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DKIIATK in Mio hon.so will now pass
from nojji1" ilntnlniition to Chinese ex
clusion. _ _ _ _ _
Tin : victory of Uio roptiblicnn city
tlckot in Indianapolis ia the first straw
tlmtshnwHvhluli way the political wind
Is blowinj ; .
TliKUH is something more dreadful
for the ponplo of a free common wealth
to contcniplato than ii populist supreme
court , anil that is a railroad sunromo
court.
THE phenomenal editions of some of
the Chicago newspapers on Chicago clay
liavo established several high water
marks that promise to remain the envy
of American publishers for some time
to come.
Winr-ujr F. BKCHETJ has made a very
efllciont councilman. Ho is thoroughly
familiar with every branch of the
municipal machine , anil is conco'iled to
bo the host presiding oflloor the council
lias over hud.
THE ropubl leans of Douglas county
will make a great mistake if they nomi
nate any candidate whoso conduct is in-
defensible. Such candidates weaken
the ticket and make the race very uncer
tain for everybody.
WITH an assurance that the resusci
tated Western Base Ball association is
to bo conducted without resort to specu
lative methods , its promoters ought to
have little difiiculty in bringing Omaha
into tlioir organization.
EVEN railroads do not cat pie all the
time. The returns for the first three
weeks in September show a decrease in
earnings of about III per cent compared
with tlio same period last year , not
withstanding the World's fair trafllc.
IT is all right enough to expend any
surplus in the general fund for street ,
repairs , out the taxpayers should got
td
their money's worth. Wo cannot afford
to place idle men on the pay roll unless
they earn their wages on work that is
needed.
IP TIIK frequent calls of the senate
for information respecting subjects of
public interest are properly responded
to by the government nfllcials senators
will soon bo able to use their positions
as a moans of scouring a liberal educa
tion in economics and political science.
AccoitniNO to the Philadelphia Public
Isdycr tlio best thing that could happen
to the democrats under the circum
stances would bo defeat in Now York nat
the next election. Similar circum
stances make the defeat of the demo
crats the host tjiing for the country in
all the statoH whore elections are to beheld
held this year.
IT is to bo hoped that the delegates
to the irrigation congress in session in
Los Angeles will bo able to agree upon
some definite measures as best calcu
lated to promote their cause. Discus
sion is very well in its place , but discus
sion without results in woreo than use
less. Irrigation ia waiting only for
practical pinna for the redemption of
our arid lands.
WILLIAMS COLLKQI : , just celebrating
its 100th anniversary , is ono of heat
few older educational institutions that
has clung steadily to the old go
Idea and eschewed the innovations of
university work. The completion of its
first century shows that there is still
ample opportunity for the continued de
velopment of the college as dis
tinguished from the university.
ILLINOIS ia moving to reopen the .
boundary question between that state
and Iowa. Why not have Nebraska join
Illinois to secure a satisfactory adjust
ment of the western Iowa border ? The
friction between Nebraska and Iowa
authorities will never bo done away
with until we secure a now and moro
rational definition of the line that sopu-
rates tlio jurisdictions of the two states.
GEonflE P. MUNHO should by all
moans have his name submitted as alla
candidate for the council by petition.
That would not in the least interfere
with the chances of Mr. Mallory , who
was placed on the republican tlckot on
the recommendation of the Fifth ward.
Mr. Munro has been a terror to jobbers
and impostors in the council. Ho has
etood up manfully for the rights of the
taxpayers , and should by all means bom.
retained la the council lor another term.
t.tut-tii-itoN in i.x/Mr.sr/oA. /
It is n sad commentary upon the1
filrcngth of popular government in tlio
United States to have the wheels of
Icgi."lation almost blocked by tlio ob-
stim-llrnist proceedings of a handful of
senator * , into whoso hands the rules of
the Fcnato give absolute control over
the deliberations of that body. Despite
the iinqui'Stionod majority in favor of
the unconditional repeal of the Sher
man silver purcha.se law among the
momburH and the general demand for
the pns ugo of the repeal bill among the
people * of all sections of the * country , it
has como t'i this pass , that'tho only hope
of securing action upon the measure lies
in the physical oxhaustinn of the ob-
Htrucllonfct senators. It mut he an a last
resort that Stmalor Voorhcos , in
charge of the sound mnnoy forces , has
vonlured'to demand continuous .sessions
until it vote shall have bnon reached.
Lpgislatinn by exhaustion , however ,
Is not a ruliablo or safe way of m't-nring
legislation. Like tlio ancient wager of
batik- , which , instead of convicting the
guilty and acquitting the Innuccnt , sot
free tlio powerful or cunning criminal
and punished the guiltlcrts victim of
helplessness , this method thrown aside
all effort to adjust the dispute on its
merits and reduces the contest to one of
more bi-ttto force. "Is it true , " asked
Senator Pal mot' on the Hour of tlio .sen
ate the other day , "ai a mutter of con
stitutional law , or is it consistent with
the nature of this great bady , that thn
only ultimate means of securing u. vole
bore is that wo shall quietly announce
that wo. are engaged in Ilio great busi
ness of sitting each other out ? Are
there really beds and food to bo brought
in here ntid occasionally refreshments
of some other name or character ? If
that bo true , what a termination of a
great intellectual struggle to sit down
and see which can stand it the longest ?
Think of it ! "
Worn wo confident that the trial ot
strength would give results correspond
ing to the justice of the cause wo might
possibly bo willing to seek our legisla
tion in this way. But in such case wo
should elect prize fighters , hrutaors ,
wrestlers and athletes to the senate , not
men who have feeble constitutions ,
whatever might bo tlio superiority of
their brains. As tilings stand now it is
just as likely that the process of exhaus
tion may begin to tell first on the friends
of unconditional repeal and that the ma
jority may still be forced clown in front
of the minority. The silver men have
the advantage of being free from the re
sponsibility of maintaining a quorum.
Their prospects for withstanding the
strain of continuous sessions are as
bright , if not brighter , than these of
tlioir opponents. The exhaustion pro
cess ia a two-edged weapon. Should it
fail it sounds ; the doom of unconditional
repeal in the present congress. It must
bo a desperate game that requires so
.desperate a remedy.
OAK CBAT MllK.
One of the lessons of the big day at
the World's fair is that with favorable
conditions cheap railroad fares may bo
made profitable as well for tlio railroads
as for the 'public. Chicago people are
wont to ascribe the comparatively small
attendance at the exposition during tlio
early part of the season to ' 'hard ' times
and the railroads " '
, and'tho unexpected
success of the last , reduction in passen
ger rates goes far to confirm them in the
last part of their assertion. One cent a
mile has proven more than enough to
cover the expense of convoying a passen
ger from his homo to Chicago.
If any ono had suggested three or four
decades ago that the time would como
when the railroads would carry passen
gers at 1 cent a mile he would probably
have boon laughed completely out of
court. But the wonderful improve
ments in the last few years , by which the
expenses of railroad traffic have been
reduced and the railroad-patronizing
public increased in number , point to the
attainment of that result before the
twentieth century has sped very far on
its course. Looking at the last few
years only wo find that , according to
the statistician of the Interstate Com-
morce commission , the average cost of
carrying ono passenger ono milo on the
railroads of the United States decreased
from lW ! : ) cents in 1888 to 2.M2 cents in
181)1 ) while the
, rovomio received per
passenger milo fell in the same period
from 2.IU ! ) cents to 2.M2 cents. That is i
to say that the profit for each passenger )
milo was , 'M1 cent in 1888 and .232 cent
in 1891. But although the excess of
revenue over coat hail materially dimin
ished , the great increase in the number
of passengers carried made the decrease
in total not revenue insignificant. Re
ductions in faros have not been accom
panied by anything like a corresponding
decrease in earnings , When the rail
roads are assured a largo increase ilof
passenger traffic they will ho compelled
to inaugurate a lower schedule of faros.
The action taken by tlio Western
Passenger association for the continu- .
mice of the 1 cent a mile rate until the
close of the exposition sho'.Tti that the
railroads are tardily appreciating the
situation. To oxppct these rates to bo
made permanent would scarcely bo rea
sonable , but wo are baing furnished aa
practical demonstration of the fact that
the ordinary passenger rates are much
higher than need bo , . Ono cent a milo
will not bo hero this year nor next year ,
but it is bound to como. Just when is a
matter for speculative curiosity ,
TIIK CAKAh I'ltltJKOT AUAIK.
Thorn is no doubt whatever that the
Pintle river canal project Is feasible.
All competent engineers agree that i
there is abundant water for the purposes
which the canal is designed to subserve. ,
The most cousorvatlvo estimate of the
energy which wo can utilize from the
waterfall year in and year out , is 25,000-
horse power. This is CO per cent moro
than Minneapolis gets now from the falls
of St. Anthony. That , of course , means
un overabundant supply for all thn
motor line ? , mills , factories and electric
lighting' plants that may be established
in Omaha for all time to como.
The only question to bo determined is
what will the canul cost , how shall it ho
built and by whom slin.ll It bo managed ?
Can wo carry out the project without
swamping the city and county by an
ouormouB bonded debt ? Can wo afford
to vote thp canal bunds without providing
i"i safeguards against a reckless waMo
of thn funds ?
On these points THE Br.E still remains
in doubt. If wo wore asaurod that the
necessary legislation to protect the in
terests of the taxpayers will bo had be
fore any considerable amount baa been
expended , wo should favor the voting of
tin * botrJs. If wo wore Hiiro that George
P. Bemlrt will bo mayor for the next two
years and that hln votm-i would bo sus
tained by the council we would have no
apprehension of a Credit Mobilior con
struction scheme. If the majority of the
Board of County Commissioners could be
depended on to enforce an honest ex
penditure of the funds to bo advanced
by the county , wo should favor the
proposition. But the makeup of hold
over counctlmen and candidates so far
nominated do not inspire us with over-
eon lidonce.
At the very wor-it. however , the courts
can bo depended on to protect the tax
payers from lawless or corrupt raids
Hut it is always safer to have honest
managers in the municipal government
than to depend ou injunctions to stay
the reign of Inodlorism.
tKM'HMnc ' \ nrr TICKKT.
Tlio Omaha democrats have held
their convention ami gone through the
form of naming a full city ticket.
Tlio nomination for mayor hns fallen
toMr.JolTW. Bedford. In making this
selection tlio democrats virtually cou
rick declined because ho did not want
to wade through the mire of ward poli
tics , and Governor B.iyd because he did
not want to take the chance ) of defeat.
Mr. Bedford is a very respectable gen
tleman with Missouri-democratic antece
dents , lie served one term in the coun
cil and is somewhat familiar with mu
nicipal affairs. When in the council he
loaned strongly toward the corporations ,
and ho will doubtless got a good deal of
corporation support. His chances of
election , however , are not the very
brightest.
Mr. John Evans , the candidate for
comptroller , is doubtless competent , but
decidedly unsteady. lie was for some
years the auditor of the county board and
in that capacity proved himself a good
accountant. .lust now he is out of btisl-
ness and has his weather eye on some
ollico.
ollico.Will
Will Wakeloy , the candidate for city
clerk , is a bright young man of fair
clerical ability and comes of a good
family.
Mr. Charles Thompson , nominee for
treasurer , is a young merchant who
has never been in public life and whoso
capacity for handling municipal finances
is an unknown quantity.
The nominee for police judge , Mr.
Henry M. Morrow , is a young lawyer of
good clnvactcr and fair ability.
The candidates for council and Board
of Education are a fair average. Taken
all in all , tlio ticket is not very formid
able.
A IIUiilXKSS MAYOll.
On the editorial page of the Worhl-
Jlerald may bo found two suggestive ar
ticles. Ono is headed , "Dress Parade at
nn End ; " the other , "A Year Ago
Today. " Ono trios to make light of
Mayor Bemis by representing him as a
"Convention mayor , " whoso solo qualifi
cation is speech making at banquets and
public receptions. The other recites
the following pointed ' '
paragraph : 'A
year ago today Mayor Bemis vetoed the
Ketohutn furniture item of 524,470.50. , "
So Mayor Bemis after all is not merely
a dress parade mayor or a convention
mayor , but he also is a business mayor ,
who puts his foot down on jobs and
crooked claims wherever and whenever
ho bees ono. The Kotchum furniture
claim was notoriously one of the worst
jobs that had over been engineered
through the council and tlio only ob
struction to its consummation at the first
jump was Mayor Bemis with his veto.
To bo sure tlio jobbers succeeded after
many months of loff-rolliiij' { and wire
pulling1 , but Mayor Botnis stood up for
the taxpayers until his veto had boon
overridden by twelve coitucilmon.
Tlio Kotehiun furniture claim is only
ono of a score of jobs that have been ;
ohcckcd by the veto of Mayor Bomis.
Some of these wore passed over his head ,
but quite a number were frustrated , bo-
cause the jobbers could not muster two-
thirds of the council to override the
veto. The truth is Mayor Bemis has
been the bulwark of the taxpayers for
the past two years and lias saved them
hundreds of thousands of dollars by the
firm and unswerving stand lie has taken
in their interest and the close scrutiny
lie has given to every item in the appro
priation bills.
\\'A \ \ Y OUT.
Among the many compromise meas
ures introduced in congress on the silver
question are several which contain
provisions enabling the owner of silver
bullion to take his bullion to the
treasury and receive therefor standard
silver dollars to the amount of the mar
ket value of'hls bullion.
Some of these measures provide that
the value of the bullion shall bo de
termined by u commission appointed for
the purpose , and nome that it shall bo
determined by the secretary of the
treasury. Whoever was vested with
the power to fix tlio value of the bul ; i l-
lion brought to the treasury under such
an act would be compelled to fix it
at the market value us near as ho could
detcrmino it.
rd'A measures all con-
template the sale of silver bullion iito
the treasury far standard silver dollars
at the price which the owner could ob ) t
tain in gold in the open market.
Assuming that the ownqr of silve ,
bullion found it equally convenient 'eto
sell to the treasury , would ho find the
silver dollars which ho 'then received
us convenient us the gold he could
obtain for his bullion in the nmrket ?
Certainly not.
The owner of silver bullion at present
sdlls to the
government and receives u
note payable in either gold or ret
coin , which ho cmhoj ufc the ry ,
but always for gold.
While such provisions as these , if
unacted , would be wholly inoperative ,
they servo to while away the time of the
senate and postpone the application i of
the nly pcisalMp remedy for present
financial Ills , the repeal of the purchas-
ine clause of' ' tl\io Sherman silver law ,
followed by ai ' , ' , ct 'to oUublhh a new
ratio botwcetijtiia money metal ? and an
effort to have tlmt ratio adopted by
international ttgi'coment.
Tlli'.Ki : is going to bo very quiet but
active opposition to the marKet house
bond proposition by parties who Imagine
that a mirko ! | > house will damage their
business. The fact is that market houses
do not luterfore ? with the busiuoss of
grocers , especially since orders are
mostly given by telephone and filled by
wagon delivery. If the market house
cheapens garden and dutvy products and
reduces the cost of living to working
moii it opens the way for moro factories ,
which at present are unable to compete
with eastern rivals for the want of a
cheaper living for worknum. The mid
dle and wealthy classes will always
patroni/.e their grocery , buteher shop
and bakery. The market house will
have another beneficial elTect. It will
draw farmers and truck- raisers into
town ut least twice n week and they , in
turn , \cill do their shopping in town
when they do their marketing.
CONOUKSS nhoiild without delay
clothe the secretary of tlio treasury with
tlio power to issue- and .soil bonds for
gold whenever In his discretion it be
comes I'.scesMiry to do so in order to
maintain the parity of our circulation
and to keep up a sufllojoiit reserve for
that purpose. Even though tlio majority
of congress wore of the opinion that
such an Issue is not now required , it wore
well to pass such a measure for the
simple reason that the passage of mtoh
an not would strengthen confidence in
the stability of our currency and lesson
tlio probability and porhups ultimately
do away with the necessity for an issuu
of bonds for such a ijurposo. Wo have
every reason to believe that if the secre
tary of tlio treasury wore definitely
clothed witli such authority lie would
not exorcise it until the circumstances
wore such as to fully justify his action.
THE statement that the money sot
aside for tlio construction of the now
Omaha postollico lias been used for other
purposes and that the appropriation will
not become available until after the
close of the present fiscal year is not
calculated to inspire the people of this
city with confidence in the financial
methods of the administration.
COUNCILMAN PHINCK , who has been
renominated for' ' a second term by the
republican city convention , has shown
himself to be eminently qualified for the
place he now holds. lie has attended
council meetings' regularly and givenn
close attention to the business in hand
in the committee meetings and in the
council. :
ALTHOUGH ; ineutirc week has elapsed ]
since the railroad convention assembled
at Lincoln to turn down Jiidgo Maxwell
the corporatiqn' newspapers are still
cackling over the defeat of the people.
They may consiflcr themselves fortunate
if their glee is"hot trunsformqd into dis
comfort before another month rolls
around.
IT SEEMS to bo well understood that
the constitutionality of the Nebraska
maximum rate law will not bo conceded
until it is finally established by the
United States supreme court. Such
being the case any delay in taking up
the case in the lower courts is inexcus
able.
TIIK manner in which tlio minors'
strike in England was settled furnishes
a valuable lesson to mine owners in this
country. An honest eiToi-t on both sides
to arrive at an undorsianding is bolter
than all the lockouts and boycotts that
can bo crowded into twelve months.
WITH a candidate whose credentials
are straight from the people , running
upon a platform that courageously faces
every state issue , the republican party
in Nebraska might liavo made a clean ,
aggressive and successful campaign.
THE progress of the now navy may bo >
bettor understood by u reference to the
fact that Uncle Sam has at the present
time fif teen ships on the stocks. Five
of tliom are battleships that will eotn-
pare favorably with any afloat.
TUB attempts to impeach the integ
rity of the republican candidate li
mayor of Omaha will have no st
upon the minds of the voters. A good >
record is a bolter campaign document
than a campaign lie.
THE democratic managers of the as
sault upon the federal election laws will
experience moro difiiculty in getting
their repeal bill through the senate
than they did in the houso.
A GREAT many people oin Nebraska
are asking for information about the
maximum rate law. The law is all
right , but it isthc ) delay in its enforce
ment that is all'vrong.
TliprnU tliu ICut ) .
QlM-ucmociat.
The question aS'j ' to tariff reform is not
whnt duties caiiivbo dispensed with , but
wlmt new ones ciii'ba : most safely Imposed
to provide the Indispensable amount of rev
enue ,
,
Senntor I'Hlmnr'n Discovery.
LmittrllWCourter-journal.
The plain old Kiiatloman whom the demo
crats of IllinoisiBunt to the United States
bcnato is astonished to lind that the body tn
which ho came wirli such exalted views of
its "dlunlty and authority" can do nothing
except through ablest of more brute endur
ance. Statesmanship in the senate , ho has
discovered , Is sliup.ly a matter of one Hide's
ability to staryo'lho other out. But the
old soldier shqulil not bo so greatly sur
prised , after nil. fie does not need his spec
tacles to see that the. strong point b of a ma
jority of the present senatorial statesmen
are paunuhcs rather than pates.
Hlllcary or I.ociil
Kaneai Cltu
Lineal prlilo has made Chicago what It U ,
and local pride will make it all that that nd-
mlrablu stimulus can accomplish. For
weeks the city has hud its eye on "Chicago
day" at the fair , with the expression that It
wquhl boat Paris at any eon or trouble. No
Ciiicufro man was so poor or so lacking infer
patriotism that bo illd nut buy a ticket fern
himself. Ills children and his Krandclilldren ,
to the third and fourth generation. Tlio one
thought was "wo must boat Paris. " And
they did It Handsomely. Tint is the sort of
enthusiasm and energy that makes a great >
America and u great wojt. I-iong live Chicago -
cage and long hvo a city's best friends-
local pride and public spirit ,
C IMP I/H.V tITINIt. .
Yesterday wns a i-olil any for Jeff Hertford.
\Vlillo It was good for his coal business it
wns too fhllly for lil < i political IXXMII.
"Maxwell could not pass the liublcon of
p.isscs. " Is the way ono republican etlltor
explains tlicotitcomoof the state convention.
The I'lattsmoiith Journal nropo.iM to ap
peal 1 to the ilomocrary of the state ami
ascertain "If official dictation shall prevail
over the Interi-sls of the masses. "
Judge Harrison Is n native of Ohio , Judge
Irvine j , Is a "man of destiny" anil Jtuljre llol-
comb bus never been defeated. Gamblers
can now place their hots with Intelligence.
After his hard campaign to secure tlio re
publican nomination for supreme judge ,
ludgo M. h. Hnyward has starletl for Chicago
cage and Now York on a recuporntlnd tour.
Mrs. Mary Lease of Kansas Is about to In
vade Omaha again. She U announced lo lot
forth n Hood of eloquence on OctoberU3. Ills
said that Hon. Isaac Unscall Is responsible
for the engagement of the female Kansas
cyclone.
The Lincoln Call saya It w.is the proper
thine for the republicans of Omaha to re-
nominate Mayor Ucmls , and it Rives ns n
reason for Us faith : "He has not boon
afraid to use the veto freely , and when the
street railway steal bill went , throuph the
legislature hu had the manhood to stand up
and tight It. "
"For soft , Imbecile editorials , there. . Isn't n
country paper in the stale that ran be con
sidered on a par with the World-Herald , " ac
cording to the Plaltsmolltb News. While
the statement may bo true , the people nro
looking for something fresh and they don't
.care to bo told In a campaign something they
have known for years.
The situation In the republican state con
vention has been sized un by Asa H. Wood of
the Goring Courier in this manner : "The
battle was not ono between men , but be
tween principles whether the republicans
of Nebraska would virtually say by their
decision that they upheld ring rule , rail-
roadlsm and pap-working , or whclher the
party meant to stand for honesty aim purlll-
cation of its own ranks. The rcnubllcaii
party Is as surely tlefoatod in Nebraska this
fall , wo believe , as that Maxwell would
have been elected by S0,0i)0 ) majority. "
I'KUl'I.K AXn T1II.1N. . .
It is worthy of note that a cold wave ap
peared just as the democratic city conven
tion assembled.
Obituaries commemorating the hasty
taking oft of train robberies are melancholy
samples of ghoulish glee.
To enforce the Clcary. act would require ,
according to reliable estimates , a roll of
ST.aGO.OJl ) . The Chinese must stay.
H is fortunate the Valkyrie did not have
wind enough to win in yesterday's race.
The anglomanlacs would never got done
ravin' about it.
It Is pretty generally established that the
scarlet blushes of autumn in Nebraska wore
provoked by the assertion that the railroads
wcro out of politics.
The press of .Denver has put aside parti
sanship for the time bolng and is n unit in
support of a citizens ticket pledged to in-
augutato an era of economy and lower taxes.
In three- states of the union democratic
candidates for governor du not use tobacco
nor drink the red kazoo. Despite these
conditions each aspirant fondly hopes to
win.
The atmospheric pressure around Mt.
Washington accasionnlly approaches that of
the senate. For a brief session last weak
the wind humped around the summit at a
rate of liO ! miles an hour.
Emperor William may bo called a royal
spanker. Iln frequently gives his oldest
boy a thoroughly old-fashioned spanlcintr by
way of keeping down the youtistor's impres
sion that ho , too , is a war lord.
Frederic T. Grconhalgc. republican nomi
nee for governor of Massachusetts , is an
Englishman by birth , an American by edu
cation , 50 years of ago and was an active
member of tlio Fifty-first congrcfs.
The syndicate which threatens to pur
chase Lower California and annex it to the
United Slates appears ignorant of the fact
that this.country lias a surplus of tarantulas
ana sand dunes in the southwest.
Colonel A. 1C. MuGluro of iho Phlladiilphia
Times is slowly recovering from a prolonged
attack of rheumatism. Two operations
have been necessary to relieve abscesses
which have formed nt the wrist and the
ankle.
Henry W. Scott , associate justice of the
supreme i court of Oklahoma is , at US years ,
the 1i 1 youngest judge , perhaps. In the coun
try. i At ! M ho was register of the land ollico
at learned , ICiui. , and since then has written
soverul ! legal works of standard authority.
A somewhat noted antiqno of the Tweed
ago ' hns been brought to tlio surface in New
York. A. Oakoy Hall appears as counsel
for i Emma Goldman , the female anarchist.
In appearance ho is a shabby shadow of the
Mayor Hall who connived with the Tweed
gang I and plundered the city of millions.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain expresses his
profound astonishment at the marvelous
physical and mental vigor of Mr. Gladstone.
He says the grand old man is vastly better
in botli respects than ho wan in 1835 , and Heroes
roes so far us to say that ho wouldn't bo
surprised to see him prime minister at the
ago of 100.
Mrs. Annie Mcoro of Mount Pleasant ,
Tex. , is the president of thp First National
nank of that place and IE said to bo iho only
woman in the country who .holds such a
position. Sbo is thoroughly familiar with
the banking business and CAII shave a note
or refuse a loan with as much facility as any
of her mule colleagues.
SK.l AMt
S. M. Flggo has Issued the first number of
tho'Oakdale Gazette. It is popullstie.
The syrup works at Fairllold , which have
employed Iffii men , will close next week.
Dr. T. M. Prentice has resigned as post
master ut Fairllold. He is a republican.
The Oxtiards expect to more than double
the output of last year of their Grand Island
sugar factory.
Hov. Mr , Warner of St. Jame.i has been
called to the pastorale of the Presbyterian
church at Oakdalo.
Eleven Indians from the Santee agency ,
eight elds and three boys , Imvo jutt been
taken lo the Genoa Indian school ns pupils.
Judge Hayward of Nebraska City has pre
sented n horse to the .Southern Methodist
church In order to give the pastor a chance
to "ride his circuit. "
While driving into Juniata with a swarm
of boos , Presley ICcslor knocked the top of
the hive olt. The pestiferous little Insects
settled on Prcslo.y and his team , and while
the man will recover , one of the horses was
fatally stung.
Hon. Jens Jensen , a member of the state
legislature and n prominent citizen of
Gonovn , has left for the Cherokee Strip
with his family , where hu will make his
future homo. He was tcndorcd a reception
by iho people of Geneva on tlio eve of his
denarturo.
The \Vuy tu Win.
Clncl'intitl Ctimmtrctal.
The progress of the MoICInli-y meetings.
taking as u basis the political history of
Onto , is surprising , hut wo would admonish
the friends of the principles represented by
the republican party of Ohio that tlio true
test of endurance and success - < vlll bo ascer
tained when the votes shall bo counted In
November. Too much stouk 1 not to betaken
taken in prospects. Inasmuch as prospects do
not count. Therefore , every citizen should
register to boiriu with and thus prepare him
self to deposit his ballot tn November ,
Tim Impotent I'nrly.
Chtcauu UtraM ( ilem\ \
What can democratic compromising sena
tors gain by milking their party respoiisiblol
How will it faro with their party If rclapso
comes and hundreds of thousands of men are
thrown out of work by their action t Kopcul
U suru to come , sooner or later , and woe bu
to the men and the party that soolt to pro-
vim t it. Tlicsomoaf.ro bringing execration
upon themselves and preparing defeat for
both themselves and their party. Their
party is ou trial and they are doing what
they can to show that It docs not deserve lo
bo Intrusted with power to ahapo the public
policy.
\Ll \ WANT LAND OFFICES
Nebraska Oitizons Wlio Object to tlio Recent
Consolidations.
PROTESTS OF A VIGOROUS CHAR\CTER
Irnnil Mmul Pr < lrr Time In U'lilcli to
< ! | II B Up thn An.ilr * nl tlr.il lllMrlrt ,
nml NnllRli I'ropinta to llotiiln
Her Olllcp.
WASIUXOTO.V Hunruu np Tun Hen , )
fill ) FouiiTHKXTit STIIEUT , >
WASIIIXdTOS' , Oct. 11. )
I ) . I ) . Jeticks of Chndron , who has been In
uhi cast for some days , arrived hero today
hi the Interest of the move to have the land
inii-o retained at Chadroii. Ho was at the
interior department again this afternoon ,
mil ho docs not yet unow what will become
ol the problem.
Scnalor Mandorson Jus received n letter
from the land oillcors at Grand Island re-
( Iticstlng that they be given until January 1 ,
noxt. In which to close up the business of
this oflU-o. They say that a large num
ber of notices liavo boon published in rela
tion to business before tlio ofllco and that
tlio lioariiiKs are advertised to bo hail at that
ofllco. Konntor Mandcrson has presented
the request to ( 'onimlssionor Lanioreanx
with tlio statement that the hearings advor-
liscd should bo held at Grand Island and
that the tilno aslccd Tor to close the business
of the oilloo ought to bo tilvon.
Ho bollovcs the Grand Island ofllce will bo
open till .lunnary 1 , IS'JI. Senatiir Mandor-
son has also reeoived a request that tlio
Nollch land ofllco bo retained and that the
O'Neill ofllco roinovo to it , Instead of the
prnposod abolition nf the Nell li oflloo and
the attartnnoiu of the turruory to tlio
O'Nolll district. That request hits also been
lllcd at the Interior department.
Protests continue to pour in asralnst the
proposition to abolish the oHlco at Broken
lo\v. ! Tlio fitl/.eiiH tlicro are all up in arms
against it. All protests should bo sent to
) Kopreseiitativo ' Koin , who proposed the
abolition of the Hrokcn liow ofllco and who
' vill bo responsible for it if the ofllco is
abolished. He alone can stop the proposed
change.
\VII1 iciiiullzp | the
A favorable report has been made upon
the Mandcrson bill providing that the gov
ernment shall pay taxes for the owners of
the lands taken in severally by Indians
In improved communities , but which liavo
not boon drcdu.il to Indians. This is the bill
which received favorable consideration in
the senate at the last session of congress ,
and relates especially to such conditions ns
exist in Tburston county , where in close
proximity to Ponder are located the
Omahns and Wlnnohagocs and have largo
quantities of lands which pay no local or
other taxes , and yet receive fully as much
benefit ns ilo the lands owned by settlers
who pay taxes. The bill will undoubtedly
become a law during this congress.
The senate committee on public lands , In
reporting the bill favorably todaysuys aiming
other thiiiirs : "Tills bill Is designed lo rem
edy existing evils that are extremely hard
to bear. Many Indians , who have dissolved
their tribal relations and. liavo taken lands
In severally under Iho law , have assumed
Iho rights and privileges of citizenship and
the exercise of the riglit of suffrage at nil
federal , slatp and municipal elections. They
are iv factor in thoshaplngol political power ,
pronucing by their acts results fraught with
evil or good to the communities in which
Ihe.v Hvo.
Wliltos Outnumbered.
"In some of Ihoso municipalities they out
number their white neighbors. In others ,
while In the minority , they bold and own
mote land than the whites. As a general
thing the Indians require the cxpcndlturi
for court , police and other purposes of far
moro than the whites. Notwithstanding
these facts they do not pay a penny of the
taxes necessarily raised for maintenance
of the local government. Thurston county ,
Nebraska , is a fair instance of the condition
in iminy sections of the country. It has
200,000 acres of land , of which 20.000
acres are owned by the whites and
2-10,000 acres by the Indians of the Omaha
and \Vinnebago tribes , which are far ad
vanced in civilization. The 20.000 acres pay
all the taxes , while the 210,000 acres pay
nothing. Courts are maintained , judges ,
county ofllcors , constables and others arc
paid , school houses are built and teachers
employed , roads are constructed and bridges
built , and the handful of white people'
pay everything and the Indians nothing.
Over throe-fourths of the money raised by
taxation is annually expended- the care ,
protection anil bettering of the Indian. Yel
he docs not pay a dollar of taxes because of
iho unfair provisions of federal law. The
entire burden of civili/.ing the 'wards ol
the nation' is thrown unon the fuw un
fortunate whites who have made thoii
homes in their vicinity , "
K tvn lor tlio Army.
The following army orders were issued
today :
Tlio following transfers in the Fourth ar-
tlllcrv are ordered : First Lieutenant
Charles Li. Corthell from light artillery IJ to
battery L ; First Lieutenant Stephen Footo
from battery L to light battery H ; Lieuton
nut Cortholl , on the expiration of the leave
of absence on surgeon's certificate of disa
blilty granteiUilm , will Join the bat lory to
vhlch ho In thus traiisfonvd. Lieutenant
\ > ole will Join his prune ? battery without
Iclay.
lx > nvoof nbsnnco forono month Is granted
Mn | or Joseph W. Wham , paytnjuttfv ,
Leave for ten days , to take effect Ootohnr
-t ) , Is cr.uttoil l iptaln Thomas AI. If , Smith ,
wenty-third infantry , recruiting onicrr.
The leave granted First Lieutenant
"linuticov V. II. ll ; lu < r , Seventh infantry
tiil-.lc-canip , Is extended ono month.
.MI < rrlliiitrotiK ,
Mr. Samuel 0. llarnard mid family of
Omaha are in the city preparatory to taking
tp n residence In TetinnlUiwu , U. ( J , , near
Washington.
The convenient absence of Representa
tives Kern and Melklelohn from the house
yesterday whrn thn bill repealing the fed
eral elections law was imsscil has been tlio
subject of mlvcrso comment nml wonder
among the mom ben nf
luo houso. The ro-
ical puts nn end to the populist movement
> n the south.
The proposition of Representative Hudson
of Kansas to Investigate the conduct of the
soldiers and oflleors of the Interior depart
inontln the recent opening of the Chui-okoo
Strip and the methods employed by thorn
lins assumed n partisan proposition before
the house committee on public lands. The
republicans nro demanding an Investigation ,
and the democrats are determined to
smother it in the Interest of the Interior do >
partition t.
Representative Tickler wont to the
sin-rotary of the interior today and protested
against a reduction of the clerical force In
thn Huron , K. O. land oflloo.
Representative Lucas of South Dakota , li
making n light against the forest reserve
bill. Tlio amendment authorizes the soero-
lory of the interior to dispose of all the tim
ber on public lands , Including that upon the
lands reserved for forestry. This Is ono of
the most absurd propositions over made and
would help democratic timber thieves in
Arkansas and especially Ucnollt n lumber
company .hero. I'r.imvS. HBATII.
i > r tint Autumn llliish ,
. .St.'dill IVmcrr 1'i-titf.
It was in the height ot summer that con
press convened in extra session at the call
of the president to rescue the country from
the dark menace of the silver standard.
Moro than two months have elapsed , and
summer has faded into autumn , when the
trees are blushing scarlet for the shameful
inaction of the senate or are hanging out
their banners of gold as a last summons to
the standard of honest money.
J'-.t ! \ VI t HI. Til ( > JT.l. .
( ialveslon Nnws : Tlioro Is no such thing in
a finished reputation.
( Jlens I'alls Itppnlillcan : A. standingarmj
Is a running expoim ) .
IlulTiilii Courier : A wiishonl never lirlnpi
( he same feolliiK of satisfaction to the railroad
man that. It iloos to the laundress.
Detroit Tribune : "Don't you thlnK tint
iidiiKo 'all things coma to him who wult.V M
nithur u rah assort Ion ? " "LVrlulnly not -
there's tliu h.isli , you li now. "
Indianapolis Journal : " I don't mind thn
idea of dy ing so much , " nho salil. "If It werti
not tor tiio kiiowladga that thn dollies they
will linry mu In will hu .MI awfully old-fa h-
loncd by tlio tlmo rusurrcctlon ( lay guti
uronnd.
Tld Hits : A clothlor has isxcltod pulillo
curiosity by having a largo upplu painted out-
hide Ids shop. When asked fur an nxplnnnt Ion
lie. replied : "If It hadn't , lipim f r nn nitnlo
wlicro would the icady-inado clothing
shops bu today. "
Ko Trllmnu : " 1 don't in hid tlio line ,
sniveled the prisoner , "lint your ro-
iniirks about my lioln a < lrunki > ii old vagii-
lionit , your honor , is hat hurls. UIt raspi
my fcolln's , "
"In that casu. " said the magistrate , ( during
at him , "yon can lllo tin oxception.
Atlanta Constitution : "What's your con
gressman ilulng In WnsldiiRtonV"
lie's n-ilrawln' of his salary. "
"Nothing else ? "
"Vos ; ho's a-blowln' of It In. "
New Vorlc World : 1'uggy Whew ! I'm roast
'
' ( ) ( ; - Vtis ; Indian slimmer Is well named.
Puggy ( Wiping pi'rsiilratlon fruiii his Hushed
fnco ) : WliyV
I'oggy Hocauio It makes red skins.
YOU IIKT.
Atlanta Ciiiistttiithin.
Oh , what's the use In grlovln1 ?
A Bongcan In-lit a .sl h ;
The stormy clomls urn wuavln
A ralnliDW In Ilio sky !
And wo'll hot hero .
We'll got there ,
And smtio every bet thorn ;
Won't ho a hoiisu to let Ihore
Wu'll get them by and hy ?
men I.AS
Tom Mnxwt l > \ Hit Clntlitor.
"I hopn.you'll listen , ploasu , " ho slgliod ,
. "TlienVsoiiinellilmr oniny inlnil ;
I " "J'riiy oxeiisM. " the maiden crloil ,
"V'our iiockllu's up bulilnd. "
"Oh , thanks. " snid lie.Vnll. . nn\v \ , as I
Wnsjnst ahoiilloHay
"Thtit pin of yours , " him made reply ,
"Willhiiruly getaway. "
Wliy.Mjltwlll."huRiiiliod. "Lot'ssee.
Oli.yus. 1'vo thoiighHthOht
i'L5- , "Look ! " the maldim crlod In glee ,
"Thcro'bhomulhlngoiiyonr voU. "
"Thiin hit II stay , " ho llorcnly crlod.
"Tho moon and stars may full ,
Hut I must. spenk"-this tlinuhhu slglioil
"I love you , that Is all.
"If you hhoulil-ilnro to toll mo no ,
My life would he a wreck ;
"Kxcuso me , dear. " t > hu whispered low.
> (
"Thoro'ssomulhlni ? round yournecic.
Largest MnnnfautiiriiMiinl Ilitilliri
of Ulotlinuiu the World.
OVERCOATS ! : :
YOU KNOW WE SELL THEM
OVERCOATS !
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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