on the ono hand from the rec ognition by railway managers that the demoralizing influences to which em ployes are subjected must bo counter acted , and on the other hand from the just demand of the men themselves for opportunities for improvement and cul ture. " Tlio work to which the association has addressed itself is n noble and grand ono and must receive the commenda tion of every community throughout the land. DISHONEST INDIAff AOEKTS. Colorado lias hud Its full proportion of troubles with the Indians und the people there uro"Vory wall qualified to discern the causes thut h'ayg. led up to them. Almost'without exception In all the out breaks of the aborigines in that country , since it was sottleu is a territory down to the late Navajoftlodlsturbances , the origin of the vurljlnjjj outbreaks can bo ' traced to either rth'oj Innompetonoy or dishonesty of the dgohts Incompotonoy to oxorulbo wlbo aityfj'prlty over the In dians or to protect ) them from trespass of dishonest mon. aWd sometimes dls- Honest themsolvos/ direct dealings with their wards , von Governor Wutto 1IIU been investigating the causes of the last troubles that have distracted the peoplA < uf the region sur rounding the reservation of the Nav- ujos. * His conoluslons'nro contained in a communication addressed to President Cleveland. Ho attributes the blame in this instance again to the Indian agents , whom ho shows to have boon guilty of not only reprehensible carelessness and negligence , but to have pecuniarily profited thereby. They allowed these Indians to wander away from the reser- .vations on the * plea of hunting , thus losing all opportunity for exercising 'wliut control they might huvo had ever their savage inclinations for murderous attacks on the settlers. While the In dians are absent their rations are appro priated to the pecuniary advantage- the agents , and when they return these enterprising agents purchase the ani mal hides they bring in for a more pit- tnnco , the profitable margin thereon going further to increase the Income ot the agent , The governor's urgent request for ft presidential order prohibiting Indians from leaving their reservation will doubtless receive Iho executive consid eration Us wisdom suggests. But It affords little satisfaction to apprehend that the agents who have rendered nec essary the establishment of some such precautionary rule , and have profited for years by their dishonest practices , arc in no wny likely to bo brought to tic- Interested In the deliberations of the Presbyterian general assembly now iu session nt Washington , nnd particularly ai to the action it will take in the cele brated case against Uov. Dr. Charles A. Brlggs , who Is charged with heresy in questioning the infallibility and Inci1- rancy of the bible. Dr. Uriggs , who has n considerable following , leaches that the Old Testament la n collection of ancient Jewish writings , poetical and historical , which arc to bo judged by the same standards and tested by the same proofs as other ancient lltorature , and by applying these prpofs ivnd standards ho reaches conclusions which are nbso- lutoly irreconcilable with orthodox Pres byterian opinion. The question , sub stantially , to bo determined by the gen eral assembly , is whether one can hold such views and still bo entitled to retain i membership iu the Presbyterian church. Another important matter which the assembly will consider relates to a roj'J vision of the Westminster confession. There is a largo number of Presbyterians who regard with disfavor the d. c- trlno of eternal punishment and are net in sympathy with the Calvinistic view of the future accountability rf man. This olcincnt asks for a modification of the confession , but in view of the fact that a large ma jority of the presbyteries this sprii g voted against amendment it is not at all probable that the movement will receive any encouragement from the general as sembly. Indeed it would scorn that no moro revision is poasihlo and that either the old creed must stand unchanged era a new creed must bo constructed. The Presbyterians in the United States num ber about 1,1100,000 , or sonnwhal less than one-tenth the total membership of the Protestant domoninations. AFTER all that has been said rogaid- ing the requirements of etiquette in re - coiving the Infanta Kulalie , who conioh to the United States us the official rep resentative of the royal house of Spain , the simplicity of her reception is-noto- worthy. President Cleveland did not go to the train upon the arrival of the princess in Washington , as some of the exponents of etiquette said ho should do , but sent as his representative Secretary Gresham , who seems to have acted bin part with admirable discretion and gal lantry. The royal lady was driven to her hotel in the president's carriage and was cordially greeted by the people , an attention with which she expressed herself Weil I pleased. Yesterday morning she called ' upon the president at the white house and in the afternoon the call was re turned by Mrs. Cleveland and the ladies of the cabinet. The chief executive of the republic has not gone out of his way to extend any unusual courtesies to the representative of the Spanish mon archy , and so far there has been no com plaint that the Infanta Eulalie has n < t received proper consideration. On tin- contrary the lady herself appears to be entirely satisfied with her treatment and is already saying pleasant things about this country and its pooplo. The indications are that she is u very sensible woman and as such did not expect that this governmon wnu'd attempt to emulate the manners and customs of Europaan courts in gi.ing her welcome. She may bo assured that during her sojourn among the American people she will bo accorded the respect and attention duo to a lady of her sta tion , and will be given ample oppor tunity to lourn that no other people can bo more hospitable and courteous. THE original design for the federal building at Omaha contemplated a granite superstructure. This plan was adhered to In the construction of the basement walls antf up to the water table. Now it is proposed as a mutter of economy to substitute sandstone for granite for the remainder of the building. This would bo a piccoof chooso-paring economy that would mar the beauty and Impair the stability of the great structure. The original de sign should by all moans bo adhered to. A change from granite to sandstone would bo a serious blunder which wo hope the department will not perpetrate. TJIK Nebraska manufacturers have enpendod u great deal of timeand money in an effort to inuko the exposition which opens in this city tomorrow night a success. The exhibits are much more numerous and more elaborate than a year ago , moro outside manufacturers are represented and much mure interest has boon tukon. The ono thing now needed to insure success is the attend- unco of the people of Omaha. The num ber of visitors from Interior points in the state promises to bo largo , but it in to the Omulw pcoplo especially that the management look for encouragement. THE people of the United States , und especially the invebtors , will look with suspicion upon the efforts now being made to reorganize the great Reading combination. The Philadelphia Times points out the fact that "unless all facts , figures and records have ceased to bo finger boards for the future , the pro- prosed reorganization is simply a do- libeato preparation for another crash in Reading values. " Political Independence ltebukil , H'athlngton Past. When Mr. Biiscom Myrlclr , editor of the Anjorlcus ( Ga. ) Tlincs-Hoporter , criticised Mr. Cleveland in his newspaper u year airo ha dug a doep. deep grava for Ills diplomatic aspirations. lift did not know it at ( bo time , porhttu , or bo might not have dug so Industriously - triously , but ho It now * it- now , and as ho gazes sorrowfully at his good , gray quill ho wUbca , no doubt , that ha had spent the summer of 'UJsawmg wood or hoeing cotton rather than la UUcimlug candidates for thg Chicago nomination. Ml * TIIK PKOL'Mb Wnyno Domoenits The dofcnso In tlio Impediment trliU at Lincoln is very wcnk nil the wny through , but the attempt to mnko tlio court think the official * wcro otor worked , nml therefore not responsible for the stealings , would mnku a tiorso Inuph. I'nptlllon Times ! The notion of JmlRCs Mnxwcllnml l\nt bcslii to giva hope to tlio tfcnor.il public thnt the Impcnehort state of- lleluls may bo punished for their crime * . Perhaps the Judge. * nro only fooling , but certainly their slilo remarks during thn trial Indicate that they Rlvo weight to the damaging testimony against the accused. Arnpahoo Mirror : The impeachment trials are still on , nnrt evidence Is piling up that the state was looted by thu gang to n greater extent than at first Mipiwscil. Tlio defense Is depending on the ono point to clour iliem.solve.s , that of claiming ignorance of the .stealing. They nro not attempting to bring evidence lo vindicate themselves , ns they boasted they would , but depend on tlio republican supreme court to clear them to save the republican party. Ulalr Pilot : The Impeachment trial ha5 reached n stage where even the defense liractlcnlly admits gross stealings and un limited corruption , but the effort Is trained now not to deny thu facts so much ns to place the responsibility- upon some irre sponsible persons. But the nfticlals on trial iiught surely to bo responsible for the nc.ts md doings of UorRAn. Ho was of their own creating , nnd they should daddy his nets. If ho stole StO.tXW out of thut cell hunso fund and they audited his bills ns the testimony Indicates , there Is but ono Inference nnd no dodging will change it. It Is quite probable that the probe has not yet reached the bottom of this festeringsore. . Gcno.i Manner : The iniDcachmcnt trials of Nobr.isltu's corrupt state ofllchils boforu the supreme court are daily disclosing 1m. portatit fauts , going to prove how syste matically the state has been robbed nnd pillaged by her faithless servants. When ivo consider this mutter In connection \vitu the Insane asylum stc'ils nnd'the Capital National bank robbery , the actual los * to Uio state will probably amount to $1,000,000 j'J ' over ; and yet taxpayers are asked to .ttund up for Nebraska und the Brand old D.irry. for the first time In twenty-Jlvo /ours , wo nro pleased to say , that the people ire now standing up for Nebraska and sit- in jr down on thu mcu who have been instru- 'it-il in plundering It. Let the good wont go on. on.uver uver Crook Times : And still the Im- ( Muhincnt proceedings at Lincoln contlnno their grind. No matter what the lln.il de cision of the court may bo , enough has vlready been developed fully to justify the legislature and all these who have favored , lie prosecution. In their defense It looks as though the most the defendants hoped for was to make such a showing as to afford the court at least snma plausible excusu for an acquittal. It Is to bo hoped that In their do- 'ision the court will not be influenced by any fulso considerations of policy. It Is a standIng - Ing disgrace to the legal profession and our law courts that big criminals , backed by in- liucuco anil monov , are allowed to escape through the meshes of the l.iw , while crimi nals from the common herd are so often , und perhaps justly , made to suffer the full pen alty of their crimes. Grand Island Independent : The York Press makes the lalso accusation that the republican papers are "industriously" de fending the impeached state ofllciuls. There is only one so-called republican paper which acts In thut way and that is tlio State Jour nal of Lincoln , which Is not so much a re publican as a railroad paper. TIIK OMAHA HKE , the most influential republican paper of Nebraska , has done signal service for the prosecution of the corrupt ionists and for the impeachment of the. terribly careless state itlii.-i.tls. And the large majority of the re publican papers have approved of the hn- jie.ichnient proceedings and have refused to shelter in any way the guilty men , though they belong to the republican party. A few of the subordinate republican papers may have followed in the wuku of the State Journal , but they do not represent the party my more than the Journal does. Norfolk Journal : Republican newspapers can make nothing for their party by claim ing that the inipuachmciiL ot' state olllcials is a sort of persecution Instigated by TIIK OMviuIJcu. It matters not how much of personal 1 spleen may have animated Mr Uosmvutor ' in the r.ilcing ho has given the state oOlcials. if they are guilty of an 1m- peuchable offense they deserve nil the pun ishment they can po'ssibly got , and the re publican p.irty will not bo true to Itaolf if It does not aid in ridding the state house of their presence. Whether the ofllcials at tacked huvo rcceircd any bcncllt whatever from the looting of tlm state treasury by the Dorgaus und thu asylum contractors or not , they have certainly shown n carelessness nnd Lick of good business Judgment that Is censurable in the highest degree. " The dis graced state olllcials belong to the class of men that the republican party of Nebraska must drop into the back scats with a dull , sickening thud unless it desires to become iirauticaliy an unknown quantity in the poli tics of the state. Aluxu-ell Will lie Kixht. Dmlue Cy MiIjCiiJtr. / . The article In the Fremont Tribune on Judge Maxwell has been generally condemned by all classes of citizens ns ono of the most vicious and outrageous that has over appeared In that scurrilous sheet. It seems to bo the policy of the Lincoln State Journal and Its automatic Jumping jacks , of which tlio Tribune is chief , to attempt to break down the Impeachment case bv a furi ous onslaught upon all who essay to stand for honest government and the right and prerogatives of the peoplo. It is a well-es- tuUlishcd fact thnt Justice Maxwell Is Incor ruptible und that it the Jaw and the evi dence arc against the olllcials on trial his great intluenco und power wiil bo oxortcd in bringing thorn to swift and retributive justice. HosUnilsin tlmslghtof thecorniptlonists of the state as Mordccaliln Iranian's vision , and to dispose of him they are ready to stoop to nny course , however vlla nnd dlsr pntAM # ' They fancy lh < u the othtr tnemtxJr-i of ( h , supreme bouoli nro roiulv to Apply the white vrnsh brush to the dark character * they nr willed upon to oonMrtor niul adjudge , nnl l , thftl rock of Judicial IntcfrrllV i nlono nUmls In their wav. Hut they will fall In their demoniacal efforts. The ncopn will say , If Justice Maxwell Is on ono aid i\nd the other mumbcra of tlio bench nro nn on the other side , that Justice Maxwell \ right. Justice may bo defeated , ns It oftoi 1ms In Nebraska , but our follow-cltlrcn Juugo Maxwell , will never bo n party to It , and the monopoly lickspittles who nro nov howling nt his heels may take liotloo. evil/arm I'tillnilelphln fiocord : "How 'hont yotiPi , tlio latest miMsoiislnil > ialiilntlon nnmiiK thos who conaluor themselves iiy , v Homorvlllo Journal : When It comes to cur Itun locturri , in. in wants hut llttln nero below and wants that Itttlo nbort , Tribune : "What did ho find whoi IIP looki'd Into tinwisplpo loakJ" "A bill for $3. " Washington Star : "It strikes tne , " said thi politician rollccllvuly. "Unit no toclnto n Bran many morn people linvo boon turned dowi tlmnlmvu been turned out. " J . t'lltshiira nisuMch : llrlnttH I ain't to Into I think I liuvo a rlmncuto tiinkn a whol' ' lot of monny In llilc.ajo ! this summer. HrftR s- \Vhat nro you going to do ? Itrlgits- I nm com to Kottlin prlvlloitnof cuttlnit up tlio UlilcnK river nnd soiling It In tlio term of sourenl antic * . Detroit Free 1'ress : HeVliy are you s liidllTerrnt to mo. darling ? Only a month S you said I was thu siinshlno of your llfo. Slio ( sobbing ) Anil I thoiiKht.thcn you were butslnco tliat Ihavo learned you were ver ; Miudy. Indlnnapoll.s Journal : Maud t told pap that If Im would lot mo no to town tomorrow would only NIIUIK ! tlio dny. Mnbol And what did ho say ? Maud Ho was moan cnougu to hold ma to > I nnd didn't Klvomuii cunt. Fomorvlllo Journal : After nn Ino.xporloncoi nmn hns rowed n liontforaboutthreo-qtinrter of nn hour , nlmost any kind of scenery Is goo for him lo stop nnd admire. Atulilson Olobo : Them Is nothing that so tn cruusos ft man's doslro lo work In the Kiiruci an the dUcovery that his wife has mlsplucc thn rake. Washington Star : There once was n nntrlo colonel , whoso pious for n place wcro dloloiiol When ho found Hint Iho door would bo opened no moru Ins feelings were something Infoloueh J SIMl'I.K THICKS. t ' Kanvto City Journal , g. Columbus stood an fgK on und , ii I'onr hundred years ngo , . ' lly sliuht ly breaking Its trull shell A < A slmplu trick , yon lnow : J And Mrs. Potter Palmer now f Hns to Us lovul soared , li ly driving straight , u nail Into < ! A hole already bored. i - I Itcvoliitlomiry Wind , JMIH Francliro Kxdmlner , Friends of Cuba announce that the great uprising that is to turn the Island upstdcfj down and shako off Spanish shackles has | been set for June. Their thoughtfulncss ibj equal to that of a burglar who would sondj word to the police that he intended at u certain - " tain hour to Drcaic into n bank. There Is'j reason to fear that the lllibustor of thr.t period carries his weaiwn poorly concoaloa . between his teeth. f A. 1 > .11LY 11IHT * 'KU31 VAKIS. itrop : > n i/MUtou Acio 1'oihHtraltl , A YACIITIN'Cl COSTUME. White cloth cap with arms of club. Dross entirely of whitemolleton , with blue lawn shirt and 181(0 ( cravat of dark blue grenadine/ / IUK UOVSK OF XErea , Clilccia0 OltpatcJi , , The house of nuvur Is tmlll , Uiey say , .lust over the hills of tlio by-and-by , ' Its sates nro ruuc.Hod by a devious way Illilrien from all but an iingol'ii eye. It winds about and In and out Tim bills nnd dales to sever ; Once over the hills of tlio by-und-by And you lira lost In the house of never * The lionso of novcir Is flllad with walls , With jnst-ln-a-mlmitosaiirt pretty ftoons ; Tlio noise of their wlnns as llicy bunt the gatOi Conn's back to narth In the afternoons , When ubadows lly across the sky And msli rude endeavor l To question thu bills of the by-nnd-by' ' ' A * they uslc for the IIOILSO of noveri _ Tlio house of never wus liullt with tours , rf And lint In tin ) hills of the by-and-by H Am u million hopes and u million foura , f A bihy'.sHiuIlo : nnd u wnmun'H cry ; Tin ) winding wny ueums bright today , I , Thou darkness falls furovur , / I'orovor tlio hill * of tlm by-and-by ' . borrow wults In the liouso of nuvori ; gROWNNGKi ! C Jfc COL Luriest MiiiufagUirjrs an 1 Ititillifl of Olotului lu tai Worli An Invitation. They came with their hatchets , their crow bars and picks. They scraped off the plas ter and knocked out the bricks ; tore out the partition , the stairway and all , and at last they've com pleted that hole in the wall. Now we feel like expressing ourelves in a yell. For the muss that we've been in has simply been tough. Yes , the new store is ready , or it will be by Wednesday. We hope to be forgiven for all we've said in the papers about that hole in the wall , and we invite everybody to come and see us Wednesday evening. We're going to hold a reception and give away just turn to page 17 of today's paper and you'll see all about it. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Store open every eyeulnjtlll 0.1) . S.I.Gor. Saturday till 10 i . . 15th and Douglas Sis.