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October 4.
THE way to relieve the unemployed is
to give those who are willing1 to work
Bomothing to do.
CONPiDBNcn is returning. The in
creasing list of marriage licenses is an
Unfailing indication.
THE World's fair directors cannot af
ford to have any dishonest on bribe-tak
ing judges on their court of awards.
DEBATE hi the House of Lords does not
indicate n very widespread disposition
to yield to the wishes of the House of
Commons in relation to the homo rule
bill.
THE interminable controversy be
tween Auditor Moore and Commissioner
Garnoau has at last gotten into the
courts. Now for u speedy and final de
cision.
" " BY PLACING the balance of power in
the committco on rules the democrats
in the lower house of congress appear to
display a deep-seated distrust in their
speaker.
FIUCK is an unfortunate name at this
time for any candidate , li recalls too
vividly the man who fortified Carna-
ffte's castle nnd imported Pinkortona
into Homestead.
IT is certainly an anomaly in the law
that imprisons those Missouri judges
who refuse to order the levy of a tax to
pay for bonds donated for a railroad
that was never constructed.
IT IS bad enough for railroad managers -
agors to tamper with legislatures , but
when it comes to packing the supreme
court the people may as well surrender
the whole state government to their tender -
dor mercies.
How DO honest republicans of Ne
braska like the Hhamolcss abuse of Judge
Maxwell by the Fremont railroad organ
that calls the chief justice of this state ,
who-has lived in Nebraska thirty-seven
years , a political carpot-baggor ?
LATEST rumor has it that _ the presi
dent intends to appoint William B.
Hornblowor of Now York to the , vacancy
on the bench of the United States supreme
premo court , in whoso favor some of the
other prominent candidates are said to
have withdrawn.
MISSOURI is getting after the bogus
bond swindles with it sharp stick. Ne
braska authorities can earn popular ap
proval by immediately instituting pro
ceedings against the companies that are
preying upon our citizens. Their pres
ent inaction is inexcusable.
IT is now announced that Millie
Christine , the two-headed woman , la to
bo one of the great attriiutions at the
Nebraska state fair. If the management
can only secure the presence ot our
esteemed double-ontler , its collection of
bipartite wonders will bo unexcelled.
THE word of President Clark of the
Union Paoillo ought to bo pretty good
authority lei the assurance that the pres
ent retrenchment in the wages of its em
ployes is to continue only until the re
stored busino-'s of the road will permit
a return tJ the previous schedule of sal
aries.
ANOTHER long-felt want has been sup-
pllt l in the ranks of Omaha newspapers
under the nauio of l'opuli tL Its editor
ana publisher , George W. Drowsier , is
a veteran printer well known to the
craft of this city as u vigorous exponent
of the financial vlows of the groou-
backers and populists.
Now THAT-tho banks have shown their
ability to withstand all pressure people
who have boon frightened into hoarding
money und keeping it stored in safety
deposit vaults or hidden in old stock
ings will Had it to their nil vnuUigo to re-
dopoalt In the banks , muko it earn in
terest and give it a ohanco to circulate.
IN BELUOTING Mr. D , Clem Doavor as
chairman of their state contra ! commit
tee the populists have conferred a de
served compliment. Mr , Doavor boa for
ycura boon n hard wprkor in their cause ,
and while wo differ with him radically
on many issues , wo regard him as u man
ivho has the oouragu of bis convictions ,
Not content with having hnd the max
imum freight rate law hung up In the
federal courU , the railroads doom de
termined that no legislation onnoted In
the Interest of the people by their
representatives in the last legislature
shall over rccolvo the force of law.
The point of attack has now boon
shifted to the transtor switch law ,
which was Intended to rollovo shippers
from sending their goods over a line
longer than the shortest distance by
rail between the points of consignment.
The transfer switch law requires all
railroads operating in the etato touching
nt common points or at s'omo near point ,
whore freight is received and delivered ,
to build nnd maintain switches for their
common use in transferring freight in
carload lots from ono line to the other.
The roads are enjoined under heavy
penalties to construct those switches nnd
to give shippers a through way bill to
the place of destination , charging there
for a rate no higher than the sum of
the local rates on the connecting
lined. The law went ostensibly into
force on August I , but the penalties wore
not to attach until after the lapse of
.sixty days granted the roads to
bring before the Hoard of Transporta
tion Applications for exemption from its
provisions at particular points whore its
enforcement would bo unusually burden
some , and hcnco unjust nnd unreason
able.
It was evidently under n misappre
hension of the law that complaint was
made n few weeks ago before the board
by certain citizens who sought to com
pel the roads to put in a switch as con
templated by the law. The law im
poses a duty upon the railroads without
further -action on the part of shippers ,
unless the railroads are exempted by
the order of the State Board of Trans
portation. When , then , the Burling
ton comes as it does before the
board and asks to bo excused
from living up to the provisions of the
law in relation to switches at sixty-
throe points , it is practically seeking to
nullify the whole law , nnd it behooves
the interested shippers to look out for
their rights. It is highly probable that
those sixty-thrco points specified in the
petition include most , if not all , of the
places whore the Burlington would be
compelled under the law to construct
switches for the benefit of their patrons.
If so , the legislature could have jjpeeiflc-
ally exempted that road if it did not in
tend thafc the law should apply to it.
The petition of the Burlington may bo ex
pected to bo followed by similar petitions
from every other railroad operating
within the state , and if ono is entitled
to relief , all will claim the same treat
ment. As we have said before , it rests
with the Board of Transportation to
make this law a reality or a living
farce. The responsibility of its enforce
ment can not bo shifted by them. Unless
they act honestly by the people in this
instance the abolition of a board that
haa become notorious a ? a more puppet
of the railroads will be the first work of
the next legislature.
Sinn QVKSTIUA'S UKVUKK CONORKSS.
The present' " congress will have a
number of important questions to con
sider besides those relating to the cur
rency and the tariff. The democrats
hove already given notice of their in-
tontirn to repeal the federal election
laws. A bill for this purpose intro
duced by Senator Hill otNow York
was favorably reported to the senate by
the judiciary committee last week , so
that it is likely to take a conspicuous
place in the deliberations of the
senate very soon after the sil
ver question is disposed of. A similar
measure will bo introduced in the
house , and as the democrats in both
branches -are ot course unanimous in
favor of such legislation its ultimate
adoption is assured. It is not expected
that it will bo opposed by the republi
cans generally , though undoubtedly
some of them will make a vigorous fight
against it. As a mutter of fact the fed
eral election laws have for years' boon
Inoperative in the section of the country
where they wore , intended to secure
citizens their political rights.
The house committee on the election
of president , vice president and repre
sentatives in congress contemplates"
reporting several measures of general
interest relating to matters within its
jurisdiction. Ono of those will bo a bill
changing the time for the mooting of
congress , The constitution provides
that congress shall assemble at least
once in every year and that such moot
ing shall bo.on . the first Monday in
December unless congress shall by law
appoint a different day. Full authority
is thus given to congress to change the
appointed day of mooting , but though
frequently urged to do BO It has never
exercised the authority. There are
cogent reasons in favor of n change , but
whether they will prove to bo
moie effective with the present
than with post congresses is a ques
tion. The indisposition to depart from
n practice which has prevailed from the
beginning of the government is strong
nnd very dllllcult to overcome. Two
other contemplated changes could only
bo effected by amendments to the con
Btltution. Quo of those relates to the
election of United States senators and
the other to the term of the president
and vice president. The constitution
provides that the senate shall bo com
posed of two senators from each state
chosen by the legislature thereof.
There is a very strong and growing
Hentimont in the country in favor of the
election of senators by tlm people , and
If an amendment to the constitution pro
viding for the popular election of sena
tors were submitted to the legislatures
of the Btatoa It is highly probable that
the neoojsary throe-fourths of them
would ratify it. The people ought to bo
given an opportunity to pay whether' or
not they desire tmch u change , but it Is
hardly probable that at this time two-
thirds of the senate that nurobor in
both houses being necessary 11 propose
an amendment could bo induced to
ugroo to the reform. It will undoubt
edly coma in time , but not from tlm
present congress. "With regard to the
lOM
presidential term , it is proposed to
make it blx yours und to provide that
Itr
the president shall bo ineligible for >
re-election for the next succeeding term.
There is a great deal to bo said in favor ,
at jnioh. acbABRB , . and it Is not to be
doubted that its proposal would receive
very general approval , as would another
looking to the election of president nnd
vice president by the popular vote
direct Instead of through the anomalous
and cumbersome method of the electoral
colleges.
The consideration of tbcso questions
will give congress and the country
something to think about which will nt
any rnto relieve the monotony of finan
cial and economic discussion.
jv/cir /
The conference hold last Saturday be
tween the president , Secretary Carlisle ,
Speaker Crisp and two members of the
house committee on banking nnd cur
rency In reference to formulating a bill
to reorganize the national banking sys
tem so that atnto banks may bo em
braced , has attracted a good deal of at
tention. It is interesting and important
ns indicating the solicitude of the ad
ministration to satisfy the popular de
mand for more currency , and also ns
showing a desire on the part
of the president not to entirely
disregard tho- demand , of a very
largo element of his party that the
state banks shall bo accorded the right
to issue currency. Tlioro Is rcnson to
believe that Mr. Cleveland docs not
favor a repeal ot the tax on state bank
issues by which such banka would bo
loft free to omit notes subject only testate
state regulation , but ho is probably
enough in sympathy with the state
rights idea In connection with this matter -
tor to desire that the state banks shall
not bo loft in their present position.
What may bo done to trlvo them a bet
ter standing , so far as that ia-dopond-
ont upon the prlvil6go of issuing cur
rency , scorns to haVe been the principal
object of last Saturday'SiConfcrenoo.
Reports as to what transpired at this
meeting differ somewhat , but alLagroo
that nothing was decided upon , only the
general outline of a plan for u reorgan
ization of the entire banking system so
ns to include state banks being con
sidered. It is understood that nnothor
conference will bo hold , with a larger
number of financiers in attendance , in
cluding Mr. Vborbccs nnd Mr. Springer ,
chairmen respectively of the sonata
finance committco and thc , house
committee on banking and currency , at
which it is expected a definite plan will
bo agreed upon to bo formulated into a
bill for submission to congress. . Unless
something bettor is proposed than the
plan which is said to nnvo boon out
lined at last week's ' conference there is
no probability that the further consid
eration of the matter by the president
and those whom ho may invite to confer
with him will amount to anything. Any
scheme which proposes state bank
issues under federal control must
fail , for obviously the proposi
tion defeats itself. A "stato bank
under federal supervision would ba
a blank contradiction , and it is certain
that no such arrangement would bo ac
cepted or tolerated by the sticklers for
state rights. Does anybody suppose that
the southern states would allow federal
bank examiners to inspect the affairs of
banking institu'tionsjtliat obtaine'd'tnoir
charters from the states ? There are
several very weak features of the plan
reported to have been considered at the
conference , but the ono above referred
to is perhaps the weakest. At any rate ,
it is enough alone to defeat the plan.
There can bo no compromises or make
shifts so far as the question of state
bank issues is concerned. Either the
tux which prevents such issues must
be maintained or the states loft en
tirely free to authorize the .issue of
notes by state banks under whatever
regulations or conditions the legisla
tures may provide. The matter does
not admit of any juggling , and if Mr.
Cleveland wants to please the state
rights clement of his party the only way
ho can do it is to favor ropeal'-of. the 10
per cent tax. This he will probably
not do.
THK order of the secretary of the
treasury directing1 the manning ; of the
mints at Philadelphia and San lOrancisco
to their full capacity and tbo coinage of
gold as fast as possible shows that' tho' '
treasury intends to bo prepared , to use
its gold reserve to whatever extent maybe
bo nncessary to moot the obligations of
the government. Nearly all of this reserve -
servo is in the form of bullion , and if the
United States notes were not ( to. ho de
prived of their usual support"and ? the
reserve wore to bo maintained , thtsspoclo
would not bo coined. In tha.orm of
bars the gold is easier to handle and
store than it will bo when minted , and
the loss from abrasion is rod need to a
minimum. The coinage of this"rosorvo
iseviderico that the secretary"oxpecta
that It will bo needed to pay tlio de
mands upon the government and implies
that it will ho jtho pollcj of thfTtroasury
to use it for this purpose. There Is no
legal obstacle to this being done and If
the purchase of silver is discontinued it
is not apparent that ony harm could re
sult from using the reserve in this way.
At any rate the government could not ,
without damage to 1U credit , allow its
obligations to KO unpaid while holding
this gold. There is a heavy dollcit In
prospect and Secretary Carlisle is tak
ing timely .precaution. Congress ought
to llml a way to ohvluto the necessity of
making any serious Inroad upon the
gold rofcorvov
lawyers who nsplro to
honors on the supreme bench of this
state may as well curb their ambition
und wuit until the bench is enlarged by
constitutional amendment. Judge Max
well will either succeed himself or bo
succeeded by the populist candidate.
Tltis is not only the trend of public
sentiment , but also the inevitable consequence
quence of the hostility of the state
house boodlors to Maxwell nnd the
activity of the railroad politicians to
have him retired and superseded by a
man of their own stripe.
THUS far the tariff hearings before
the ways and means committee have
elicited nothing of any vuluo to the
work which the committee has In hand
und the promise that much of import
ance will bo elicited does not improve.
We have learned that the Bermuda pro
ducers of onions want the duties taken
off , which is not surprising- view of
tlio fact that he , , producer has to pay
the duty , and th/s / j about' the only in-
formatlonj if it fcan bo BO termed , that
has boon ob fjiod. There was n
promise of something Instructive
regarding tho01 development of
the silk worm , fujjtho. flight of a major
ity of tbo committee summarily cut
short the storyftlftleh the "father1' ' of
illk culture In thpUnit , < ul States hnd on-
crod uponi That fact Is that this so-
sailed "hcnrlng'jj' ' ' s wo have heretofore
romnrkod , Is piujafy a perfunctory mat
er , and It Is niHiLifdstly the purpose of
ho majority of Jyio committco to got
hrouph with it .as easily ns possible.
There wus a precedent which the demo
crats felt it would be inexpedient to
gnoro altogether , but they do not propose -
pose to devote much time or trouble in
hewing respect for it.
EX-SENATOR JAMES UAIUAN of Iowa
declines to endorse the citizens' move-
nont for prohibition in that state be
cause ho sees that it is simply n useless
implication in the political situation
designed to throw the contest to the
democrats. The aged ex-sonator will
not bo led astray from the republican
principles to which ho boa nlwnys sub
scribed. Neither will the great mass
of Iowa republicans.
SENATOR.TKLLKR. asks for sympathy
for his follow senator , Mr. Stewart of
Nevada , who was compelled to remain
on his feet ever four hours while ad
dressing the senate on the repeal bill
the other day. In this case it would bo
inucn more appropriate to request sym
pathy for the poor senators who were
compelled to listen to four hours of
Senator Stewart's ' silver grind.
Whence the Crnnkor
r/iflait'lphfa Times.
Tlio frog carries a calamity moral with it.
flo's nblo to Icoep liia head well above water ,
but stllt.lio croaks.
Political rri > Riio tlcn.
Globo-Dcmocrat.
Unquestionably tbo republicans will win
iu Ohio tills year , probably tUoy will win in
Iowa nua Massachusetts , anil they have nt
least nn equal chauco with the democrats to
win in Now York.
Tlio Truntlul Trust In Olney.
jfno 1'ork ll'mW.
Attorney Gonor.il Olnoy is a man ot exten
sive Information iu some respects , but there
is a theory that he would not know the anti
trust plaulc ot the Chicago platform if ho
were to meet it in the middle of the road.
A Note of Witrnlncr.
J.nnf ulffe CourfeixTuurnal.
The bald-headedJorisado of the senate
should , as it sltft down there in tbo front
row just under tho.fpolli . lHs , know that its
turn is every jyeaijjc'oniing soldomor und sol-
domor. amt now th.atlt , has a chance to dis-
tiugutsti itself nwiisdo its duty by the god
dess of liberty it oudht to show the old girl
that it isn't the sUek" folks take it for.
A. Year if irent llnhlos.
OlnpCyjfcmocrat.
Glorious old Ifiijl. Gladstone , Darwin ,
Lincoln , Tcun.vson and Oliver Wendell
Ho hues wcro boni.iuetluit year. Among the
other Rreat children of the year wnro Eliza
beth Barrott-Bro\ynfig ] , Edgar A. Pee , Jules
Favre. Hannibal Ilamlin ex-Speaker Hobert
U. Winthrop , Mbnuclssohn , the German
musician and composer ; Proudhon , the
French socialists'And1 political writer ; T. S.
Arthur , once in hljrhly popular American
writer , and Itobcrtfit T. Hunter ; dead a few
years ago , ivhoAatpn.tlm.o was , onp of the
most CQlWjpji uQUs pljpythocn statesmeno l
'Now ' for'Utyankb'n TraJo ,
KantKtJ'Gltu Har.
For the sakVof ttio bright pl&matro of the
American eagle , for'the honor of the Ameri
can Hag and for the everlasting glory of the
Yankee trader , let us fervently hope and
earnestly pray that when the c-zar bf Russia
and the manager of the Palo Alto stables
look over the horscs'thoyaro swapping the
American can proudly say slid 'did up oil
Russia in a horse trade if she didn't como
out oven In the Bering- sea business. The
Bering sea matter was ono of nationa
diplomacy , but a horse trade is a sacrcc
affair wherein every American fools a keen
proud , Dorsonal interest.
o
I'KUl'LKJT.VZ )
Bartholdl , the famous sculptor of Liberty
is doing the World's ; fair.
From present Indications there will bo no
necessity for the oflico seeking the man.
Alpheus Do Harcn , an Odd Fellow since
1834. died at Monroe , -Wis. , last Monday
aged 93.
For some unoxplafncn reason the Nebraska
populists failed to nail their planks will
single tax.
Signi of prosperity multiply , yet thi
Vcragua improvement fund continues in tli
throes of collapse.
'Gt'jioral Cassius M. Clay claims to bo ;
Knntuckiau , yet ho drinks 410 whisky" am
uses no tobacco. Ho will bo 83 .years eli
next month.
There Is comfort-In > the news from mcdicr.
sourccs that the grip is a thing of the past
The grip of anthrauite coal barons remain
as perilous as ever.
Congressman Bryan's motaphorlc muti
and Napoleonic drummer boy are expert
encing grave difllculty in establishing tliol
identity and habitation.
The House of Lords Is struggling manfull.
to maintain a close resemblance to the United
States sonato. A majority of the members
are classed as "tiresome talkers. "
Since general confidence took the reins
last month railroad and industrial stocks
have advanced from live to twenty points.
And tbo trend is upward and onward.
'Iho weather department Is not only loyal
to tlio west , but furnishes a quality of ster
ling 8unshlno which puts corn in a mallow ,
husky mood. . More power to Junlus.
A year ago tlio Now York 'World whooped
In the highways and hedircs for Cleveland
and prosperity. Now its.eiiergles are tasked
distributing free bread to the hungry.
Barno.v Baruoto is tbo r'chest man in
South Africa. Only a few years ago he was
a dealer iu seoonu-hdnd ulolblug in London ,
Ills wealth is ostimittM at 1JOUDUOO ( ) and
ho Is part owner ill'MAvoKv ' railroad , mine ,
tramway nnd blg'lbulldlng enterprise In
Capo Colony. , e
A "Society of ' 1'eVfectly Pure Young
Gentleman of the Snigo" has been organ
Ized In Now Yorlc , for . iho ostensible purpose
of supplying socoml-hand cigarettes and
cast-oft clothing to iioor but virtuous actors.
A reserve force of IKjilfco has been detailed
as escorts for the ballot.
W. K.Vandorbilt.'jSjftuw yacht , tbo Valiant ,
has been titled up regardless of the financial
Htrlnguncy. The lutqrlor U hung lu French '
silk and the carpcu u an artist's droatn.
When BUI guts sea' % # he can tumble into a
bed mndo of Pollnrcf k carved In the high
est style of art andjWQrlh ? 15,001) ) .
Henry Wolcott.brother of the scnntor.
has been In Washington recently. Ho Is
older and vre.ilthler-thau iho frco silver
apostlu , and when tiAtrie one askcu him why
he didn't go iuto politics ho smiled und re
plied that ono politician In the family was
enough , "As it Is , " ho nddod , "I have to
stay at homo and make money for Nod to
play poUor with. "
It Is announced again ns a ( load sure thing
that Ktniii Pusho , the African explorer , per
ished in the Jungles. The coppor-hucd coui-
iiiandnr has been resurrected so oftnu ( hat
tbo news should bo allowed to cool before
digestion , Moaiivyhilo the wires to Ujljl
will bo kept hot until a cablegraph of the
oorrsoissocurpd.
Yung Yu , the now Chinese minister nt
\yashlugtou , is a man of prompt action and
indoi > cndont suit-it. When ho had been in
Washington three days ho hud selected u
homo , which ho will occupy Immediately. It
Is not In the neighborhood which for years
has been chos > cii by tbo diplomats , but in ono
of the suburbs , Columbia Heiphts , command
ing a line vlow of the city. Ho lias taken
two houses , to bo occupied by himself and
family und his twouty attaches and Rurvants.
rttlCH OF TllK BTATK I'KMilt.
Thrf OnljI'rnpnr Thin * to Do.
Utrtng Couritr.
The proper thing for the republican con-
cntlon to do Is to nominate Judge Maxwell
or supreme judge. The self stccmlnp por-
Ion of the republican party has no flitbt
vlth Maxwell. J
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Trlclcory Will II * ll nteil.
Kearney Journal.
The republican t arty will ItAolf repudiate
mythlnft that smacks of trickery or n Jou to
Icfcat MoxwulL Uhero are many honest re-
nibllcnns who are opposed to Maxwell for
rood reasons not connected with any decls-
on ho has made , but they will resent any-
hlng like a packed convention and It will bo
n sorry day for the par y when It occurs.
Simply
Tililen CIHzen.
The World-Herald says N. D. Jackson
sh6uld not bo elected district Judge because
10 Is u republican. What mlsei-ablo rot to
) o vomited forth by n metropolitan uows-
> apcr which is supposed to employ brains on
ts editorial staff ! If no inoro serious cbargo
, han this can bo brought against an Aspirant
'orjuitlelal honors It is better loft.unspokcn ,
Dinlpo County lor Maxwell.
l-t-cinoni l-VrtiJ. -
Dixlgo county Is for Maxwell nit tbo time ,
and the only hope of those who oppose- his
rcnominatlou is that they may keep the
voters from tbo primaries nnd. thus. prevent
in honest expression. The , contomptablo
tactics of the chairman. of tbo county central
committco , who is tlio leader of the anti-
Maxwell forces , In withholding uotico ot the
snap convention from the oilier republican
papers of the county is snniclcnt oxempll-
tlojitloirof the lengths they are willing to roBert -
Bert to in order to gain their ends. Go to
the primaries and vote to reward Judicial
Honesty. Sot down on the self-constituted
bosses and snap convention manors nnO sot
down on them in n manner that will leave
no doubt us to what you mcau.
A Strong ; und Able Ciimllclato.
Unciitn Cult.
The independent state ticket will bo con
sidered by all impassioned observers as a
strong ono. The party machinery that bad
things manipulated to nominate Ifcitrnn was
routed early In the day and tao lield won ,
vv'ith Judge. Holcomb as its candidate. From
these who know the judge well , from those
not members ot his political party , there
seems to bo a very general verdict that ho
is a man of good" ability who has made an
excellent record us district Judge in thn
Twelfth district. Ho is n young man with
much of his future before him , und his nom
ination will rcmovo much of the usual per
sonality in this campaign and. cause tlio battle -
tlo to bo fought , as it ought to bo , on the
political professions of the populist party
as laid down in their platform.
Ihnro' * a I.oiumi lor Kcnuullcmii.
Ltnctiln iVeH-s.
In naming Judge Holcomb ns their candi
date. , for supronlo Judge the independents
of Nebraska have put their best foot for
ward. Mr. Hotcom bis n young man , but 1)5 )
years old , In personal appearance almost the
exact counterpart of Senator Allen , and ,
whllo bib farao as'a Jurist has boon confined
to the western part of the state , the fact
that ho has no record to attack or defend
makes him a strong candidate. The lesson
to be drawn therefrom by the republicans
of Nebraska is that to win In this ilgnt
they must nominate the party's best man
ono who docs not bear the railroad braud
and wlloso ability , honesty , integrity
and fealty to tno interests of the pco-
plo is without question. The ngtu
in Nebraska this fall will bo on the antimonopoly -
monopoly issue , and the republicans must
meet it fairly and squarely. There is an
impression not conllned by any means to the
ranks of the independents that the Judicial
ermine has been too often worn by men
whoso first ' interest was that of the corpo
rations whe'n any contest' was on between
thorn and tbo people , and .who have be
trayed the conlldcnco placed in them.
Whether this bo true or not , the News leaves
it to the people , who are as well informed
thereon as any newspaper. The fact re
mains , however , that the impression pre
vails , and if Lho republicans of Nebraska
have the nrimo political wisdom usually as
cribed to them they will 'sec to it that the
Keeso treachery is "not 're-enacted ' by tbo
corporations and their henchmen. \
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A I'EVL'LK'S COUltT. -
How ItallrouUs Itlvotoil n Cinch on the
ConrtH of Illinois.
Chicago Herald : Failure of the legislature
to pass any law directly inimical to railroader
or other powerful , corporations has left the
poor people of this state more abjectly than
ever at the mercy of these- remorseless
organizations. They co'iitmuo to take life nt
grade crossings in collisions caused by the
criminal ucglcKanco or their agents and iu
consequence of their own niggardliness in
providing adequate safeguards , mechanical
and human. If 'they take life the highest
sum a Jury can assess Is $5,000. From that
verdict or any less than that they can appeal
to the appellate court ,
The plalutift is generally poor. He has
not , or- his wretched orphans and widow
have not , the means wherewith to pursue
the defendant to the end of the Judicial road.
Lawyers must live by their profession. If
poor people hire them they must pay for pro
fesslonal'servico. The problem now is to so-
euro Justice for poor people , at least approx
imately , without the interposition and con
sequent compensation of lawyers.
A line piece of work was done by corpora
tion agents in the construction of tbo appel
late court ot Illinois. Its magnitude and sig
nificance have thus faroscaped appreciation.
If a Jury give in a damage. case a hltrhcr sum
to thn heirs of a victim wboso lifo was taken
or to the -victim himself , in cases ot bodily
injury , than the corporation bo disposed to
pay , tbo corporation takes the issue to the
appellatecourt. . That court , on a ques
tion of merely improper Instruction by
the trial Judge , may sot the Judgment
aside ; but if the reversal bo against
the plaintiff ho cannot go over
that court to the supreme court , whllo the
defendant , if the reversal be against it , can
go "over the appellate court to tho- supreme
court and drag the poor plaintiff through
nuothcr year or two of want. When at
Icugth tbo case is settled a largo proportion
of the cash Dually collected must go for
counsel feus and costs.
Can any rational and honest man under
stand why the corporation should have this
second right of appeal and the individual it
has injured or ruined have not the same
right ? A shrewder tilt of corporation lawmaking -
making never was accomplished.
wanted , for the simplification of
such suits Is a people's court without law
yers. Under tbo HOW statute covering costs
of beginning suits , if a plaintiff swear ho is
too poor to'jiav the $10 required bo is en
titled to have his case entered without cost.
This Is a sound principle under our constitu
tion , which declares that every person ought
to obtain by law "right anu Justice freely ,
without being obliged to purchase it , com
pletely and without denial , promptly and
without delay. "
But the constitutional maxim lacks com
plete fulfillment. There ought to bo ono
court In every county wh'cra a layman can
state his own case , present his witnesses at
the state's expense for examination by a Just
and fearless judge , and secure Justlco with'
out the present cumbersome , costly and dlla
tory process. The public administrator or
some person acting In such capacity should
bo the representative of plaintiffs who nmlco
oaths that they are paupers nnd ennnoc , hlro
counsel to proseuutu their rlt'hts. The pre
siding Juu o should be un interlocutor of all
parties , seeking only truth and Justlco Im
partially between them.
In case the parties to such actions before
such a court preferred reference of thorauso
to u board , nay of three arbitrators , the Hud-
ing of such a board should bo Jlnal on tioth
sides.
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Scarcity or Puriii I.nlior.
uU Vrtt I'reti.
From all over the country has como the
cry that harve&t hands are scarce. In many
sections old men , woman und children were
called upon to help gather the crops because
ublo-bodied laboring men were not to bo had.
This is a state of affairs which should not
exist when there are so many wurkingmen
idlo. Instead of the distribution of labor
which should exist In a country of our vast
extent nnd varied resources , this class of
population Is largely congested In our great
cities and manufacturing centers. It Is
among the evils fostered by a protective
system which attracts capital to the Held
whoroltia favored , stalls the enterprises
which employ labor , stimulates production
beyond the demands of consumption and ,
when orders ccasu to como in , throws hun
dreds and thousands out of employment.
About 700 wore given employment In the
Brnildock , Pa. , nlro works which itartcd up
this xvook.
The William Clnrk thread mill nt Westerly -
orly , K. I. , started up Tuesday nflor ( \ four
wcoki ahutdotv , ) .
The Clyde print works fit Illvor Point , H.
I. , resumed this week , nnd will run. four dnys
a week for the present.
All departments of the Carncglo steel
mills at Ilomostoad , Pn. . resumed Wednes
day , employing 2,000 men.
The mMn cotton nnd yarn mills of the
Paclllc mills nt Iiwrcnco , Mass. , reopened
Wednesday , giving employment to 2,000 per
sons.
The steve worlcs of the Anihutx-Brndbury
company , Allegheny , Pa. , which have been
closed for sorao time , began operations Tues
day.
day.Tbo
Tbo Shaw Stocking company of Txnvell ,
Mass. , Is occupying its now mill , recently
completed , which increases tlio producing
capacity fully W ) percent.
The Valley Falls mills of HOO looms nt
Providence , li. 1. , started up Monday , ns did
also the Oliver Irou and yteel works , the
H.iincsworthSteol company nnd the Howe ,
Brown ft Co. steel mill , allot llttsbnnr.
The Kccch ft Brown mills of Valley Falls ,
II. I. , tbo two mills of the ( Juldnic'k com
pany at Quldnlck , U. I. , the Carolina mill *
at Carolina , H. I. , and the Hlvcrsldo KnUtliiR
mills at Llltlo Falls , N. Y. , resumed opera
tions this week ,
The Windsor Locks ( Conn. ) Stool company
has n contract for rolling out 14,000 pounds
of aluminium Ingots into rods twenty feel
long nnd ono nnd thrpo-fourtbs inches In
diamotor. The rods are to bo made into
lx > lts. The material Is composed of about 13
per cent of aluminium , and is a bright yellow
color and very tough. It will resist the
action of salt water and is therefore used iu
boat building.
The Watcrbury Watch company reopened
its works this week uftor the usual annual
vacation of ono month. The Waterbury
Clock company has already opened and given
work to 1 , ! > 00 persons ufwr u two wcoks
rest. Business in the brass foundries is
good and looking brighter every day. Money
la not ns scarce as it was , and employers are
iio\r experiencing no troublu in malting up
their pay rolls.
AJlllt.lHK.l .IMt XKJtU.lHKAXH.
Rock county republicans will hold their
convention at Newport September ! JU.
The Harlau county republican convention
has boon called to moot at Alma , Septem
ber 20.
The Orleans seminary will open Septem
ber 20 under the direction of Prof. .7. L. Me-
Brian.
Five head of cattle standing along n wlro
fence near Potter wcro killed , by a stroke of
lightning.
Tim second annual exposition of tbo Elmwood -
wood Fair and Driving association will bo
hold October a to 0.
A horse boioturing to a Ilivonna man fell
into a ditch and landed on Its back , and , no
body being on hand to rescue it , the animal
soon died.
A. H. Uobinsou
of Norfolk slipped into n
vat of hot sugar at the sugar factory and
had ono leg parboiled from tbo ankle to the
hip. Ho was lucky to escape with Ills llfo
auu a preserved leg.
The Episcopalians of DoWltt have lust
occupied their now church , n beautiful
edifice costlntr J3.200. The building will bo
consecrated later in the season , when the
bishop returns to Omaha.
Ed Potter , u horse thief confined in Jail at
Tecumseh , had made a saw to work his way
to freedom , but unlucltily his tool was dis
covered and ho was finally tried and son-
tenccd to the penitentiary for three years.
North Platte busluoss men have interested
themselves in a scheme for an irrigation
canal and have taken steps to have made a
preliminary survey from a point on the
North Platte river near Paxton across tbo
Platte valley to the South Platte river.
The republicans of the Ninth Judicial dis
trict , have nominated Judge N. D. Jackson of
Ncligh to succeed hlmsolf on the bench.
Judge Jackson was appointed by Governor
Crounso to the pfaco vacated by W. V.
Allen when ho was chosen United States
senator.
Burglars are active at A'urora. The olher
night they broke into the residence of Dr.
Stecuburg and stele his watch and ,1 small
sum of money. At the residence of Mr.
Balcor of the firm of Baker & Wales thieves
also broke in and stele a suit of clothes ,
his watch and about $5 in money.
I11R ZMSAI.VG ODIt. . OKA. rES. '
St. Louis Republic : No matter what the
fact , the Impression must remain that Dr.
( iraves has convicted himself.
Buffalo Express : It Is a pity that men
like Dr. T. Thatcher Graves do not commit
sulcido before they commit murder.
Chicago Post : Dr. Graves possibly did
the wisest nnd most comfortable thing for
himself , but as for convincing unsentimental
folk of hlslnnoconco thereby that isanother
matter.
Denver Republican : This nnto-mortom
appeal will not tend to reverse tlio popular
opinion that Dr. Graves was guilty. His
channel of escape from the final determin
ation of his case confirms all of the damag
ing testimony which preceded the act of self-
destruction. It reveals the fact that chief
among his accusers was his own conscience
and that the knowledge of his own crime be
came , in the end , moro than he could bear.
The wicked heart could no longer keep its
own secret. In words which DanlelAVobstor
has mudo immortal , "tbero was no refuge
but suicide , and suicide is confession. "
in it
Truth ! "I pnl.l . 200 for thli terrier. "
' Skjrclilgh , elir
ElmlrnOnrnttfl ! Llfo to tlio bunco man li
cornostho faoh thnt h imm dd nil Ihut ho
CAII.
Ixjwell Courlor ! OnAfeMureor n cyclone I *
worthy of Konor l Imitation : U lw jr doM
Its level best ,
\Vnliln ( an Sfnr : 'llow'i tholixuInrM out
look with you ? " nsUort thn customer.
liiicournglngljr dark , " replied the chimney
OalvcMon Ndw * ! The nuMtlon that con
fronts the fast young malt is whether he will
lot up now or lot down later.
Post on Trnmerlpt ! Cn < ( annoyed ) Don't
you know Hint , fool can n < k questions ? llnij
1 1m d hoiml-to : now I know ft.
Keforcl : iJthel nnimn's awfully
put out.
Klnlnc Whnt's the matter ?
KthulVliy. . slio vrcnltn ho trouble of mnk-
IIIK'H fcnrful f list ever ix llltlo memo nndcomn
to find out thuro wasn't a limn near Ui look nt
her ,
riillxdolphln TlocorrtVoll , " observed
llloblisnt iho slum"iho Itonch I * dirty with
wreckage , but we can hardly sny thnllt U not
tldn-y. "
Chlcnco Trlbuno ! Klvort I wonilor whnt
ninko * my hairdo Imrsh nnd dry.
Hatiki You haven't wet your now hixtyot.
Llfo : Clmlllu Are you fond of the water ?
hiHlo K.\ccedlnitlyl At the inoro tlimiRlitof
snlllnc over tlm bounding waves , I cnn scnrcult
contain myself *
Uliolllo Yes , thut'a the wny It nfTccts mo ,
( oo.
Truth : Shn Mr. Tailor wouldn't call In Iho
doctor to KOO his baby. Now that It IM dend I
Mipposo ho U Incnnsoliiblp.
llo No : ho siivs It Is a comfort to know It
died n natural duath ,
Waif : Mrs. 1'aiiRlr Hnvo you secured n
lodger for your second floor yi < t , Mr. ( Joslln ?
lioslln ( horrlllcd ) 1 haven't. boon looking fern
n lodger , madam.
Mrs. KniiKln Why , I'm ccrtiilti my hustmnd
told mu you had rooms to lot In your upper
story.
/JcitimCutcrfcr.
They saw that tlm man was a MrniiRer
Whim ho came to tlm Imr that < 1ny , <
Hut hn enlli-d for n schooner of lugur
In a lofty and lordly nay.
And the crowd round tlio fish and the crackers
Looked over tlu'lr shoulders to see
Tlio man with the inaiinorso Imuuhty ,
Whllo wondering who ho might bo.
Hut. the bartender murmured softly ,
"I think ho must bo n tar ,
From tlm way that he's navigating
That schooner across the bar. "
utvr KXUWX :
JVC" ) Yuilt Kvcnlno Sun ,
Had I hut kiioun
When I Es/cd fondly on those four fair mieons
And dmum'd of untold woulth nnd brighter
scones
Thnt you would hold
Klvo little hearts In SL-quunco dread nrrnyed ,
Casting my rovnl beauties lu the shade
Held pat and cold
I would not then so prodigal have grown
Had 1 but known.
AVhon to the ciontor you replied
"Thanks , none for mo ? "
I watched your marble brow and trembling
Up.
And laughed unto myself and thought with
B L ° '
"I've Rot him dend this trip ? "
I thought that you hnd caught a-slmplo lluih ,
Bright ns a maiden's blush.
Or , nulto ns sure to lure you to your falo ,
A tempting straight.
And laughed to think how 1 should earn your
I would not now bo loft to wnll nnd monn
Had I but known.
A J1IXI JFUO.lt 1'stlllS.
European Edition New Trfli IJeraJA
nuuss.
This Is of light belgo cloth. Bands of gul-
pure lace form a blouse over draperies of
mnuvo surah , pleats of which show betvrocn
the bands of the corsage. Maura surah girdle -
dlo around tbo waist and three bands of
mauve surah'around the bottom of the sltlrt.
Largest Manufacturers and RotalloM
ot Clothing In the World.
Now , will you be good ?
If you are going1 to school next Monday , we'll
do a little wearing out on this
old suit of yours so that you
can get a new one. B. K. & Co ,
are now showing all the now
things in school suits Don't'al-
low the apparently low prices
on cheap stuff to keep you from
looking at those nice clean
goods which are also offered at
very low prices so low indeed that there is no
excuse why your boy should not be well dressed.
This week's special line of school suits in cheviots
and cassimeres in modest light and dark shades
have an extra pair of knee pants to match. Nov
elty [ suits in zouaves , kilts , reefer suits and reefer
overcoats for fall wear are very attractive. All
these suits are tailor-made up substantially with
the greatest of care and will in every instance give
good service , because they are the best goods to bo
had. Without doubt you will find hero the most
complete assortment of novelties in caps , beautiful
to behold , ever seen in Omaha , all at specially low
prices before school calls.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store . - . UH Ml | S , W , COf , 15ft Stj ,
