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TUB OMAHA DAILY 1HJE : FRIDAY , JUNE 0 , 1893. THE DAILY BEE. K. Il03KWATF.ll , Kdltor. TKKMS OK SHUSCUIl'TION. pHlly HPP ( without Sunday ) Ono Yrar. . I fl 00 JB.IV . nnd Sunday , One Year l { ? } JJ Fix Months . . . . 00 'riirco Months 2 no Hundixy HOP , Ono Year , . , 2 00 HOPOnn Year ' ' ' Pfttnrtfiiy , } ; 1 ° ° Weekly lice , Ono Year OlM'IOKS. OmRhn.TbnlloollulldliiK. South Oiniilin , corner N nnd 2IHU Strcot . Council Illitnx 12 IVnrl Ptroct. ClilciiBO Onirn , 317 Uhamlicr of Commerce. Np YoiI , Itooms 13 , 14 and 1 ! > , Tribune nnlldlnc. , _ Wnililngton , r > in rourtcoiith Street. conuEsroNDKNun. All romtiiitnlRnlloni rplnlliu to non nnd fdltorl.il mutter should bo addressed : lo the ' IlI'fllNESfl M7TTEI19. All 1 > mliiM loiters nml rPinlttnncM sliould boiuIilrowMMl to The Urn I'libllslilnR Co mpntiy , Unmlin. Draffs , chivies nnd piwlonicn orilOM lolMJinadopavnbto to tlio order of Uio coin- tmny , . for the summer cnn \nvo tlin ItKKsont their nddroM by leaving < \n mlornt. this otllre. pUBUsniNO COMPANY , Tlio Mnn 111 Oilmen. TIIK DAILY nml SUNDAY line Is on sale In Chlcnpn nt ( In1 following | ilnco : Pnltniir lmii i . Grand I''icltlnlmtol. Auditorium hotel. Orcut Northern hotel. nnrulinlnl. Iifllnml linlul. WolUll.fi/pr , 180 Slatn street. Klips of Tin : HKP. cnn bo sRCirijt the No- hiwUnlmllilliitt nml tlio Adinlnliiration bulltl- JIIR , K.xpiwltlon eroumls. BWOItN STATHMKNT Ol' CIUCUI.ATION. Etnloof Nolprn tii > , ( . roiir.ty of IIOIIRIM , I flrnrirn II. Trrrtinek , socrotnrr of Tnr IUK pnh- l.Bhlnu . coinpnnjr , ilnon nolomnlr swear Unit tlio Ucttinl elrriilntlnii of TIIK IUII.V ItEii for the woo * cnillng Jiinu : i , ISM , wn us follows ; Rnndajr , Mny 5-1 Klomlar , MnyS' ' truoMlnr. Mar SO Wprtncsilny , Mny 31 Thursdny. .liuio I Frlrtny. Juno J Baturiiay , Juno S " " ' KO. II. TRzritticic. Sworn lo 1'pforo 1110 nml nubscrlbo l In my presence - once llils il day of Juno , 1SOT. N. P. KKII. , Notnry I'ubllo AvcniK" rirpuliitliin for Mny , IHII3 , 3-1,174 THK Chicago savings banks appear to 1)0 all rlf'ht. Klovon of th m withstood n panic uinoiifr their depositors and paid out $750,000 the first day of the run. THK Plattsmouth man who has boon Bolcctod by Congressman Bryan to suc- 'ccod the republican postmaster of that Jolty docs not propose to take any chances. THK federal courts hnvo ordered the World's fair gates closed on Sundays. Tlio state courts have ordered them opened. The result will bo awaited with considerable interest. GKNEUAL J. B. WEAVKII is frantically "industrial " to calling for an congress" organize the country against the im pending crisis. The country has long looked upon the general as something of an impending crisis himself , and they nro consequently already well organized against him. Mil. DWIGCIINS , the Chicago financier who pulled , down some forty banks by Ills dishonest methods of doing business , is highly indignant over the action of nn Indiana grand jury in bringing an indictment against him. Ho protests in " faith" in that he acted "perfect good nil his transactions. HAVING boycotted tlio Young Men's ' Republican club at Lincoln because Hon. G. M. Lambortson was ono of the invited guests , the impeached state officials have now undertaken to boycotl THE BKK'S representative in the capital city. There is a widespread opinion allover ever Nebraska that the recently "vindl oixted" officials boycotted the interests o , the state during their entire first torn : of ofllco. NEBRASKA people hnvo no reason t ( .lool ashamed of the cororaonios attend ing the dedication of the state building at the World's fair yesterday. The pa ratio was the most unique yet soon 01 the grounds , and the exercises recolvoc more attention from the visitors thai nny other celebration that has takoi place since the fair opened. It was i great day for Nebraska and a great da ; for the fair. ' AMONG the ringing utterances ii Governor Melvinloy's ' speech yostorda ; in acceptance of his runominntiun , oni chimes out above all others as an in splration of tlio hour for every citizoi irrespective of party predilection. "Thi is the time , " said' ho , "for all gooi citizens to help inspire faith in th future and dispel fear and approhonsio now so prevalent in business and Ihuu ; clal circles. " PEOPLE are wondering who is to h appointed Secretary Morton's first as Hlstant to succeed Kdward Willotti There are paid to bo ever twenty appl cations on file for the position , the mo : prominent of which is that of ox-Go' ornor Click of Kansas. It is though however , that George W. Hill , chief < the publication division of the dopar inont , may bo promoted to the place. TJi appointment will likely bo announce within a day or so. No ONE who understands the confidoi tial rola'tlons that exist between Pros flont Cleveland and Mr , George AA ChlldH , publisher of the Philadolphi Ledger , will doubt that paper speaks I authority , when it says : ' 'It has hoc reported , IM if by authority , and the r port has been reiterated again ai : again by the newspaper press of tl : country , that President Cleveland hi positively stated , or distinctly intimate that In order to procure additional rev niles for the government he intended recommend to congress the revival i the inquisitorial , discriminating at obnoxious income tax. This report conspicuously inexact , as the preside ! has not only neither stated nor inl mated , but has oven not considon the question of recommending or suj gosling to congress the rolinposltion the moat odious and unpopular all the war tuxes , which was tolerate only because of the great necessities i the government and the abounding p ; trietlsm of the people , which induce them to cheerfully make any sacrifices maintain intact the Integrity of tl union. " This should , and probably wi put an end to the further discussion this matter. rllK The decision of the Nebraska supreme court , handed down this week through the supreme court commission , In the case of the state against the defunct Commercial nnd Savings bank of Kear ney is ono of imK ] > rtnnto. : The court decides ' cides , in bric'f. that In winding up the affairs of an insolvent hank under the statutes the receiver of such bank may take such step * as shall bo necessary to enable him to secure possession of the assets ( if the bank. Tliis point is In itself significant ; but , going still further , the court holds that "where parties have , by the fraud ulent conduct of themselves or their agents , obtained possession of the assets of an Insolvent bank and are unable to return to the root-Ivor of such Insolvent hank the said assets In kind , stioh parties will bo held to strict , accountability for the value thereof.1' ' Tlio .state of Nebraska Is Itself di rectly nnd vitally interested in this de cision , and especially lit the clause quoted above. The defunct Capital Na tional bank at Lincoln is indebted to the state . to the amount of 8iT > ,000. , A largo portion uf the niseis of the otlicoi'x of the bank have boon placed , temporarily ut least , beyond the reach of creditors. The validity of the transfers Is to bo tested In the state courts upon tlio basis of suits already Instituted. Up to the present tlmo lowcvor , the legal representatives of ho state have taken no steps to rccovor rom the bank or any of Its olllncrs or itcckholdors the largo amount duo theO Suno months before the suspension of , ho bank , C.V. . Moshor transferred the irlBon contract.together with the valu- ublc plant of buildings nnd machinery used in its orortillon to hi * agent and 'oivman , W. II. ] ) i > rgiui.rJJho State Heard of Public Lands and Buildings lias never recognized Dm-gaii as the MvtH-r of the contract or the iroporty connected with it , but has 'or inoro than a year continued to make monthly settlements with C. W. Moshcr. All warrants for the payment of the claims against the state for the care aud maintenaneo of prisoners are Irawn payable to Moshor and that gen tleman ha * * drawn something like S-1,000 per month from the state treasury since liis embezzlements wore discovered. The board , therefore , still recognizes Mosher as the owner of the contract. To all intents and purposes , therefore , Moshor is still in possession of assets amounting in value to several hundred thousand dollars. These assets are untouched by uitlicr creditor or re ceiver. The transfer to Dorgan was beyond the question of a doubt fraudulent. It would seem that the state of Nebraska would be perfectly justified in seizing the assets connected with the prison contract to protect it self against loss through the peculations of the contractor. Attorney General Hastings as the legal member of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings evidently holds to the view that Mosher is still the prison contractor , since through his assent the monthly settle ments are still made with Mosher. lie can , then , hardly escape the conviction that Moshor is still in possession of the prison contract property and that he can. according to the language of the supreme court , ho "hold to a strict ac countability for the value thereof. " It certainly seems as if hero was ar opportunity for the attorney general anil the receiver of the Capital National bank to como together in an action tt recover assets which beyond quostioi have been transferred to W. II. Dorgar with a deliberate purpose to defraui legitimate creditors. The attorney general evidently dooi not believe that Dorgati Is legally ii possession of the prison contract or IK would advise the Board of Public Land and Buildings to recognize him in it monthly settlement for the care am maintenance of the state's prisoners. I lie will , then , actively bestir himself ii an effort to rccovor property from thi hands of a man who holds it by virtu of an illegal transfer ho will do much t relieve himself of the weight of popula distrust which still shears heavily upo : liim in spite of his recent vindication b a portion of the supreme court. THK COMHIXKS The inlluenco of the anti-trust cor vontion at Chicago was somewhat in paired by the fact that politics wn obtruded , but thcro was no difference c opinion among the delegates as to th necessity of stringent national and stat legislation for the prevention of a forms of combination in restraint ( trade The resolutions adopted make moderate but unequivocal demand fc prompt and vigorous action , both li federal and state governments , lookin to the complete extinction of unlawft combinations destroying competition i production of exchanges. They urfi the creation of a permanent associntlc ts ho known as the anti-trust nssi elation of the United States , which slin consist of throe representatives froi from each state and territory , and nl. < recommend the organization of an tint trust association in eacli stuto and torr tory "for the purpose of aiding such ni tioiml association in securing unifori legislation nnd the rigid execution < laws for the most speedy suppression at : final eradication of mild trusts and con binutions. " These uro good suggestions whie ought to be put into oiled without dola , What is manifestly needed to aroui popular sentiment in this matter so tin O- its intltionco may bo felt upon tl Oto to federal and state legislatures of organization nnd concerted colTor id which will bo he-cured by the plan su , is gested by the ' . ' ( invention , A scattorir nt warfare against the combinations wi have little olTcct , There must bo united and determined movement c the part of the people of all the tat of in order to bring about the desired r ' ofof of suit. Only in this way will the ropr sontatlvos of the people in congress ui the legislatures and their servants ii- executive offices get a realizing bonso iid ) d what the people demand and at tl to t < ame time bo brought to undorstat lie that these who are not disposed accede to the wishes of the poaji of must pay the penalty of popular r pudiatlon. It was well reaolvi by Uio convention that each member - bor use every honorable means lit tils power to secure the election to ofllee , whether local , state or federal , of those only who are exponents of the anti-trust sentiment nnd In whoso fearless - loss determination to use their utter most endeavor to crush and exterminate all trusts and monopolies complete confidence fidenco can bo had. It Is necessary that this question bo kept prominently be fore the people whenever they are called up < Mi to elect public ofllclals and no man should be nominated for any olllce , legis lative or executive , who will not give unqualified assurance of his opposition to all forms of monopoly. If the plan of organization suggested by the Chicago convention bo generally adopted and the efforts contemplated bo vigorously made , the days of trusts and all combinations in restraint of trade will bo numbered. In the meantime , people will expect action by the federal authorities under oxtsting law. It has been promised tlmt the Department of .Tu-itico would pi'ccoed as soon as practi cal ) ! o to enforce the federal anti-trust law , making the first attack against some of the larger trusts. There is rea son to believe that this Is the intention , and the country will wait patiently for evidence of it. The law has never yet had a proper test and ono is needed In order to determine whether or not It is sutllciont. In any event the combines must go. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Til K Vltin KBl'fHMC.1 A'S. Governor MoKiuley is again the standard bearer of the Ohio republi cans. Ills renomination was conceded from the moment ho signified his will ingness to again bo a candidate and at no time has there been manifested any opposition to his candidacy. Ilo has made a creditable record as governor , ho Is admittedly the most popular re publican in the state , ho has no factional differences or entanglements , ho is an intrepid and aggressive leader , and ho represents a policy which is especially strong in Ohio. All these considera tions , together with his high character as a man , gave him the highest possible claim to the endorsement of his party and Governor MoKinloy fully merited a ronnmination by acclamation. The speech ot the governor in accept ing the nomination is characteristic. There is no timidity and no equivocation about it. Ho recognizes the fact that republicanism will have a severe test in Ohio this year , because it is the cov eted field of the opposition and they will center all their efforts there. Yet ho thinks that with unity , harmony and courage the republican party will tri umph. The party appears at present to bo harmonious , and there is no reason to apprehend that it will not continue so , but that it will have very hard work to retain power may as well bo frankly admitted. Governor MoKinloy was elected in 1891 , the year before the presi dential election by a plurality of 21 , 511. The plurality for Harrison in 1892 was only 1,072. , This great change in the republican vote of Ohio in a single year does not warrant a strong feeling of con fidence in republican success in 18911 , with a democratic administration in power -at Washington aud nothing ap pealing to republicans likely to develop their full strength in the election. Ol course a great deal will depend upon whether the democracy is harmonious and also upon the character of the can didates of that party. There is no lack of aspirants and the tendency of this is to create factions. Indeed there is some factional conflict now , which threatens to become more pronounced , but ii will not bo safe to count much upon this , The democrats of Ohio , however mucli they may quarrel among themselves 3 before a campaign , are pretty sure tc 1 got together when the campaign is or and to got out their strength on elcctior day. They will have a more than ordinarily strong incentive to do thii the present year and with the influonci of the national administration to liclj them they will undoubtedly make i very hard fight to win Ohio. Obviously it would bo a victory that would giv < the party great prestige. To carr ; McKinloy's own state with McKinley n the loader of his party would bo i triumph that could not fail to act as i stimulus to the democracy everywhere The republican candidate under stands this , and it is safe to pi-edict tlm ho will make his fight as aggressive a possible. His challenge to the opposi tion is to meet the republicans upo every line of controversy , state or nn tional , which divides the parties. Th probability is that national issues wil enter most largely into the discussion of the canvass. It will bo a long campaign , so far n the republicans are concerned , and th wisdom of making the nominations use so early a date , particularly in view < the fact that there was no opposition t n the candidates for renomination , is nc apparent. Long campaigns are tedioi ino and expensive , and the party rospons o- bio for thorn is not usually the gainer. o11 11 in TIIK reports that the next house c 30 representatives will show a majority o l- 40 or C > 0 votes for free silver coinage ar < li i- not well founded. Of the 218 democrat ! ia a- members of the Fifty-third congress , r. a111 least ninety can bo safely counted on n 111of uncompromising opponents of free coinage oful ul ago , leaving about 12 ? in favor of fro uln n- colnago. The republican momborshi nsh of the house in ubinit 127 , and it wil sh require only ninety of these votes again : shy. y. free coinage to defeat it. The urosumi y.so seat tion is that not more than eight ar at radical free coinage men , leaving , sn 10 120 opposed to that policy. Thesi Ist with ninety democrats , would mal < t , 210 sound money members , an B' leave only 140 of all parties t 'g vote for free coinage. This is n ill extreme estimate of the honest mom illa a strength , says the Washington corr an spondent of the Springfield llcpublica es for there arc several republicans 1 'O- Iowa , Michigan and Kansas whoso viov 'Oe e- on the subject are IOOBO , and who wl probably vote for free coinage just b inof cause Cleveland is against it. Thoi of people , however , are not numoroi lie enough to carry a majority of the hem iid into the free coinage column , and it is i toile certain as anything can bo in politic iloo says the correspondent , that the in oed jorlty of the houbo la against free col od ago. A few may refuse to , vote fi rononl ot the gliorinnn Inw who would not vote for free coinage , but strong nrgibnAits will bo mad a oven with the frw salver men why they should vote , as tlioydld In 1S90 , against that measure. It will bo soon from those figures , which umlotjbtcilty are at least approximately correct , that it will bo in the power of the rcpubllcans of the house to dotorminJ what legislation there shall bo regarding silver , and this gives great interest tjo the question as to what course they'trill ' pursue. It Is doubtless safe to'predict that they will bo found in the next congress as in the last one on the right-side of this issue. A HEl'OHT upon the agricultural re sources of Wyoming nnd the progress and status of their development has just been sent out by the Agricultural de partment. The data gathered through government ngo.nts and correspondents was compiled by Hon. John W. Iloyt , ox-governor of the territory. The re port Is especially Interesting In that Wyoming affords an exceptional field , for agricultural Inquiry , because its cultivated areas have an average alti tude greater than these of any other political division of the United States , with a consequent need of irrigation. Respecting the government helps til- rlwtly accorded the territory and stale in common with others , Mr. Hoyt re marks ono great and important condi tion yet to bo fulfilled to assure Wyo ming's agricultural future , namely , "such judicious revision of the html laws ns will bettor adapt them to the peculiar needs of the arid region. " ' Ho thinks that if it be not deemed wise to bestow all the unsettled lands of the government upon the states , to bo man aged by thorn under proper restrictions , "then congress should itself early solve the problem by securing to the po plo of these Vast districts the means of inoro equitably and fully utilizing both the grazing and the agricultural lands of the stato. " THE celebrated Chootaw claim has finally boon allowed by the Treasury department. It amounts in round num bers to $ , ' 5,000,000 , and will bo paid out to the Choctaws and Chiokasaws per capita as soon as the census can bo com pleted. The delegation of three persons employed by the Indians in 18SI ) to press their claims has been paid 20 per cent of the amount , but J. Hale Syphor and the whole raft of. lobbyists who at tempted to blackmail the delegation first nnd then thoIndians , , are cut ofT without a cent. ; THE imminent decapitation of the Irish patriot , Edward O'Moaghcr Con don , by the headsman of the Treasury department , is exciting comment. Sec retary Carlisle himself is the grandson of an Irishman , but ho has little regard for an Irish republican , and it is given out that Mr. Condon jvill walk the plank in a few days. Vocifuroita Joy * ! . New Vifri ; Tribune. It is the policy of the Cleveland adminis tration , according to the mugwump press , to make removals from the fourth-class post- ofliees only when charges against thu incum bents are sustained. When Maxwell learns of this ho will lean on the handle of Ills ax long enough to laugh a long , low l.iugh , the sort of a laugh commonly luio.va as a chuckle. Iiitcmpui-ancu In T ini > iriincc. Clileatio Journal. If the extremists , the iiitomperiitcs in the temperance cause , would rid themselves of the notion that character can bo recon structed , except from within , and would make their aims practical instead of vision ary , they might liopo for some approxima tion to their ideas. Hut when they repudi ate the only workable nlau in tlio way of re form that has yet been tried nnd denounce It as a compact with the devil they help to defeat their own ulterior purpose. Kml ul I Iio Cliiiti | > r. SprtnaflM ( Mean ) ISciiuMtean , The withdrawal of tuo cases against the Carnegie ofllcials on Saturday , resulting froit the Homestead riots , closed a memorable chapter in the aunals of industrial warfare in the United States. It is u jear today lacking one mouth , since the battle botwoet the strikers and Pinkcrtons on the banks ol tlio Monongaliela. If there were any crimes committed at that time the courts have absolutely solutoly failed to punish the guilty ones The machinery of justice has been Impotent and if the ease is ever tried U will bo in the pages of history. Grotvr'H I'lini'linn ! lor SllrprHcH. Vlitlailclplihi I'rcsa. President Cleveland 1ms a queer way o making appointments sometimes. For post muster of Now York ho has appointed n man who was not mi applicant for the position Two years ago Mr. Dayton was a count ; democrat. When that organization dis handed ho Joined Tammany. Ho Is , there fore a recent convert to Crokerism. Thi president seems to have pursued a coursi that would steer him clear of the breakers while at the same time ho cannot bo said ti have really pleased cither faction of tin Now York democracy. Tammany will doubt less claim a victory , butliow can thcro bo i victory when there was no contest. Am Mr. Dayton's name 1ms never been men tioncd in connection with the ofllco. fjiutivlllc Cinirtcr-Jnurntil ( Dem. ) . Now , inoro than ever buforo , It shall b the purpose and policy of thoCourier-Jourmi to abstain from interest in the concrot alTalrs of the party. Its editor has sat I the last three national democratic eonvoi lions against his own expressed deslro an protest. Ho never expects again lo cros the threshold of a political convention , slater or national , or to imlk'p a political spceel if He has .served his turn and has earned III . i release. His place is hero In tills ohlt'o , an 1 I his service for good xir for ill in ilioso 1:0 utnna , There ought' ' , try bo some ono wh wants nothing , who cart neither bo bough nor bullied , and who miiy bo trusted at a times to write the triith , as ho sees It. fc truth's .sane. ; um for the advantage of n clique or faction. ' ( U t duty the editor c the Courier-Journal tins 'xlvvnya sot himsol nnd to It as long as hp iycs he will continu to address Inmself. , DKUfJXJ ! IfTlMl' It OMAHA. Juno8. To thuKdltor of Tun Dm o The leading newspapers , of the country ai Just now rejoicing o\6t the recent decline i y Imports as a means of 'Shocking iho oulflo * ' of gold. Four express .tljlp fooling among tli half column of quotations on the busluc : d situation which you publish this niornin o namely the Indianapolis Journal , the Ch cage Inter Ocean , the Boston Advertiser an in the Now York Times , representing opink 'y ' bolli east and west. Now history stiov o- that largo imports are the rule in times i prosperity , a fact especially notlceab since the civil war. When wo are prosperot in wo buy largely , not only of homo product ' but foreign ; when , as nt present , thcro conn I'S a financial stringency , the amount of our pu chases from both sources falls off , Undt 0- the high tarifTsof the last thirty years , Jaru 030 Imports having been a sign of prosperity , on 30 caunot but feel regret for this reason t IS seeing them diminish. 30 Au interesting consideration sugges Itself In this connection. If the promise 13 low democratio tarltl were now in force , tl volume ot our imports would probably li a- crease at the present time , under Us enoou an agemont , aud thus aggravate Die evil of go ! nor exports from whleU the country is sufTonn or T. F , B. uvn.rr , HVT AOT vnvrnx * ( Jothonburg SUrs In the next catnp.ilun tlio Nebraska republican * will bo on Uio ilo- fenslvo with n onagri In thoshnpoof Chief Justice Maxwell' * dissenting opinion In tlio linmls of the opposition. Tncro's fun nhoad , Politically speaking , nnfl the republicans may as well prepare to fnco the musle. Oakland Times : Chlftf Justice Maxwell deserves great honor for dolmr Ins sworn duty Ho has the courage to do right nml dared fnco the cntiro rotuibllonn party ( the party that pave him his position ) nnd deliver an honest opinion In accordance with the testimony In the Impeachment cns.es. . Chief Justice Maxwell says Uio state officers were cnllty of press tic-gleet and acts of omission If not of commission. Kearney Tele-gram ; Clilcf Justice Max well has earned the tltlo ot "tlio cre.it dis senter. " A peculiarity of his dissensions Is that they are always sustained by law and evidence nnd uniformly oti the sldo of Jus tice. Without a dcstro or Intention to Im pugn the actions of tlio other honorable Judges on the bench. tKo Telegram bellevos that Judge Maxwell Is today the best Judge of law and evidence , more free from tlio taint and corruption of cor | > orate power , than nny man who over licld a like position In Nebraska. The peoples long ago found out that Judge Maxwell , though a republican , would not bins his decision to suit his party's whims. Plattsmouth Journal : According to the logic of the majority opinion of the supreme court tlio impeached oDtccrs were "guilty , " but It was "not proven. " That's the long and short of It. The Judges admit that the charges of gross fraud nml stealing from the stale were proven as chnigcd , but aver that It was not sulllclenlly proven that the state officers had a guilty knowledge of It or participated in It. Judge Maxwell , however , "tlio noblest Homan oC them nil , " lias no such lialr-spliltlng Ideas In the matter , but concludes , as docs every unbiased man , that these many wrongs were the result of a corrupt condition pf mJnd of these officers , and eacli net of the robbers was a part of the system which the ofllelals allowed to RO on unrebukcd. There \\-us corruption going on everywhere because tlio state ollicors winked at It and shut thulr eyes to it. A partisan court cunnotcover up the facts from Uio people. Fremont Herald : The supreme court lias rendered its decision in the impeachment case Post and Norval for acquittal and Chinf Justice Maxwell for conviction as acknowledged by the majority opinion. "Tlio action of the board in selecling Dorpan ns the representative of tl > o statu was highly censurable as unbusinesslike 'and wanting in intelligent regard for the interest of the public which tlio states exacts from its officers. " This is practically the acknowl edgment of tlio accused clilcials themselves. And they hired tills man for $50 a month , knowing ho had also tlio contract for erect ing the cell house ho was to watch Dorgan and see that tie was honest ! Further than this , the majority opinion acknowledges that "through the ncglteciu'o. Incompotency or fraud of a suporjntenilent of construction the state was charged for building material greatly in excess of the reasonable or mar ket value thereof and for labor which bad not boon performed. The bills rendered tlicrofpr were presented in the usual course of business and allowed by tlio Hoard of Publii ! Lands and Dullillngs. " And all this limn they kept Dorgati in charge of the work , who Himself noror pretended to bo honest and laughs at the mention of it. "Out of their own mouths are they con demned. " Nebraska City Novr * : Mcssors. Allen , Humphrey and Hastings , -tho thrco state officials who have escaped impeachment at the hands of a partisan court , were acquitted on n technicality. They probably do not care how they escaped , just so they es caped. Hut the court seemsno\v the one to bo censured. The two judges Post nml Norval admit that the hiring of Dorgan by the Board of Public Lands and liuildmgs was censurable from a Inisiness standpoint. That is about what the ] > coplc think. The court admits that the state was charged an exorbitant price for building material , but the board audited the bills in good faith , so that lets them out. The appropriation of 5700 for a Junketing trip to visit other prisons , was also made in good faith. The chaplain's ex penses to the jirison conpress was also paid in good faith , oven if tlio people did foct the bill. Tliogood faith" idea is now dropped , and in dealing with the coal frauds the ex cuse is that the board htul so many duties to perform they could not attend to all of them. By reason of tlio board being so busy the state is out $1:2,000 : , nnd the same plead ing answers for all oilier charges. That may bo law , but to thoiTcrago business man it is not sound sense. The ofliccrs were elected to watch the interests of the people but they failed to do so , and to plead that they did not have time to attend to tlieir duties is to plead incompotency and they should have been removed. S31.1S1I1XG T1T13 TlllffiJfi , Chicago Record : Considering the manner in which the convention was selected the governors of tlio various states picking out delegates at random the llnal outcome is something to bo appreciated , oven though certain members felt culled upon to organize a parlor convention in order to send broad cast their untried ldea.3 about the manage ment of trusts. Chicago Inter Ocean : The temper of the people is hostile to trusts , and it will manifest itself severely toward o Ulcers who prove to bo timid or dilatory in cffurt to suppress tliom. Tlio convention that has just adjourned was thoroughly representative of the national character , was composed in great part of able men , and lias given utterance to scnti- ments expressive of the national feeling. Chicago Tribune : Those who have en riched themselves by operating trusts In the past and who hope to liixvo the chance of ab sorbing other millions in the future on sub stantially the same plan have a way of mak ing tlieir influence felt Ui the councils of the states and the nation , nml even in the offices of the men who are or may bo charged with with the duty of brincmg thorn to account for their misdeeds. This influcncj must be counteracted by the voice of the people , If at all. Now York World : Tlioro Is not much dif ficulty in proem ing tlio passage of such [ nntf-trustj laws unynhcro. Hut the con vention will do a great service if it will devise - vise a form of law that the law officers ol the nation and the suites will undertake tc enforce and can onforco. The pretext foi noncnforcemcnt now made Is the difficulty ol procuring evidence limb will sufrico to make a case. The officers of the trusts employ tin ablest lawyers In the country to enable llicir to ovudo tlio statutes without great dangci of going to Jail , Chicago Post : It appears that a con von tion sitting on the solitary plank , "Bust UK Trusts , " cannot endure. It lacks element ! necessary to fohcrenco , It is speedily dl vided agaiiiRt itself , mid Instead ot "bust ing" Is "busted. " That has been the fat ( of the congress called the "antl-lrusi con volition" which h.is just- gene to flinders it this city. There were niany wise men in tin convention , but thcro were also Totmn ; Morgan nml Slg. Ig. Donnelly ; nml the lift of the mooting was short. Singular , Isn1 it ? how successful tlicsu two distlnguishci anti-monopolists always are in breaking u | anti-monopoly movements. Tina i\nt.i Chicago Record : With reasonable certainty tainty of early action by congress restorint sound financial conditions the public wil throw oft whatever npprolienglons it urn : have had and will apply itself to the enjoy mcnt of that pi-osimrity which is the right ful possession of this great nation. Now York World : The message wlilcl the president gives to tlio country today i an earnest and serious ono appropriate n the occasion. It is characterized by an ox Illicit fairness concerning his intentions re garding thu oxtrn nesilou of congress am by some wise counsel regarding the duty o the pcoplo iu tlio prciunt circumstances. Dourer Republican : President Clovelani says ho will call congress together in Hoj lumber to repeal the Sherman sliver ln\v President Harrison eiguod that law , and I . . . ho had been ro-elccted last November thcr , . . would bo no talk now noout its ropail. Kv dently n vote for Cleveland via Weaver las November was not n gooa thing for silver. Chicago Trlbuno : That which Is ueodoi Is confidence that cannot bo restored b preulcleiilial cntrcallcs so long as exisliu financial conditions continue. Tlio vast stor of idle silver must bo utlll/.ecl at its coimnoi cial value in thu redemption of paper issue against It. When tint is done tlio ruglu sea of distrust and ] tiuiio will bo caluict Coufldouco will return nnd all will bo a poaco. Cuunot tlio president see this , uu scolng It tnUo the noccistiry action -that Is , call congress together at oncot Now York Tribune ! An extra sesiltm lias been regarded ns Inevitable ever since the now administration cnino In , and now Mr. Cleveland thinks Uio Hmo hns come lo let the country know Just what his Inten tion is. His reluctance to call.such a ses sion Is well understood , but ho seems to hnvo readied the conclusion that It Is a choice between tlmt evil nnd n proalor ono. Ulobo-Domocrit : The president's an nouncement that ho will call nn extra ses sion of congress is exceedingly gratifying to the country. It shows that lie Is thoroughly alive to tlio iK-rils with which \vo arc threat ened from the contlnnatiro of our present llnnnclal i > ollc.y , nnd that ho will use all the powers with which ho Is endowed lo avert tluuu or to minimize tlumi. U would have been well , perhaps , had ho made Ihls an nouncement n few works earlier. lllowhiK Out tlio llubMcs. H'ii.iif ? > iit"H Mar. Alarmlsls who" linvo scon In the bank failures and business otntmrrasmunts of the past few dnys fore.sliatlowlngs of general disaster musl bo chagrined to notice Uio steady buoyancy which characterises the solid mouoy market In which wild specula tions has no elinnco lo disport Itself. That there have been many downfalls Is evldcnl , and that a largo number of Innocent unfor tunates must suffer is painfully clear , but In every instance the crash caino as the rcwult of loose methods or of actual dishonesty. Throughout the country there has obeon inoro or less of financial stringency and de pression In values. This condition could not possibly affect the conservative institutions , : iud as they are vastly in tlio majority there IH no reason why anyone not Interested It : Uio many i endeavors Ho secure riches over- rapidly should bo seriously concerned. Only the holders on inllated stocks mm tlio pursers of goldon-hucd bubbles hnvo been hard hit , although a few honest mou-Mmo or two of them nationally coiispicious man [ aged to lose the balance at the critical moment. TillCKMiVllKII OF'lir.lI.b. Say Justices Post and Norval : "At the tlmo of the appointment of Uorgan to Super intend the construction of tlio cell house bo was the agent and manager of Mosher , the lessee of the penitentiary and charged with the duty of subleasing the prison labor. In view of that fact his selection by the board as the representative of the state , knowing that tt would bis obliged to depend upon Moslicr for labor to carry on the work , is highly censurable , and should , to say the least , bo characterized as unbusinesslike and utterly wantinu' in that intelligent re gard for Uio interests of tlio state which the aw demands of public officers under like cir cumstances. " Hays Chief Justice Maxwell : "Tho ap pointment of Dorgan. whose interests were altogether with Mosher , is entirely unjus tifiable. If the board was busy as It claims to have boon there was all the inoro neces sity fortlie appointment of a capable , dis = interested superintendent who could bo relied upon to look after tlio business and interest of the state. No ordinarily prudent man would have appointed Dorgan to fill tlio position of superintendent nor placed in hi * liandh tens of thousands of dollars , and It is not surprising that Uio slate hns suffered serious loss. " I'KOl'l.i : AND Chicago cult has received the finishing touch. Carter Harrison lias donned a stove pipe hat. The legislature of Michigan passed n bill granting women the right to vote at munici pal elections. An eastern srimlnal committed suicide by swallowing a suspender buckle. Another way of cheating the gallus. The collapse of the Whisky trust lias not diminished the run on the fish banks. The sup'ily of bait continues normal. During tlio century Franco alone has lost 0,000,000 , men in war , and the armies of till Europe now number 2,000,000 , men. Senator Sherman lias recently moved into his now $11)0,000 house at Washington. It is ono of the finest residences ut the capital.- The Tottcn millonium is not altogether a dream. The allopaths and homeopaths of Chicago arc emulating Uio lion and the Inmu. Amid the acclaims jarring the ntmosplioro in Lincoln may bo heard the subdued conun drum : "Will Dorgan cough uy the trial balance ? " An impertinent correspondent suggests a revision of the Nebraska state seal and the substitution of the words , ' -The pen is mighty and will prevail. " COne of tlio frightened depositors wlio withdrew $1)00 ) from a Chicago bank parted with his money live minutes later. A pick pocket took it for safe keeping. Experimental weighing of coal in Brooklyn developed the amazing fact that several dealers added as much ns ninety pounds overweight to a ton of coal. Verily , this is an ago of wonders. Colonel Henry Clay Smith of Alabama en joys the happy distinction of Doing the first colored man to receive an appointment from tuo Cleveland administration. Ho goes as consul to ono of the Madagascar ports. Nature abhors a vacuum. The blue-black rocks forming tlio palisades on the Jersey side of the Hudson arc more useful than piottircsquc. Besides being scratching posts for goats , Uioy are shown to bo superior to emery for polishing Uio bills of Jersey mosquitoes. Lofty minds delight to revel In lofty thoughts. So it , comes to pass that what the vulgar call "spoil * " , and the choplmuso statesman considers "pio" is n substance of nobler ingredients. In official parlance executive favors are "the deserts of a noble soul. " It behooves tlio Samoscts and .lack- sonians hereabouts to cease their ignoble scramble and with becoming dignity stand aloof till invited to the feast. XKllll.tHti.l A A church costing $ rt.POO will bo erected by tlio Bohemian Crtlluiltcs ot Dodge , Norfolk democrats will hold n primary olectlon Saturday to sco who shall hnvo th'o pottoftlco. It Is reported that nnotncr county seat contrst Is about to bo precipitated In illicit- cork county. Arrangements for the .itato mllltla on- cnmpment \ \ 111 bo made by Uio slnlo military board nt Its meeting Juno 10. Owing to previous engagements United States Senator Allen was unable to bo pres ent at the dedication of the Nebraska building - ing at the World's fair. Klovou-ycnr-old Kttsh Powers , living near Curtis , was thrown by n horse nnd dragged forty rods by a drag before help could roach him. Ho was badly bruised nnd his head cut In many places , but it Is thought ho will recover. Because his wlfo dcsorted him nnd asso ciated with disreputable characters nt Blair , n man named Klnney of Fort Calhoun hung hluioK aud tried to die , but his neighbors discovered him before life was extinct ntul cut him down. W. W. Atkinson , n wealthy farmer r.or.r Ponca , died of heart disease while silting In his parlor. He had been as well ns usual and the family retired , leaving him sluing In Uio parlor reading , as was bis custom , lu the morning they found him dead , sitting in bis chair , lust ns they left him nt night. Ilo was ono of the early sotllers. The Franklin Republican was Issued this week In handbill form , necessitated by Uio destruction of the newspaper plant by llro. The building In which the ofllco was located was n largo two-story double brick block , and It wan entirely destroyed. It was erected at a cost of $10,000 and was Insured for Ki.OOO. A number of merchants also lost heavily. The York High school nnd the York college - logo will hold Joint Held day exercises Sat urday' . There will bo bicycle races , foot races , hammer throwing , lugs of war , egg races , Indian club drill , nurdh ) rnco , wtieol- barrow races , Jumping , walking races , relay races and flag races , n day of outdoor sports and fun , full ot exciting contests between amateur athletes. Frank Wclfol is doing tlmo In Uio Adams county Jail bivause of his rufusal to put up n $ 00 peace bond. Wolfol ts possessed of n cow aim a very b.ul temper and whenever any of bis neighbors disturb the one it riles the oilier. The cow Invaded Uio garden of a man named Flnnus , nnd because ho took tlm animal up and would not release her until Uio damage sha haddono wassottled , Welfcl tliivatoned to club him to dentil before night. Flimus had him arrested , the com plaint sustained , nnd n bond to keep the peace tiled at $200. Welfel insists that bo never threatened Finiius and said lie would go to jail before ho would put up the bond , Ho is apt to stay there until October unless lie changes his mind. J 111' ! tiXA I' A It'A 1' . Cluvolnwl f'liiln Do.ilnr : Willie : Paw , why dntlipy lmvu big imm with n.tos maivhln'In front of tin1 band ? Papa : To protect the bass drummer froni thu inoli. Now York Wrokly : Old Gontlomnii ! flow ' nm I to know that , yon are not mnrrytiiR my dtuiuhtor for my money ? tiuUor : And how nml to know that you won't full hibldo of a your ? Chicago Trlbuno : "This liultor , " said ( Hiolly. eying tlm wnltor .sovoroly , "lustOHold l | and htrnne. ft muhlhuvu boon made from tour milk. " Indianapolis Journal : Wllllo-Good gwacl- ons , iluuh boy ! How did you catch such a cold ? Cholllo The doosid liawbah combed my b.uiKS back olT my fuwrld. lloston Ileacon : "Oh , I'm go sorry , Mr. 1)111- liiKh i , your liuly love bus thrown you over , hat was the t rouble ? " "Why , you Mis ) , I llattoroil her so much she got too proud to speak to mo , " Chicago tutor Ocean : Manngor Why don't Llltlo Kvacomo on ? Undo Tnin , ami , ' lin Is iimklnga llttlo Rjiuoch to the com- ] iiny : , thiinklng It for the iiluasant way It hud icmoiiiborcd bur DIM birthday. " I'lillndclphla Itocord : StraiiKor Who are the o pooplu In tlmtovorliKulod wagnii driving tlmt poor , bony horse ? UltlcusTlioy arn nv.'iiili'i-s of mi iintl-crnolty bucloty rotumlng from u picnic. Ilnruor's Ilazar : She t love to boar Oolonol Illinvhiinl talk of hN waro.Nperloncoa. lly thu wav , which sldo was ho on ? . Iln Tlio older sldo. Shc-C'onfi'duraluy Ho No ; tnoothorsldo ot the Atlantic. A xiwsi'Ai-iti. Jim Jones , lie was an editor ; that Is , lie trlod to bo ; Ilo bought himself u hand press , an' ho started In tosi'o , loV what there was to rilltln' , but \vlien ho'd cnnva.vii'd ' round. Some IIMcon hundred cultors In tlmt same town ho found. They all know morn about it than JOIIIM could lioix ! to know ; They told him : 'Von must run her , Join's , jo.s1 so an' MI an' so ! Ito sure nn1 boom llio Itapllsts , Uioy ro bound to holpyoii out , An'KlvotliuKood old Methodists nbl | ? salva tion bllOIlt ! "Give every man : i notice ; bo Buronn'putlt Wlionovor Major .Units Is scon to pcrnmliulnta the town ; , , Put In u few free locals for all the stores , an' ; Knc-h man a free subscription , If you want your j bbootio live ! " Well , .tonos : ho done Jos' ns they salil , for fear ] thuy'd make n row ; 1 Hut the more he Irlod t plonso ' 0111 nil , the | inoro they told him how ! ' . Until nt lust ho tool ; Ids book an1 laid it on thin hlll'lf ! , ' . . . , 1 Tlii-n run Hi" paper In the ground an' foUorodj Ilhliii&olfl ® < CO. Largest Muniifaclurara nnd Retailers . ol Clothing In thu World. A Surprise Is In Store for The Boys Watch Friday night's and Saturday morning's Bee. Also the show window , BROWNING , KING & CO , Etoreogen ej ovo0.u2t..l . . . ( Ml j g , y/ / (