THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi FRIDAY , OCTOBER 27 , 1893 ;
TERMS OF SUllSCIUrTION.
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OFFICKS.
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Council llluRi. 18 Pi-arl Hlrcct.
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III'SINKSS LKTTKUS.
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artiln-Mpil le > Tlio Il < ij I'liblUhlnir compnnr.OmaJi * .
nrnfln , cliochu mill postomeo onlcrs to bo made
nnynfolp to tlio rmlt-rof ilincoiiinnny.
I'nrtlcn Irnvln * tln city for llio mtmmer elm have
TiiBFlKKBt'iit to llirlr address by Ic.iTlnir an order
'I ho llnti Ill
Tn DAH.Y ami SUNDAY HK is on i la In
Chlcngnnt thn following plnccit
! 'almorli m e.
Oniml 1'nelfli ! hotel.
Amlltnilunt hotel.
Oreat Nortlicrn hotel.
( lore hotel.
l.olnml hotel.
Kilos of TUB nRE can be neen ivt the IJe-
tiraslcnbulldlng nnd the AdrnlnUtratlon buildIng -
Ing , Imposition Kroumls ,
6WOHX STATBMRNT OP CinOOLATIOH.
Slntoof KolirnKka. I
County of Douelns. f _
Orortc It. TjDcluick. soc.rrlary of TITK llr.i Piib-
UMilnR company. Onm nolcmnly swear that the
Dctiinlclrciilnllon of TUB DAILY DICE for Uio week
ending October il ! , 180:1 : , wan as follows !
Simdriy , October Ifi > 2S'8i5 !
Mondnv , Octobrrlll 23,1500
Tuesday. October 17 23-759
WecliicMlay. October 18 23.731
Thursday. October 10 23.B3S
Friday. October ! 20 23,803
Saturday , October 21 24,655
Oionnr. It. TracnucK.
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I BiUblm-cunicc IhlB'JISt ilnvof October. 1B03.
I , t N , 1' . FEIL , Kotary Vubllo.
Averniro Circulation forept. . , 1K03 , 24,233
NOW for ti vote upon the repeal bill.
WATCH the registration books and in
vestigate any BtrauffdTnamos that may
appear upon t lioni.
Tint fact that \vo are in the midst of
an election campaign does not justify
any public otllcor in neglecting his
duties.
WHY impose the 10 per cent tax on
state bank Ksuos if it is to bo remitted
every time u banking institution renders
Usolf liable to payment ?
MR I. O. U. BACmcT.OR insists upon
remaining upon the republican city
ticket as a candidate for the city coun
cil. The voters of the city will insist
that ho continue his dcadbeat career as
a private citizen.
THE people should see to it that con
tractors and men interested directly of
Indirectly In city contracts bo kept
out of public office , whether It bo the
mayoralty , the council or the school
board to which they aspire.
THE European governments which
participated In the World's Columbian
exposition at Chicago may now consider
themselves thanked to all good intents
and purposes for the kind interest which
they have shown In connection with the
great fair.
AVE shall bo ple.ised to have Candi
date Ilascall toll the worklngmon of
Omaha how they are to get any work
this year or ftoxt year if the million and
a half of bonds are voted for the pur
chase of the waterworks or the electric
lighting plant.
THE state central cominitteo is trying
to pump up enthusiasm in this city for
Judge Harrison. If the state central
committee had not joined with the rail
roads and Lincoln boodlers to pack the
convention against Maxwell there would
have been no need of fabricating en
thusiasm. Maxwell would have boon
elected without any state central com
mittee.
How appropriate for the Inhabitants
of Lyons to bestow 2,500 handkerchiefs
upon the visiting Russian sailors. The
Bailers have been wined and dined and
hugged and kissed so much during their
short sojourn in Prance that it will bo
with the utmost difficulty that they will
succeed in drying their tears of regret
when the Inovltablo time for departure
is at hand ,
THERE are hundreds of yoimg men in
this city and county who have reached
their majority and will cast their first
vote at tfio November election. To be
eligible as an elector they must have re
sided in the state HX months , in the
county forty days and in the ward or pre
cinct ton daya. This vote is worth look
ing after. Every such young man should
bo requested to register.
EVERY male person 21 years old who
shall hrwo resided In the state six
months , in the county forty days and in
the precinct , township or ward ton days ,
Is a qualified elector under the laws of
Nebraska. Persons of foreign birth
must have doclarad their Intention to
become citizens of the United States at
least thirty days prior to election before
they can legally vote in this state.
THE Philadelphia Times assorts that
Jackson has withdrawn from the guber
natorial race In Iowa and that hlf > re
publican supporters are trying to elect
a ticket without a head. This will no
doubt lw news to Mr. Jackson and his
most intimate friends , who have not yet
boon informed of any change in the
Iowa republican ticket , since It was
made up by the state convention. The
ticket Is still complete , head , tall and
all.
IT is In accord with the eternal fit
ness of tlilngt ) for Peter Soli wonck , whose
rotten record has scandalized the party
nnd disgraced the state , to take excep
tions to THE BKE'S course in refusing to
recommend him as a proper man to bo
entrusted with the .management of mu
nicipal affairs. THE Bin ; does not need
to justify UH course to any body who is fa
miliar with Suhweuok's disreputable ca
reer , There are , however , many people
IB this city who wight think that our
position with regard to Schwonok arises
through factional ( ouda or purely per-
eonal animosity. For their information
wo shall , before the campaign la over ,
publish a nummary of Mr. Schwenok'a
rutciilUioa Ia and out of office.
A STUPID SCHKUK.
The most stupid" thing that wo hnvo
heard of In the present campaign Is the
attempt on the part of local democratic
committees to have the county olork
print the offlclnl ballot with the nnmo of
each candidate as many times as ho has
boon endorsed either by convention or
citizens petitions. In other words It Is
proposed that Judge Walton's name shall
appear on the ballot tin-no times , first as
a nonpartlsan , second republican , third
democrat , the same rule to apply In
printing the names of alt the other can
didates , judicial , county and city. What
would the outcome bo If this Is done ?
Would It riot make confusion worse con
founded and result in the throwing out
of hundreds of ballots on the ground of
Irregularity ?
Take the judicial ticket for Instance }
which will bo headed , "Vote for throo. "
Now what will the voter do aa regards
candidates whoso names appear moro
than once ? Suppose ho puts his X mark
opposite the same name twlco or thrco
times , will that vote bo credited as one ,
two or thrco on the tally sheet ? Would
not the whole judicial ballot bo thrown
out If the voter marks the nnmo of any
one candidate moro than once and also
puts his mark opposite two other names ?
If the whole ballot is thrown out on can
didates for judge , the voter is disfran
chised to that extent. But the chances
are It would furnish a basis for a con
tested election. Is that the object of the
law or the law makers ?
Will not the same confusion prevail
aa regards other candidates on the
county and city tickets ? Several candi
dates on the county ticket have been en
dorsed by two parties or by petition , and
this la iilso true on the city ticket. Stip-
pose a voter marks ono of these doubly
nominated candidates for the council
opposite each nnmo as It appears on the
ballot and then marks eight more numus.
Ho has voted only for nine councilman
as the law requires. But he has nnulo
ten marks. Will that ballot coutit or
will it bo thrown out ? If It is thrown
out it robs all the other candidates
whom this man voted for of one vbtc.
Can that bo the Intent of the law ?
Is not the proposition to print the
name of any candidate moro than once
on tho-tickot pernicious and destructive
of the very principle of ono vote for ono
man and an honest count ? If this prac
tice Is to bo sanctioned it would bring
about the worst election abuses and
frauds that we have over suffered from.
Suppose a candidate whoso nnmo ap
pears among the first letters of the al
phabet wanted to make his election sure.
All ho would have to do is to have his
friends got up twenty or thirty petitions
and get his name printed on the official
ballot twenty or thirty times. Common
experience has shown that a largo per
centage of voters mark , lho first nainos
on the ballot , either from Ignorance or
carelessness. The candidates who had
their names duplicated at the head of
the list would have a tremendous ad
vantage.
The whole scheme of multiple print
ing is idiotic and tends to confusion and
fraud in the count.
F10HT1KO
The war against Tammany in Now
York City is moro aggressive at this
time than for many years post , and if
such signs of the popular discontent
with that political organization could
bo safely counted. upon to indicate the
outcome it would sooui that the politi
cal cabal of which Boss Tweed was once
the chief would have little hope of ac
complishing anything at the coming
election. There has bson organized
in Now York City what is known
as the City club , composed of many
of the wealthiest citizens of Gotham ,
and with this there is allied a number
of associations under the general desig
nation of good government clubs and
distinguished from ono another by
alphabetical designations. These organi
zations liavo boon holding numerous
meetings and their power and influence
are arrayed moro particularly against
certain nominations of Tammany ,
Instead of fighting it as a whole.
Professional and business interests
are united In these clubs and their
aim Is to purify the city govern
ment by defeating some of the men
whom Mr. Croker , as the boss of Tam
many , has placed in nomination for some
of the more important oHlues of the me
tropolis. The City club Includes In its
membership a number of the most
prominent and wealthy citizens of Now
York , and it is said that if all the mom-
bora were to pool their wealth they
would bo found to represent nearly a
thousand million dollars worth of prop
erty.
Meritorious as the purpose of these
organizations unquestionably is. it re
mains to bo seen whether it is
practicable. The course of Tam
many in the present campaign ,
under the loador&hlp of Croker , has cor-
talnly been as daring and reckless as ut
any time in the history of that most ro-
markahlo political organization. It hai
proceeded entirely upon the principle
of rewarding the most unscrupulous of
the members of that organization and
lUi friends , a conspicuous instance of
this being the nomination of Mayuurd
for the court of apj > calt ) , the highest ju
dicial tribunal of the state , in return
for his theft of election pupora in order
to irlvo the democrats control of the
btateuonato. But this is not the only
case In which Tammany has shown its
utter disregard of popular sentiment by
Holoctlng for. responsible public posi
tions men of tarnished reputations. At
least half a dozen such persons aio on
the democratic ticket in New York.
The light against the unprincipled
and unscrupulous rule of Tammany
should receive the unqualified support
of good citizens oyery whore , for the dis
comfiture of that political organization
would bo u political benefit In which the
entire country would share. The dom
inance of Tammany is a general Injury.
Its example Is bad and the hold It has
apou the principal city of the country ,
maintained by corrupt practices well
known to everybody , is a reproach not
only to Now York , but to the nation.
Hence every patriotic citizen should do-
Biro to see this power overthrown. Unfortunately - >
fortunately , however , there la not much
prospect that this will 'be done. Thor
oughly intrenched as ills and command
ing every avenu * to political BUCCCBS ,
.horo . Is reason to nnprchcnd that this
K > wcrful and unprincipled political
oligarchy will continue for many years to
como to rule Now York City and
through that the state. The principal
aim of the democrats In urging the rc-
x < al of the federal elections law is to glvo
'roe and unrestricted course to Tnm-
nany , and members of that organization
rmvo boasted that withput this restraint
there could bo rolled up In New York
and Brooklyn whenever needed a demo
cratic majority of 100,000 or moro. It Is
to bo hoped the present fight against
Tammany will break , if only for the
time being , the power of that organiza
tion , but past experience does not war
rant much confidence In such a result.
.Atf tNCOMH TAX.
It is reported that the democratic
members of the ways and means com
mittee of the house are seriously con
sidering the question of imposing nn in
come tax as a method of raising
revenue. Last week the commlttoo
listened to arguments In favor of an Income -
como tax , and it Is understood that
there is a vary strong sentiment in the
committee favorable to the proposition
to tax Incomes. The advocates of this
policy , It Is hardly necessary to Bay , are
in full sympathy with the doctrine
that protoctlon Is unconstitutional ,
and in order to put the tariff
on what they call a purely
revenue basis , which is getting pretty
close to frco trade , It Is necessary to
provldo ether moans of revenue. The
plan of taxing incomes above a certain
amount scorns a convenient way of rais
ing a considerable rovcnuo without ex
citing the hostility of a very largo num
ber of voters who would not bo subject
to the tax. The plausible Idea Is that
the laboring classes would not bo nf-
fectod , at least directly , by an income
corao tax , nor would It roach a great
many salaried people , so that it is as
sumed that a very considerable body of
the electorate would approve of such a
tax If at the same tltno there was a reduc
tion in the price Of many commodities duo
to a reduction of tariff duties. Plainly
speaking , this is ono of the methods
which the democrats think of adopting
to raise revenue in order to glvo foreign
manufacturers a bettor opportunity in
the American market than they now
havo.
There is undoubtedly a lartro element
in the democratic party favorable to an
income tax , but it is not at all probable
that this English method of raising revenue -
onuo can be adopted at this tlmo in the
United Stitos. The British government
taxes all incomes exceeding S750 per
annum , the tax rate being 0 pence
on the pound sterling , and the
revenue from this source amounts
to about 825,000,000 annually. This tax
In perhaps as nearly equitable as any
tax on incomes can bo made , but it is
well known that it does not operate
with absolute fairness , nor ia it possible
that such a tax can bo made to do so.
It was firrtt imposed by the British gov
ernment as a war tax. was abolished at
the close of the great war period in
1810 , and was rolmposcd In 1842 In be
half of free trade. It is significant that
the American advocates ofnnlnonmn t.nv
at this time are the champions of free
trade. It is also noteworthy that while
these people vigorously protest against
this country adopting the financial
system of England they uro prepared to
have its revenue policy copied almost
from beginning to end.
There are numerous objections to an
income tax. In the first place it is
olTenaively inquisitorial , requiring , if
the law bo properly enforced , a search
ing inquiry into the private business
affairs of individuals by potty officials
which would be intolerable. To avoid
this the sworn statements of persons
believed to bo subject to the tax would
have to bo accepted and not ten in a
thoiiband could bo depended on to make a
truthful return. Thus such a law would
bo an incentive to perjury. An in
come tax cannot bo mndo to operate
equitably. The people of fixed and ascertainable - ,
cortainablo Incomes would have to pay'
their tax , while these whoso incomes
are not fixed and cannot bo readily as
certained would pay what they please or
evade the tax altogether. This was the
experience when wo had an iiicomo tax
and there Is no reason to suppaso that
it would not bo repeated If the tax
should bo again Irnp03ed , Another ob
jection to an income tax , particularly on
the basis proposed of exempting In
comes below $3,000 , is that it would bo
essentially class legislation , divid
ing the people Into two classes ,
as rich and poor , which is in
tolerable to the sense of Ainorlcun
fairness and justice. There are still
other objections , but thoao should bo
sufficient to defeat the proposal for an
A *
income tax. The treasury la In need of
more revenue , but there -ivro other and
better ways of raising it than recourse
to this English method adopted in the
interoBt of free trade.
Tun resolution ofTwcd in the house
"Wednesday by a democratic representa
tive from Now York jtnd referred to the
ways and menus committee , outlining a
plan for a ta'lff bill , may bo accepted as
an Indication that any measure of tariff
revision which does not recognize the
principle of protection will not have the
support generally of the democrats of
the manufacturing status. This resolu
tion very distinctly recognizes the pro
tective principle and calls upon the
waya and means committee to ar
range its schedules accordingly. It
might bo Infoncd that the rep
resentative who Introduced this
resolution had reason to believe
that the tariff bill which is being nre-
pared by the committee- gees too far in
the direction of carrying out the doc
trine of the Chicago platform , but
however this may bo , the resolution Is
significant , The Industrial Interests of
tlio country will undoubtedly take note
of it as a sign tlmt the frco trade ele
ment of the democracy Is not to ba perr
raittcd to have its way unchallenged.
WOKKINOMEN In this country might
profit considerably If they should pay
heed to the sentiment expressed by the
socialist congress at Cologne that May
day should bo celebrated In those places
only where the laborers can afford to
spend an Idle day. American workingmen -
men are prooably aa well eltuatod M
their follows abroad , but they are too
often called upcIS lo participate In dem
onstrations wheAxlioy can 111 afford the
loss of wages which such Idleness entails.
Labor demonstrations pay the workingman -
man only whordMfc benefits derived ex
ceed the sacrlflcotiwhlch ho must rnnko.
MR. BRDKOHU Is still running on hlfl
shnpo. There Is'hWdoubt ho would make
a good figurehcad.on occasion. Hut the
people of OmalinVrant , | a man who will
plvo his llmo andhls , , whole tlmo to the
business of thgi mayor's office. They
want a man wi.v9.has backbone enough
to'say no when a job or fraudulent claim
is presonlcd for his approval. Is Mr.
Bedford such a man ? Mr. Bedford
served In the council two years nnd
seven months. During that tlmo ho Is
'recorded nbscnt from ninety-nine meet
ings outof 226 , nnd when Jio was present
ho wobbled badly on almost every meas
ure of Importance. Ho never could bo
depended on to take a positive stand
for or against a measure , and moat of
the thno ho did not know how ho would
vote until the very last mliuilo. Would
ho bo any moro positive if ho was elected
mayor ? Wo do not bcllovo that a mini
fully mnlurcd can change his nature.
The old adage Is true : A leopard cannot
change his spots , although you may try
to change them for him with n paint
brush.
ACCORDING to Mr. Wiley there is no
likelihood that the city would buy out
his electric lighting plant with the pro
ceeds of the bonds. Mr. Wiley thinks
the city would not bo willing to invest
the lanrc sum nt which the comnanv
values its plant. Just so , Mr. Wiley.
The planthasgrownin val no enormously
of late , but "way down deep wouldn't you
bo willing to take $1,000,000 and give
the city a warranty deed for all the
lands , buildings and machinery ? Would
81,500,000 , lomptyou to part with the
works ? It strikes us you would not got
such a chance again in a lifetime.
TAMMANY hcolors hnvo been again de
tected in Illegally registering colonized
voters. Men are induced to register under
different names from several places , in
none of which they have gained a legal
residence. The parties implicated have
been threatened with arrest , but it is
doubtful whether any action will bo
taken. These are the regular Tammany
exposures that recur each vcar when
election time approaches. The fact that
they are so brazenly repeated only goes
to show the hold vrhiclj Tammany nas
secured upon the , machinery of govern
ment in New York' ' '
IT is not the fault of the four populist
senators that filibustering against the
repeal bill is to c afee. If they had their
way they would continue their obstruc
tionist tactics until the crack of doom.
Alasl they are , im'potont to carry out
their designs without the aid of the frco
silver democratsW see then that the
protracted dobat iho3 , only boon possible
up to this time > by reason of the ad
herence of these democrats to the popu
list program. Upoji them must rest the
blame for the weeks wasted in idle de
bate on the floor of'Vho sbna e. >
LACK of quorum1 at ( ho mooting of the
senate judiciary committee is again the
excuse offered for not reporting upon the
nomination of Mr. Hornblowor to the
vacancy upon the bench of the supreme
court. In the meanwhile the workyof
disposing of an overloaded docket is
hampered by the inadequate number of
justices. Let Mr. Hornblower bo either
confirmed or rejected , so that the vacancy
may bo filled without subjecting litigants
to unnecessary delay in securing justice.
MR. WILEY'S assurance thnt the
Thomson-Houston works are not for sale
should be taken with a grain of allow
ance. When the canal proposition was
before the county , commissioners Mr.
Wiley declared that he was willing to
transfer the works to the city at a rea
sonable price. Has ho changed his mind
since then ?
Kueplni ; U'HIiin the I.unit.
I'lMndclvhlo. Iiiqul cr.
It Is faintly suspected that Congressman
Bryan's 35,000 hunt for an income tax is
bused upon the fact that CouKrcsstnan
Bryan's present salary is exactly 55,000.
Going Ahutil Anyhow.
Cliteaga Inttr I ccan.
It maltes mighty little difference what the
democratic senate docs , the people have
concluded to resume business and go ahead
and do business tlio best way they can and
chaugo things at the very first opportunity.
15fine < > " Vour Flush ,
( llobcDemocrat. .
All the conditions which would start a
buslnoss boom uro prcnent except one , and
that is repeal. If wo got repeal the country
will noon see greater activity in all branches
of trade than it has known since the liusli
days of 1B7U and 18SO.
The Kxport MovomBiit In Hay.
Tiinci.
The October report of the statistician , Is
sued by the Department of Agrhulture ,
shows that during July ttioro were 0,000 tons
of hay imported by Great Britain from the
"United States against 75 tons last year.
The imports for August reached tlat)2 , tous
this year against lli'J ' tons last year , and for
eight mouths tills year the total is Gt.Bl'J
tons compared with ? i 75 tous a year ago ,
Tlio aliort hay crp ( ? Abroad is the direct
cause of this larRO.export , demand for
American hay , as iu previous ye.irs llio hay
crop appears to hnvo boon ol little inter ,
national importances i
The Mini forth'ti Hinorgencjr.
I'httatUMta I'rai.
Senator Hill is | > n > vlitj | hlmsolf In aoveral
important respects the man tor the emer
gency ut WashiuQioq. Ifo is not overloaded
with nn awful respeet'for the courtesy and
traditions of the sonarp. lie has very clear
and sensible vlowa 113.txj wbat ought to ba
done , and ho is the antidemocratic repealer
who appears lo havii'aifalr shuro of courage
and a willingness to make a real light for
repeal.Vo have natj'herctoforo ' seen much
to commend in Scm\tur \ Hill , but hu is just
the man to put a cum c\h \ the nonsense aud
insolence of Harris Alurgan and other belli ,
coso and threateningtlemocruts who have
been making tbcmsolros particularly of
fensive of late.
Buffalo Express ; Thoie women's Chris
tian tempt-rance union * in tha west will
presently hare to bo disbanded n common
nuisances. Ono of thorn In Polk county ,
Nebraska , formed Itself Into a white cap
band to chastlsd aovcral young women of
whoso morals It did not approve. It U a
pleasure to record that all of those persons
who put themselves nbove the law have been
arrested.
Chlcacro Times ! The peculiar brand of
Christianity dealt out by members of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union of
Oscoola , NOD. , to certain young women of
that town , and which found Its expression
In cudgels and tar nnd feathers , has Involved
the spiteful "Chmtinn" women in criminal
and civil suits without end. If stern Justice
Is meted out the Osccola Woman's Chitatlan
Temperance union's labors seem in a fair
way to bo performed under the tutelage of
the warden of the Nebraska penitentiary
for some tlmo to como.
Minneapolis Times : It Is possible thnt the
victims of the whipping administered so
summarily have been Indiscreet most Am
erican vllhgcs contain indiscreet young
women , but It Is hard to see how forgery
and Inhumanity ore to combine to produce
good manners nud good morals. The prom
inent ladies have disgraced themselves and
their town and llxed a stain on the girls they
have exposed that In all probability aid not
belong to them. If the lovers are the men
they should bo they will forthwith marry
their sweethearts and then prosecute the
lady white caps to the full extent of the
law.
Chicago Inter Ocean : Except that their
lawless vengeance did not proceed to the
extremity of taking life , the outrage of the
Nebraska women was moro heinous than
that of a southern mob. To scourge a young
whlto airl , to coat , her body with tar and
feathers , as was contemplated by the
women who formed the mob for a mob was
what the assembly in the grove was was to
doom her to u living death. Such a punish
ment would bo moro cruel than the old-timo
branding with a scarlet letter , and would
forever unjustly stain the reputation of the
indiscreet but quite possibly virtuous vic
tim.
tim.Boston
Boston Globe : For tha sake of the reputa
tion of that widespread' organization , the
Woman's Christian Temperance union , wo
hope the lawless and outrageous white cap
proceedings recently carried through in a
Nebraska town will receive from those In
authority prompt and emphatic condemna
tion. It is b.id enough for men to indulge in
midnicht assaults upon defenseless house
holds. But when a mob of women engages in
the cruel work ot boating uud whipping those
of their own sex , ouo might easily bcliovo
that the evil spirit which animated the furies
of the French reign of terror had been re
incarnated In these fierce would-bo reformers
In the prairie country.
Philadelphia North American : Probably
the girls needed a switching , but they
needed the discipline at the bands of their
mothers. Not oven the most respectable
society of woman can be privileged to apply
the rod outside of their own households.
And an organization like the Woman's Chris-
ti.m Temperance union cannot claim any
prescriptive right to Hog right and left.
Judge Lynch in petticoats is still Judge
Lynch , neither moro nor less , and any excuse
for the Woman's Christian Temperance
union in Oacoola will servo as an equally
good excuse for the white caps who go riding
about o1 nights with rod flannel shirts and
trousers , ostensibly to correct the morals
of other neoplo. Perhaps the OEceola
female regulators may escape the major
penalty , because wo forgive wo.men for
every offense but one. But it would bo a
grave error to overlook the offenders in this
instance , who had to forge decoy letters and
load their victims into temptation before
they applied the corrective punishment.
A GUUD irt/K/l JfUU lllt.L.
Philadelphia Inquirer : In the changed
nature of things Senator Hill ought to got a
front scat at the pto counter and bo allowed
a bit of appetizing cheese with his pie.
Boston Advertiser : Mr. Hill has certainly
been forcible the lastfowdays in the senate ,
and wo have hopes that he may yet show
qualities worthy of leadership in that body.
Indianapolis Journal : Senator David B.
Hill seems to ho the only democrat in the
senate who has won renown during the sil
ver Controversy in the senate , but then ho
has none to lose.
Minneapolis Journal : It would bo a singu
lar and interesting spectacle if the demo
crats should dccrco David Bcnnott Hill to
the leadership of the party in the senate.
They nro evidently turning to him as the
leader of their forlorn hope , a kind of Mac-
Million to lead the storming party into the
MalaVoff of the silver barons.
Philadelphia Press : Senator Hill , it may
bs remembered , was the man whoso election
to the senate was to pluugo him into an ob-
s-jurity from which ho was never to emerge ,
for a public man whoso career has been
closed BO often , according to his critics , Sen
ator Hill has had an extraordinary success.
Ho is , as a matter oT simple justice to his
talents , an extremely dextrous and skillful
politician , whoso ability will always make
him conspicuous , and whoso unscrupulous
methods will always render him useful to
the democratic- party and admired by It.
A Veto Heady lor shlnpUstcr * .
Cincinnati Commercial.
The advocates ( of the repeal of thn state
bank tax do not care about anything of that
kind unless they shall bo permitted to issue
a shinpUster currency of the kind that ex
isted prior to ISrtO. In this connection wo
must ask permission to express the opinion
that , if nn. unconditional repeal of the state
bank tax should bo passed by congress ,
President Cleveland would veto it. Ho has
his ilntnrminntlnn to sun-
fnllv ilpmnnat.mtnd VIU1I ls OU ' -
ILfllJr UVlllullavfc clwtvk Ufa , ljbk > l f J.,1. )
port sound money , and it is our impression
ho hns made up his mind that if a minority ,
or even a'majority , of his party in congress
differ with him , the occupant of the whlto
house will "hold the fort. "
Olf MIIU'II.
Galveslon News : An unomy Is a person who
applauds you when you fall.
Atchl&nn Qlobe : The further you nro away
from a IlKht the inoro' certain you uro that
bravery Is the thliiK.
Glens Fulls Republican : You never can tell
what Kcrrns of Kroutnnsn inny bo In a prison
convict , for ho Isn't allowed to "lot himself
out. "
Buffalo Courier : When It comes to homo
government , with tlm Urst baby aiiulnst Its
father and mother , It Is often found that tlio
minority rules ,
"Your husband 1s so
Washington Star ; mag
netic a man , " said llio vliltor.
"I know It , " resounded the wife. "I found a
steel hairpin sticking to ids coat collar the
other day , "
Philadelphia Times : "There's a tomato can , "
mused Old Soak , as hu braced himself auulimt
n lump post , "llvun that wlshl paint a moral , "
"Yes/'replied Do Taiiquu , "and If thwro was u
stray dog about It might adorn a tall. "
Somorvlllo Journal : "Ho who can conceal
his joys 1s Creator than ho who can hldo hu
Krlnfs , " said J/.mitur. This It the only ground
ivo have for thinking Lavater may have boon
a great poU r player In his tltnu.
Life : "Say , " said the regular customer of
the uldo-streut restaurant , un ho mopped at
the desk to pay hU check , "whore did yon Ret
tlmt hoof you are uorvliiK today ? " "What's
Uio matter with It ? " aK rosjlvtly asked the
cuihlor , who scented another kick , 'Tlioi-o'a
nothliix the matter with It ; that's why 1
asked. "
A COMMON TALK.
Eaiwa * Gltu Journal.
A titled lord ,
A maid with cash )
A gay resort ,
A aouhlu mash ;
A uuptlul day ,
A furolgti port ;
A broUeii heart ,
A case in court.
Highest of all m Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
Baking
Powder
ABSOLUTE ! * PURE
WILD CAT MONEY CERTAIN
Democrats Bound to Rapoil the Tax on
Statn Bank Circulation.
SOUTHEtWCRS INSIST ON THE CHANGE
Member .Tolimon of thfi Committee on
Itnnkltig nml Citricinrjr 3ny the Com.
mlttno Will Hit DnrliiB Itecei *
to 1'rrpnro n HIM.
WAsnivoTox BUIIKAU or THE BBS , )
C13 FoCIITKBNTlt STIir.ET , >
WASIHXOTOX , Oct. 20. )
Representative Henry H. Johnson of In-
dinnn , a member of the tiouso committee on
hanking nnd currency , anil who expressed
the belief last wcok that a bill to ropo.il the
10 percent tax on bank circulation could not
pass the house , nnd thnt U would not bo re
ported from the committee , tu inodttleU his
opinion m vlow of the chance of affairs In
the senate on the silver repent bill. Mr.
Johnson saUt to TUB linn correspondent
today that he believed lite committee on
banking nnd currency would report a bill
unconditionally repealing tlio tax on state
bank circulation , as pledged. In the demo
cratic platform , and that slnco It Is de
manded by nearly every democrat In the
south It would bo passed.
"Tuero are a great many propositions be
fore the commlttoo to modify the simple
roDcal of the tax , " said Mr. Johnson , "but
I do not believe that the commlttoo will
agree to my amendment. Of course all of
the republican members of the committee
are opposed to state bank circulation upon
any basis , nnd Chairman Springer has here
tofore looked upon It unfavorably , but thcro
Is so much pressure for It , from the south
especially , that 1 really anticipate favorable
action at the hands of the commlttoo.
Johiiinii Connluorn It Dniigoroiii.
"I bollovo lucre will bo no measure before
this conuress of greater Importance than
bank Issues , unit the proposition to allpw
state banks to issue circulation upon secur
ities approved by state authorities I regard
as the most violent of all the proposi
tions which have been made In good
faith within my rncollcctlon. Thcro Is a
great danger in the admission to circulation
of bad bills. The fact that the government
prints the bills wilt only provldo against
counterfeiting of them. If It Is right to
allow state banks to issue circulation on
private securities the same privilcgo should
bo granted to national banks. I do not think
the government will undertake to nssumo
control of the state banks. I doubt if such
contract would bo constitutional. Anv pro
vision of this sort that may bo put in the
bill will ba of tlttlo force , and not intended
for use. Mr. Springer has asked that the
committee continue its slHings during the
recess that wo all feel certain will como
attor repeal. From this I foot that a bill for
the repeal of the bank tax is to bo drawn up
and reported Just after the recess. "
I'optillst Campaign Literature.
At last that long speech of Senator Allen ,
delivered through the -weary hours of tne
lirot night of the continuous session , has
been published entire in the Congressional
Record this morning nnd occupies fifty-two
lull pages , or 101 columns , thirty-four moro
than the first computation. Much of the
space is taken up by largo tables nnd
a iartro part of the text Is composed of agate
quotations from the books into which the
senator plunged from time to time. This
little brochure will soon bo issued in pamph
let form for western consumption and postal
authorities in populistic regions may prepare
for a hard winter. The nubliu printer has
not yet fixed upon a price for the speech , but
it will bo over $20,000 , and as it Is to bo is
sued as an alliance campaign document it
may draw heavily on the funds af the third
party. It will be seen in many sections of
Nebraska. Mr. Bryan will USD it as a sup
plement to his own silver speech.
Special Crop Hulluttii Extracts.
The special crop bulletin just issued from
the Department of Agriculture- contains the
following comments upon the reports from
states named , which are of interest to BEE
readers :
Nebraska The month has boon charac
terized by unusual aridity and as a consequence
quence corn ripened too rapidly , causing
shrinkage to sorno extent , nevertheless there
will bo moro than an average number of
bushels of cood. com for the entire stato.
Potatoes , both Irish and sweet , are light in
yield , but of good quality.
Iowa Wheat In yield and quality varies
greatly throughout the state , .ranging from
extra to worthless. Hye , oats and barley
are below the avorago. Oats is particularly
light in yield. Buckwheat has been retarded
in growth by drouth. Continued drouth
lowered the condition of corn in some
counties , but the increase of porcon.ngo | in
others eivcs a line avorago. Potatoes show
but little moro than half a crop.
South Dakota Wheat will bo mostly
threshed and housed in good condition.
Quality in general No. 1. Oats nnd barley
light In weight and of poor quality. Corn
ripeno J before Irost and is nearly ready to
crib. Potatoes uro a smalt yield , but 10 !
finest quality.
Xotr * tor tlm Army.
Tlio following army orders wcro Usuod
todays
The leave of nWm-o on mivgeon's cortln-
catoof illnanlllt.v RrnntM First Lieutenant
Oeotgo K. Cooke , Fifteenth Infantry , is ex
tended ono month.
Tlio following transfers in the Fourth In-
fantrv nro matlo : I'irst I.loutennnt Carver
Ilowland , from company O to company 1C ;
First Lieutenant Krncst K. V. Smith , from
company K to company l * .
The leave ir.uilud Mtijou Jacob H. Itawloi ,
t'ourth artillery , Is oxtumlod tondnys.
\VII1 'In * tlin Inillnn lnmU.
The house cummlttoo on Inalan affairs hns
reported favorably the bill Introduced In the
senate by Senator Mandorsoannd which has
bean urgently ndvoc.uod by Senator 1'ottl-
grow , providing that Uio government shall
pay the taxoi upon land which hns been
taken In severally l > y Indians. Favorable
action has also been had by the senate com
mittee on Indian affairs , nnd this earlv nnd
concerted notion by the commtttco o'f Uio
two houses Is roifimlcd as an Indication Unit
the bill will iuroly become law within a few
monlhi.
Mouth Dakota , ns well as Nebraska , Is
deeply Interested in this measure , ns the
former state has U.WO allotments which do
" ° , , now pay Uxiccs ° r " " * description. It
will bo recalled that the condition of affair *
in I'hurston county. Nebraska , suggestnl
this measure In the last congress. Mr. W.
K rcoblcs of Ponder has a number of times
visited Washington and urged the adoption
of this mcasaro In Justice to his city , u i
thcro is nn Immense tiod.v of land lying adja
cent to 1'omler , nml belonging to the Otocs
and WInnobaRocs , which pays no taxoi.
under this proposed mwThurston county
would got moro taxes from Indian lands
than from the farms owned by whlto sot-
tiers.
.MltvHlnnemit.
From the abstract , of the combined reports
of the national binks in lorra just prepared
at the ofllco of the comptroller of the cur
rency It appears that the avorngo reserve of
all the national banks In Iowa on the 8U
Inst. was til IK ) percent , which Is nearly 7 per
cent above the lepal requirements ,
The Wyoming national b.uiks had but23.U7
percent , or over ii per cent less than the re
quired reserve.
Favorable reports were today made upon
the Mnnderhon bills to pay John Palmer
81,005 , the value of his improvements on gov-
crntncnt lands near Pine Kldgo nccncy from
which ho was driven by an order from the
Indian ofllce , and to pay John Little nnd
llolsart William of Omaha $ i,000 , duo them
as reported by the court of claims.
The commissioner of Indian affairs has ap
pointed Special Agent Marcus D , Selby to
take charge of the government school at
Ueoou. This relieves Suporititemlent Wil
liam B. Ilackus , whoso resignation takes
effect nt the end of this month. Agent
Selby will have charge of the school until
the appointment , of a successor to Superin
tendent Backus.
Postmasters appointed today : Nebraska
Odoll , Gage county , Franklin Walker , vice
Li. II. Valentino , removed.
Iowa Wapello , Ixmisa countyC , I * . Prlco ,
vice M. G. Hurley , removed.
South Dakota Scdgu Irk. Hyde county , 1C.
T. Strand , vice W. II. Triplott , resigned.
Judge Conkliu of Canton , S. I ) . , is hero ,
lie has his eye upon the receivership of the
land oftleo at Clmmbcrlitln.
PcnurS. Ilium
FEOI'Li : JXtt 11U.\IS.
Senator Morgan is a prutly spectacle oa
the cookoo perch.
It is evident the Brcsiuent Is an expert In
blowing out the gas.
Wesley C. Illppcy , the would-be assassin
of John W. Mac-key , was sentenced by a San
Francisco court to pay u fine of $250.
As a measure of public safety , the cam
paign cigar outht to bo included in the list
of things forbidden by the smoke-nulsaneo
law.
law.Tho
The surrender of the southern , compro
misers was not a severe wroneli to their
"honah , sah. " Familiarity breeds indiffer
ence.
The now Kansas election law prohibits
the distribution of cigars , money or whisky ,
or the use of free carriages for voters on.
election day.
Silver people in Silverton , Colo. , who
think Senator Allen of Nebraska is n brick
nro going to present him with a silver ono
Jorty ounces in weight.
The Geary law in California and Gary
law in Chicago , though differing widely in
purpose , are issues of popular interest in
their respective localities.
The man with the urtlllcial log will learn
something to his advantage by calling on
candidates lor office. The demand for un
feeling limbs exceeds Uio supply.
The condition of A. 1C. McClure , editor of
the Philadelphia Times , continues precari
ous. In the opinion of the physicians the
case will bo a protracted and tedious otic ,
oven if it result favorably ,
Cnicairo papers emphatically deny tto
story that many infants had been abandoned
by their parents in the Children's building
in the fair grounds. Of the hundreds cared
for , not one has been deserted.
The ono sad feature in the collapse of the
silver fight is the wet blanket it places on
the ambition of a Washington surgeon. He
had made a special study of diseases of tha
jaw , with a viuw to treating the senators ia
job lots.
The San Francisco street railway system
was recently bought by u syndicate for $18-
000,000 , tno plant being worth Si.OOO.OOO.
That is , the sum of § 15,000,000 was paid the
various companies for the street privileges
they enjoyed ,
DOWNING , KS
Largot Mitnufaoturorj iql UitillJ
ot OlotUlnjl U tnaVorlJ. .
A big drive
In Lewis winter underwear , tomorrow , .the
most perfect shapecl
garments made.
Only one thing
wrong it's too ex
pensive ; to got a
profit the large sizes sell $10.25 suit. Look at this
taJbleTthen see what we do with it :
UKDKKS IIITS-$3.60 $3.75 $4.00 W.'S Sl.fiO $4.70
SIZES28 : to uu : u : m SIR 4 a *
DRAWKHS-i.50 $3,76 41.00 $4.M5 tl.ZOl , S 3.00 * 5lfi
Friday and Saturday we'll sell you any size for $7
a suit , which is the price of the smallest size. Much
of the underwear advertiser ) as "full fashioned" is
straight from neck to ankle , with the exception of
a few needles of fashioning at the top and bottom
of the inseams and knitted so loose as to flt any
thing by stretching , or it has pieces inserted to ob
tain the necessary fulness. The Lewis underwear
is full fashioned in reality and not simply in name.
The inseams and sleeves are knitted in perfect con
formity , as are all other points of the garments ,
thus preserving an equal tension throughout , and
retaining its original shape to the last. Colors nat-
tural gray , gray tint and cream , any size thi's week
$7 a suit ,
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Etort open baturU every evening y tlllU till U.J1 IS , W , Cor , 15t'i ani Dnlu 3U ,