12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OOTOBEtl 20 , 1893-T\VENft PAGES.
THE DAILY BEE.
E. HOSBWATEU , Editor.
r.VBiiV MORNING.
TKttMS Or SWlSCUtPTION.
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f OHttcIl Illiiffn. 12 Prnrl tre < t.
Cliloniro Odlco , 317 ( linnilHT nf rommorcc.
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Wn MnKtonJii ( ; Fourlocnlli im-oot.
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rclallnir lo nnd odl
All communication * tiroy
lotlal matter Hlionlil Imlilnawd. . To tlio KUIlor
MtSINKSS LKTTKna
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il tit The liool' bll liln puijin.iiiy.pinnlii.
H , clirokH nmliKiMomco ortlrrs lo batundo
trivnbln lo Ihr order onhnuoinpvjy.
Vnrilrft lonx In * tlio city ( or HID Mwnmwr CMI hit"
TUP llrr nenl to their address bylcavlnff nn order
feB ponMSIIIKO COMPANY.
llm Urn In Clilrnco.
TDK DAILY and HUNHAY HER t on sale In
Clitr.tKO nt Uio following places :
Talnier lum o.
Grand 1'iu'lllcliolol.
Auditorium lintul. .
drcnt Northern hotel.
Onro hotel.
I.clnnil lintel. . . . , .
Tiles of Tin : tlKB ran bo soon at Uio Io- ;
braslmmilldlnpnml tlio Administration buildIng -
Ing , K.\position grounds.
dWOKN STATKMKXT OF CIUCUI.ATION.
Etntoot Nebraska , I
County of UomrlAH. t _ _ _ ,
nrorBoP.TzHclitirU.Htcrctirv of Tnr. nr * Pnn-
llnlilng coinpniiy , ilocvi polemnly swear tlint the
cttml circulation of Tnc mu.r HKE for the \\eek
rnillng October as , 1HOJ , was as followB !
Funday. October 22 " -Z59
Momlnjr. October a.I --2i
Tuesday. Ocobora4 ( , H'l-Si ]
Wcilncmlnr , October' ' . ) ' " ! *
Tluirsclnv , October'JO 83.800
Ftlclny , October ! ! ? . . 21'L'H ; ' }
Enliml.i ) , October 28 U4i l
Ol oiitiK 11. Trscinrrif.
, j , Suornto before me and Btiuscrlbed In my
\ crAi. Mirosutco thin ' - ' tli 0-iy of October. 1HH.
I f I N. 1' . l'n t. . Notary Public.
/VvrniRO Clrctilntliiii for Sept. , 1HIK1 , 2V4.13
POSTMASTKUSHIPS IU'0 Coming slowly
just now. But wait till the repeal bill
Is passed and the wells of federal patron *
tigo will once more boRlu to flow with
the accustomed rapidity.
substitution of * John L. Piorson
for Frank Thompson as randldato for
the Bpard of Education is a very grati
fying improvement. Mr. Piorson lias
been an excellent inumbor of the board.
VOTING upon the repeal bill has al
ready become in two days much moro
popular with Uio public than talking on
the repeal bill did in the many long
weeks that that measure has hung fire
in thd somite.
Tun police jtulgo of Now York City re
ceives an annual salary of $8,000 , while
a justice of the supreme court of Ne
braska receives 32,500 a year. Justice
must necessarily como too high in Now
York o'r it is too cheap in Nebraska.
PHILADELPHIA is taking stops tea
a subscription fund of $10,000 to bo expended -
ponded in purchasing articles of interest
at the World's fair to bo exhibited in its
free publio'musoinn. The hint might betaken
taken to heart by public-spirited citi-
everywhere.
Tun only definite' assurance wo have
that the American collegeshuvo entered
upon the season's task of a higher edu
cation for young mon is the announce
ment that the first intercollegiate game
of foot ball is to bo played in a few days.
The average American college boy , like
the Chicago girl , takes great pride in
the size of his shoes.
MACLEOD won his place on the school
board payroll through his rustling qual
ities as a ward worker , and is likely to
retain his position for that reason. Ho
is a political necessity to certain mem-
lors ) of the boatd , who are under obliga
tions to him , and who folbtod him upon
iho city pay roll as the easiest means of
paying olT such obligations. As usual ,
the taxpayer gats the worst of it.
Fr.W people have contended that the
Bilvor senators were insincere in their
fight against the repeal bill. They have
simply Doon blinded by false notions in
respect to monetary doctrines and the
overwhelming pecuniary interests of
many of tholr constituents in mining
properties. They will soon ECO that un
conditional repeal is by no means the
calamity which they have been predict
ing.
CONfiHKSSMAN BLAlil promises to
aparo his a&dcclatcs in the house from
further personal endeavors to push the
educational bill which bears his muno
und upon which previous congresses
have boon forced to waste so much timo.
Blair practically talked his own bill f >
death on moro than ono occasion. With
out hU active efforts in its behalf its
chances of becoming law may bo consid
ered somewhat Improved.
117/1 / ony tsdJ-rcsiKctinij American citi
zen plucf his vote at tlie disposal of any
railroad , excess , teleymph or stretl rail-
wan comjMiij/ / other / corporation that
carries him on its pay rollt Jocs a man
barter a way hits soul wVen he hires out to
one of these conmratiimst Ai e ( key not yct-
tiny all they < m entitled lo ichtn employes cjl-
cienllyan'l faithfully perform the < ( . im
posed npo > \ them in the shops , on the trainer
or at headijwntertf
lv TUB Illinois Central decides to
avail itself of the Interstate bridge to
make Its entrunco Into Omaha the Knst
Omaha Brldjrn and Terminal company
will bo entitled to credit for having
done a good turn for Omaha. The Illi
nois Central would make a valuable
addition to our itilhvny facilities and
give u * a direct outlet inta a boctlon of
country that Omaha has only boon able
to rcuuh In a roundabout way.
Tim Philadelphia 1'uWc Isd'jtv road *
a timely lesion to cDiincllmon who
habitually neglect to attend the meet
ings of the body to which they have
sought and gained an election. It says
that "as long as a man Is u member fiu
should make it a rula to unantro for hia
presence as regularly as ho would for
'any business engagement , und whoa ho
finds ho cannot dp this ho ought to 10-
& ! gn , for ho lias no further m.ral right
to a boat In the municipal legislature. "
\Vbon Mr. Bedford was a jnoiubcr of the
Oa uhacftyo3uncil hoyas absent fro'in. .
me liiiga alniD8tua , often a * hi ) was pros-
en t. And ho didn't resign 01 refuse- his
lalary , either.
n
RIGHTS AND WtlOXOS OP
r.MPLOTES.
There are nearly ono million mon on
the pay rolls of the railroads ot the
Unltod States. This vast Industrial
army is officered by the brainiest mon
that can bo found in America , who are
especially trained to make the sorvlco of
their companies efficient nnd romuhor-
atlvo. The great sclonca of modern
railroading is to doereaso expenses and
Increase earnings. To this end every
railway manager constantly endeavors
to operate the road so that ho can got
the largest amount of service with the
smallest force for the least money ,
In almost every other country but our
own the railway service affords steady
employment at fixed wages , with promo
tion according to merit nnd length of tlmo
each Indlvldvnl has boon In the sorvlco.
Mon are only discharged for cause.
Mon who receive Injuries in the service
of the company and these who have boon
in the sorvlco to an advanced ago are
retired on sufficient pay to keep thorn
comfortable.
In this country the oldest and most
faithful employe is liable to dismissal
on a dnv's notice , with no ether explana
tion than that his services have boon
dispensed with. Men who have devoted
half n lifetime to becoming exports in
any branch of railroading nro thrown
out arbitrarily to make way for
some favorite of the general
manager or some relative of an influen
tial politician. This uncertainty of
tenure extends through the entire sor-
vlco from the mnnngcr'3" ofllco down to
the section hand.For any grievance ,
just or unjust , there Is no redress unless
Iho complaint is backed , by numbers or
potential friends. The only olllclcnt
counter force has boon association nnd
mutual resistance to enforce fair treat
ment. What has been accomplished in
the way of securing redress and check
ing the downward pressure of wages has
been through the brotherhoods and
federations of locomotive engineers ,
firemen , conductors , brakemen , switch
men , train dispatchers , operators nnd
other employes in the train service.
The workmen in the shops and on tno
roadway and the clerks are , ' ' for the
most part still at the mercy of arbitrary
bosses and heads of departments.
The most flagrant misuse of association
is the so-called hospital sorvlco and simi
lar relief associations , which ostensibly
have toe their object mutual protection
of employes , but in reality are chiefly
maintained for the benefit of the rail
way companies. When the surgeon general -
oral of the Union Pacific inaugurated
the employes' hospital tax about twelve
years ago there was a general revolt
against this imposition all along the
line. Protests nnd remonstrances were
.showered upon the managers from every
shop and olllce , and the feeling of oppo
sition was so intense that for a time
Dr. Mercer's ' pot bchcmohad to bo aban
doned. But after"two or three years of
resistance the men were finally whipped
in. Willing or unwilling , 50 cents a
month is taken out of the wages of every
man or woman on the pay roll and set
apart as a hospital fund to pay for sur
geons , doctors and drugs. Now , al
though this fun < " is a forced contribu
tion from tho'omployos , they have not a
word to say about its disposal. The man
agers engage the surgeon general and
his assistants and to these managers
alone do the railroad doctors look for
any directions. If attuinnmu or shop
man moots with an accident the com
pany's doctor , paid for with his own
money , waits on him and treats him
until ho recovers or dios. If ho remains
a cripple for life tho. company's doctor
llrst tries to persuade him that his in
juries nro temporary and advises him to
settle for a mere pittance. Ifho de
clines to eottlo and brings suit for dam
ages the company's doctor , paid , for out
of the fund contributed by the toilers ,
will , nlno times out of ton , join .the com
pany's attorney in an effort to cut down
hib claim or beat him altogether.
Against such systematic oppression
nobody at railroad headquarters or on
the read dares to raise his volco
Where , O whom , is Railroad Organizer
Knodoll nnd his association of enlisted
political bcrfs ? Why have they never
struck a blow for freedom by demanding
that the mon who pay the hospital tax
shall have a volco in its expenditure ?
The Bui'llngton ' road has albo organ
ized a benevolent association for ita own
relief. It is known as thq Burlington
Voluntary Relief Department. Osten
sibly this society was formed for the
protection and relief of employes injured
in the service of the company.
A case now pending before the
supreme court of Nebraska unmasks the
real object , which is nothing moro nor
less than a device .to relieve the com
pany from responsibility for accidentally
maiming or killing men in its o.nploy.
The case wo clto Is that of Joseph Boll ,
who was jammed in coupling an engine
und had three ribs broken. Boll
brought suit for damages and was
awarded $700 by the jury that tried the
case. Frcm this verdict an appeal Is
now pending In the supreme court. The
company demands that the verdict be
set nsido beciiibo Bell Is a member of
the IIu Ihigton Voluntary Relief asso
ciation and tborofpro Is bound by
Its rules. Under the provisions of
this association the Burlington Railroad
company guarantees the fulfillment
of Its obligations ta members. The com
pany takes charge of ull the , nnnoys belonging -
longing to the fund , Is rospanslblo for
their safe keeping and pays 4 per cent
per annum for monthly balances in Ita
hands. Another article provides that In
consideration of the amounts paid nnd
to ho paid by said company , tlio Burling
ton road , for the maintenance ) of thn re
lief department the acceptance of bene
fits from the sa'.d ' relief , fund for injury
or death shall operate ns a rolonjo and
butlsfuctlon of all claims for damages
against the said company.
This is a vosy cunning trap by which
a poor railroad man und his family can
bo c..lseled out of a cluhu for losbcs of
life or limb. Joseph Bell Is ho n to
huvo drawn ? 02 out of the benefit relief
fund , and that.lt is argued , ba-s him
out of- any further claim against the
Burlington road' . ' <
Do railway employes comprehend the
oiinrmlty of this prouosed judluiul jugglery -
glory ? Do they comprehend now why
the railroad rounusord wuut to own the
Biipromo court ? Will they sacrifice
their manhood and cut tholr own throats
by voting as ordered for a railroad com
pany candtdnto to succeed Judfjo Max
well ?
KBKP IT IlKFOttti U1V ,
Thousands of our most Intelligent
citizens still labor under thu delusion
tlint the $1,500,000 bond proposition con
templates the building' of a canal. Some
of our brightest business men have been
made to bollovo that any attempt to'
divert the money from the canal would
bo enjoined by the courts. The reverse
Is true.
The proposition as submitted to the
voters of Omaha reads as follows :
Sluill bonds of the city of Onknlm til the
Hum of nun million live hunilroil Uiomuml
dollar * (81,800,000) ( ) lie Imuoil for the Hppvo-
prlntlon nnd purclirno of wnlorworm nnd nu
rlnctrlo light plant for unlit city ami the up-
proprlntlon nnd purcluiso of the In nil re
quired lor such wntornrnrku and ulcctrlo
light plant , thn onlil bonds to run not more
thnn twenty (30) ( ) yearn and to iionr Interest ,
p-tynhlo ( loinl.nnnimlly nt n rnto not to pi
eced tire (5) ( ) per cent per nnniitn , vrltli con-
pnni nttuclicil , the nlil bonds to ho cnllod
"WattrtTorlct nnd lUeotrlo L.lgM 1'lnnt
llondd , " nnd not to bo sold for losn thnn pnr |
the proceed * ofn.ild lioiuls to ho used for no
othot purpose than pnylnc tho-cost of tlin
nppruprlntlon or pdrclmno of waterworks
nnd nn oloetrlo llcht plant nnd Innd thero-
lor , nnd the Bnld ImntlM to bo Umiod from
time to time n * inny bo required dttrlnc the
j-rnrn 1804 , 1803 nnd 1800.
There is not one word about a canal in
this proposition. If the bonds carry the
proceeds can only legally bo used for the
purchase of the waterworks or electric
lighting plant. The proposition places
no restrictions upon the council as re
gards the purchase. The council can
have the works appraised or it can
agree with Wiley upon the price to bo
paid without oven going through the
formality of an appraisement. The
council can override the mayor's veto if
Wiley can control twelve members , and
the courts cannot interfere unless abso
lute proofs can bo furnished by unim
peachable witnesses that the bargain
was consummated by bribery or fraud.
Any man who assorts that the bonds
to bo voted under the proposition sub
mitted can bo legally used for a canal is
an impostor. They cannot bo so used
oven if the legislature should amend the
charter so as to authorize * the city to con
struct the canal or acquire its ownership
by purchase. No law can operate back
ward.
All who really favor the canal project
should vote no on the proposition.
Those who do not want to mortgage the
city for 81,500,000 , without restrictions
and safeguards will certainly vote no.
THE END OK TUB QltCAT FAJtt.
But two days remain of the official
life ol the Columbian exposition.
Within forty-eight hours thn greatest
enterprise of the kind over undertaken
and carried to a triumphant success will
have bocotno a thing of th'o past a
memory , and to the millions whoso priv
ilege it has been to visit It and to give
it intelligent and discriminating inspec
tion , a memory that will afford peren
nial gratification. What man or woman
with an appreciation of the imposing ,
the grand and the beautiful , will over
forgot the picture that was presented by
a view from the ' 'court' ' of
honor" or1 from the promenade
of the Manufactures building ? The
impressive vastness and the sumptuous
'splendor ' of the architectural achieve
ment alone was sufficient to leave an in
effaceable effect upon the mind , and
when one considers in addition the mar
velous works of art and science and
mechanical skill collected in those white
palaces , wonder at the magnitude and
th'o magnificence of this greatest of all
world's fairs grows as thought and im
agination dwell upon it. No pen , has
yet done justice to its glory and its
grandeur , no orator has spoken the
words that convoy an adequate idea of
its splendors and its bounties , the pencil
or the brush of the artist has given but
an imperfect Impression of its vastness
and its imposing character.
The mayor of Now York City , in his
address on "Manhattan day , " said there
was one sad reflection connected with
the White City , and that was that all
the magnificent specimens of architec
tural art , together with all that they
contain of human greatness and civiliza
tion , will soon have passed away. "I
cannot help but think that any out
lay , however groat,1' ' Bald the mayor
of the national metropolis , "that
would tend to preserve those magnifi
cent buildings in monumental niarblo
would bo an expenditure for which
the country would receive a hundredfold
dred-fold in the liberal education
which our population would re
ceive In visiting them and in the
expansion of mind and elevation of
thought which they would evoke. " In
this Mayor Gllroy voiced the sentiment
of hundreds of thousands who have
visited the fair. Few men or women of
intelligence who have looked with pro
found interest and enthusiastic admira
tion upon those structures have not felt
that their preservation would bo a great
thing for the country , But this is im
practicable as to most of thorn , though
there is promise that ono or more will
bo preserved to become the homo of ex
hibits which will attract and instruct
the coming generations of Americans.
Another Now Yorker spoke elo
quent words , on the occasion
already referred to , which may bo uppro-
pria'oly quoted In this connection , Con ;
trrcssiniui Follows said : "Those build
ings will soon disappear. The limita
tion is almost reached. All this phys-
ioul grandeur will have faded away and
disappear , but the lessons which have
been taught , not only to tills republic ,
but to all of earth , will survive the
flight of nil the years. This , after all , Is
the mightiest lesson which the fair has
taught. It has baen an education to all
of us. It bus boon the gratification of
every boiibo. No cultivated taste but
that bus been gratified oven buyond its
capacity to receive In looking
upon this 8CCUO , " This great achieve
ment , this triumph of the gculua
and oiiortrof the American people
has not only jubtly stimulated national
pride and vutHotism , but it has made
the American name moi o respected aiii
'hcjioicd than over before throughout
' *
th'o world , Jt is no insigniflemit bdast
that in thii exposition wo ijavouur-
pasbcd ull like enterpriser of other ifiv-
tloua vastly boy end what was expected
at the Inception of th < } undertaking , and
have given the womjjnn object lesson In
what the United Sthtes can do which no
other country Is JUcgly to attempt to
equal In this generation. Indeed , If ,
there Is over another such exposition It
will probably bo hold in this country.
It was a costly BrH6rpriso , but there
will bo few to contend that it has not
been worth all that has been expended
on It , If not in irify'torial benefit to the
country , then in ita- educational influ
ence and what It lihS tftidwn to the world
of American capabilities. It Is nn event
of the closing years pf the nineteenth
century which is certain to bo long
memorable as by far * the greatest of its
kind. It is safe to say that whllo ether
nations may -attempt to hnltato none
will surpass It.
CAUSES ro/l
11ON.
A very marked decrease In the num
ber of Immigrants has boon noted t\t the
port of Now York. The record for the
third week of the present month
gives the number of arrivals at 2,017
only. The number for the first twonty-
ono days In October was 10,700. Immi
gration was suspended during October ,
1802 , on account of the prevailing chol
era , but during the corresponding
period of 1891 the number of arrivals
was 23,200. In ether words , if wo regard
the immigration of 1891 as normal
and there wore not extraordinary in
centives to immigration at that time
the Immigration at present has
been reduced to less than one-half
what might ordinarily have boon antici
pated.
The statistics of immigration show
that the Influx of foreigners Into this
country has boon greatest in times of
greatest prosperty ! > and least In. times im
mediately following business depression.
The decrease In the arrivals at the port
of Now York , whllo probably the result
of numerous co-oporatlngcircumstances ,
must bo ascribed In thq main to the In
fluence of our recent run of hard times.
A odocreaso in immigration into the
United States signifies , as a rule , either
that the attractions which this country
has to offer in the way of more favorable
openings for laborers as compared with
those attainable abroad are operating
loss strongly or that the laborer abroad
has been reduced to such extremities
that ho cannot scrape together the small
sum required for the expenses of re
moval. The latter wo know to bo un
true , for the cost of migrating from Eu
rope to America has-been reduced so
low that any ono who is likely to 'pass
muster as a desirable citizen can now
raise the necessary fiinds. The causes
of the decrease must betrcsolved into the
simple fact that the average European
laborer fears at thtfproiont moment that
ho will suffer a detriment rather than a
benefit to his material-welfare should ho
venture to cross th < ? ocean.
This stoppage df immigration is at
once a result and acause. , It is the re
suit of reports of lhard times in this
country and of rumors of starving un
employed which discourage the hopes of
the ambitious poor : But it also reacts
as a cause. Immigration is heaviest
when times are besfi and helps to make
times better. The- < newly arrived immi
grant invests his savings , creates a de
mand for goods and adds to the wealth
producing force of the country. The
absence of immigration subtracts those
elements from us. Many people emi
grate If they are able and take with
them the products of their industry in
this country. Times are dull and they
languish from the very want of a flow of
Incoming population. The return to
prosperity must bo necessarily slow , but
ono of its most reliable signs will bo the
inauguration of another tide of increased
European immigration.
CO/1S2' DEFENSES.
Major General Q. O. Howard , com
manding the Military Department of
the East , makes an urgent plea in his
annual report for further appropriations
for the construction of coast defenses.
The appropriations made by the Fifty-
first congress for this purpose wore suf
ficient to make a beginning In the
proper protection of our harbors , but
General Howard urges that the work
should not bo allowed to Ftop. Ho says
that the best economy In the long run
for the government is to continue
these works when once commenced ,
without ether periodical interrup
tions than those occasioned by the
severity of the winter months. The
most important ports , like these
of Now York , Boston and Now Orleans ,
need the first'attontlon , but the defense
will bo far from what it should bo until
such cities as Philadelphia , Baltimore
and Washington , these near Hampton
Roads , Charleston , Savannah and Mo
bile shall bo properly coyorod by defen
sible works well manned with modern
ordnance. General Howard points out
that the navy cannot bo wholly de
pended upon for defense , since the navy's
work in case of war is rather in the of-
fonlvo than the defensive establishment ,
so that for the defensive purposes of per
manent works the sea coast batteries ,
including morlar shells and ether pro
jectiles , and all the * modern torpedo
preparations , must bo kept in mind ,
i The soundness of General Howard's
vlows will not bo generally questioned.
Very nearly ovoryb y vlll concede that
our exposed beapoijtsr should have ade
quate defenses and that the government
having commenced ito provide these it
should go on wltu'th ' vork until it is
completed , for unltjga/tnls is done there
will bo a very considerable waste of
public money. A ( 'cfod ' many millions
have boon expended ,111 coast defenses
and still our principal seaports are
far from being as y jll rotoctod as they
should bo. The government ought not
to throw away all this money by dis
continuing the worlfbf providing proper
defenses. But this is very likely what
will bo dono. The party in power has
never shown any interest in this mat-
tor. So mo eight years ago , uhortjy
after the first administration of Mr.
Cleveland carao into power , the late
Samuel J. Tildcn addressed a letter to
the president in which ho urged upon
hia attention the great importance of a
proper system of coast defenses. Ho
pictured in vigorous toruw * the teniblo
disaster that could bo wrought by ships
of war in attacking Now Yprk , Boston
and ether exposed ports , and urgued
strongly that merely on busi
ness principles It would bo wise
policy for the government to
inako adequate provision for the
protection of these ports. That letter
of Mr. Tlldon's ' arrested the attention
of the country nnd strengthened the
publiu sentiment in favor of proper coast
defenses , but it had no effect upon the
administration or the party generally
away from the oxpoacd nnd unprotected
'seaports. Mr. Cleveland had then come
from Buffalo , which docs not need de
fenses. Ho has since lived In Now York ,
so that ho may have changed his vlows
on this subject , but however this maybe
bo , it Is not probable that the present
congress will vote any money for coast
defenses. It will find a valid rea
son for not doing BO In the
condition of the treasury and
the revenues of thn govorraont.
With the prospect ( .jf n heavy de
ficit at the close of thrf fiscal year no
money should bo voted for anything that
can wait , and probably no ono will ques
tion that further work on coast defends
may bo put off two or three years with
out danger. Having no troublesome or
threatening international controversies
wo may feel entirely complacent regardIng -
Ing the security of our seaports.
WHILE missionary societies and ether
organizations of n religious or charitable
character continue to declaim against
what-thoy like to call the barbarities of
the Chinese exclusion law , the senate
committee , to which the house amend
ments to that bill have boon referred ,
proposes to take Its time In considering
the measure before It and to give all
parties who may bo affected by it ample
opportunity to present arguments or
protests. It is scarcely to bo expected ,
however , that denunciations of the
Geary law as Inhuman , brutal
or Inconsistent with the inalienable
rights of man , such as wore resolved
upon the other day by the American
Missionary association , will have i much
effect after the supreme court has
passed upon the measure and has declared
it to bo in complete accordance with the
provisions of the constitution. It is oven
rumored that some of the delay in act
ing upon the proposed amendment ex
tending the time for registration is
brought about intentionally in order
that the vicious highbinders and gam
blers on the Pacific coast may bo gotten
out of the country now whllo they are in
default undoc the exclusion law now in
forco. It is safe to say , however , that
the amendments now pending in the
senate will ultimately become law sub
stantially as they now are , with a view
to saving the government the expense of
deporting the Chinese residents of the
United States , if for no other reason.
Tun enthusiastic reception of Presi
dent Carnet on board the Russian fleet
at Toulon was intended to reciprocate
the favors attendant upon the lavish
welcome of the Russian naval officers
into Paris. Whether or not the pres
ent demonstrations have boon carefully
prepared for the effect they may have
upon the French people and Upon the
jieoplo of the surrounding countries ,
they must bo received as definite con
firmation of the intimate friendly re
lations now existing between Franco and
Russia. These nations have witnessed
many changes in their attitudes toward
onoanother _ in the past , and * will no
doubt witness many more in the near
future. Put in the living present any
nation which picks a quarrel with
Franco must know that it will have to
reckon with Russia also. ,
A Republican Triumph.
Kew 1'orlc Tttbune.
Republicans have won , and owe their vic
tory to President Cleveland.
No Dlsorimlnntlon , Please.
CMcaoo limes.
The officers of the Madison Square Na
tional bank of Now York , which went under
during the late financial depression , have all
been arrested on charges of fraud , fonrory
and embezzlement. In all justice the ofllcora
of the real of the Now York banks ought to
bo arrested for flagrant violations of the
banking law during the same period.
The Trade Quickening. ,
SjirtnuflM ( Mass. ) Republican.
Wo shall now undoubtedly sea a great
iiuickonlng in the processes of recovery
from panic ami depression. It cannot bo
effected In a day ; there has been great ex
haustion of the commercial organism and
the stsps upward to a full revival of average
activity must bo slow. But the removal of
ono great bunion of uncertainty whion has
rested on the hack of business will glvo now
life to the upward movement.
The Indian HI a Soldier.
PhHadtli > ) iia Inqnticr.
Brigadier General John H. Brooke of the
rogulur army , in command of thu Depart
ment of the Platte , says that the principal
diniculty in the handling of Indian troops Is
their inability to speak English , and ho adds
that from his knowledge of the race ho
thinks this inability sprlnvs from the racial
dread of ridicule , the Indian trooper being
afraid to try to speak English lest the white
soldiers laugh at him. In this respect the
Indian is very much lllto the white man , and
the dlfllculty is , therefore , perhaps not in
surmountable.
The Toimoic 1'rlen for Coal.
CMcaoo Voit.
The transfer of Delaware , Lackawannu &
Western railway stock to the Vandorbilts Is
hellovcd by some Wall street prophets to
foreshadow another Increase In the pnco of
coal. It Is not cheering news on the first
shrewd day of the early winter , and wo may
take the liberty of doubting it.
The price of coal is about as high now as
It can bo without cracklnir the endurance of
the peoplo. The Heading nnd ether com
binations have blown up the bubble as fur
as It will go safely. Another blast and it
wll | bo soapsuds' in the pipe. Wo have no
fonr of the Vandcrbllts. Tliov are not
gojng to put coal , tackawanna or ether , In
tlio socialistic flro which burned for gov
ernmout seizure of thu coal Holds lust
winter.
rroiecutlou of lloml I'romotcrt.
AfdmOTpollo Tribune ,
It is a pleasure to note the fact that thn
government , has entered earnestly into the
work of puttlni ; a quietus upon certain lot-
lory enterprises masquerading us "invest
ment , " "mining , " loan , " "guaranty" and
"bond companies. They are lotteries pure
and simple , differing from the Now Orleans
establishment only In nomenclature , 1 heir
tickets are "bonds" and "aioolts , " their
prizes ' 'loans , " The government will pro
ceed against them in exactly the same man
ner as it mtucks the grout lottery at Now
Orleans , by prosecuting thorn for uilng the
malls for illegal purposes and by excluding
their , corrcaponucnco and printed mutter
from the mail * . Cases have been made up
aitainat a number of the loading companies
and \flll bo brought to trial very shortly.
As between the outspoken lottery and
such Ramos as those the lottery is to bo pre
ferred. The latter calls itself by lu truu
name , states its ohauces , pays lurucr prizes ,
has fevTeropi > ortuiiUlo3 to defraud and docs
not iiyisriuorado under tlio style anil titles
of reputable concerns. Tuo bogus "bond"
iavoHtment company does inllnltuly tnoro
harm than the avowed lottery aud should
bo oven moro strictly dealt with by the
courts.
SRCVfiAK SHOTS AT HIE
Chicago Mnll : An Omnha preacher hits
told his parishioners how to voto. Pretty
soon some ot thorn will bo tolling him how to
pray.
Kansas City .Tjurnnh The IOWA ministers
who nro supporting the third party prohibi
tion tlchot In the hollof that they nro help
ing the cause of temperance may bo con-
sclintlous , but they show a lamentable lack
of common sense ,
St. Paul Glebe : Ono preacher , nt least ,
has silenced the criticism of the local press
upon his conduct. Ho lives inn small town
In Illinois , nnil has Just married the editor of
the paper there , who happened to bo n young
lady of considerable beauty and flno mental
endowments. It Is to bo hoped that In this
case , nt least , tlio press ami the pulpit will
work together In harmony ,
Washington Star : The Ixow York nnd
low England synod has decided that Dr.
Drlggs shall not have any further hearing
so farms It is concerned. The doctor can
console himself with the reflection that ho
has already succeeded In getting Ills vlows
prottv thoroughly before the public. Ho
will doubtless realize that it may ho for the
best , ns a protracted llrlcps discussion on
the heels of the silver debate would Inevit
ably provo n tax on popular patlouco.
Kansas City Star : In ono respect nt least
.yesterday ( 'Jad ) was o/iulto notable Sahhath.
Colonel Ingcrsoll nnd .lohu U Sulllvftu hold
services that packed tlio buildings. If some
of the clergy ma n llttlo sere over tholr own
small congregations lot thom romomhor that
the colonel and John mo novelties nnd there
Is nlwnya a chnrm m novelty. If they were
a steady nrtlclo Of dlot every Sunday morn
ing , not to speak of two or thrco times dur-
hig the week , they would soon flnd thnm-
solves discoursing to a faithful few. The
crowds that greeted thorn yesterday nrgtio
nothing disheartening to the religious
teach ors.
Philadelphia Times : The Baptist min
isters who attended the anniversary meet
ings in the city during the past week were
confronted by two vital questions now cal.
ing for disposition in that great denomina
tion. The scarcity of Uaptist ministers and
tholr education are the direct Issues In point.
The annual report shows 0,70.1 churches and
only 24,703 ordained ministers. Next to an
Inadequate ministry , as far as numbers go ,
the delegates/llscussod the lack of prepara
tion , with no special way marked out as a
solution. This Is an interesting situation , as
It indicates Baptist growth lo a ronmrkaolo
degree.
I'ROl'f.K ASH
The Ferris wheel is to remain In Chicago.
Nothing smaller would fit the municipal
head.
The wonder is that the entire peniten
tiary did not go. It has boon under flro for
years.
Baron Tnlkonhool has arrived in the
country. His presence in Washington Is not
necessary now.
What a varied assortment of trouble would
have been avoided if Adam had had a gun
when ho was tempted.
Cousin Bon Folsom completed his educa
tion recently by graduating from tuo Kceley
instltuto In Orange , N , J.
Mr. Cleveland's "dally prayers" hixvlug
reached the spot , a distribution of the loaves
and fishes is now In order. .
The Fries family mother , son , nnd son-in-
law of Wllltamburp , N. . , Invested $13,000
In bogus gold dust. The mother died on dis
covering that she was defrauded.
Senator Plumb's estate will probably pan
out about $1,000,000 for his heirs. ICansas
speculations are not as profitless as the
shrieking brethren would liavo the country
believe.
In a day or two the World's fair will bo
transformed into a mammoth bargain sale.
If the record of Chicago day Is not then
eclipsed It will bo evidence of the decline of
woman's greatest fad.
A congress of railway surgeons was to beheld
held in St. Louis lust Thursday , but-owlm ;
to pressing engagements along the trucks
the meeting was not sufficiently attended to
attract attention.
F. 1C. Smith of Oakland , Cal. , who ex
tracted a fortune from the borax beds of
Death valley , is to build a castle of borax
brick. The cockroach 4,000 affects Indiffer
ence , but it is insincere.
William Wnldorf Aster has ascended
another round in the ladder that loads to
immortality. Ho has bought the black pug
dog Man Friday. Mr. Astor believes ho is
the only American who owns a black pug.
A wildcat banker fleeced Kansas out of
unknown thousands of dollars and was ac
quitted. Another resident sold a few flasks
of liquor , was convicted on thlrty-fivu counts
and sentenced to 1,050 days in jail and to pay
u flno of 5,500.
The business nion of Denver nrd irged to
boycott Chicago. The proposition will startle
Chicago about as much as n fly-speuk on
the dome oMioaven. It is probable the sue-
gcstton is prompted by an affection for Chey
enne as a supply point.
Mrs. Flower , wife of Governor Roswell P.
Flower of Mow York , is a regular contributor
to many charitable institutions , which she
aids to an aggregate extent of $ i"X ) a week.
Mrs. Flower is as shy as a schoolgirl , and
her modesty1 has prevented her from having
herself photographed. Her portrait is now
being painted by an Albany artist.
Verdi , the veteran composer , passed his
80th birthday recently. Ho lives in absolute
seclusion in his beautiful villa of Sant ,
Agnta , near his birthplace at Oussoto , and
is still , in splto of his ago. nn early riser , 5
o'clock being no unusual hour to SPO him
about the gardens , which lie loves with
scarcely less affection than his horses.
most JIOR.V.
When faith gees to market It always takci
a basket.
The dovll fools uro of the man who Hroi
an aimless llfo.
A child's first question is the first round In
the ladder of knowledge.
A chronic grumbler can bo sot down i\i a
person who loafs too much.
Some mon Join church from the same mo
tive that others rob u bank.
Too many people have an idea that ro-
llglon can bo measured by the length of the
face.
face.You
You can't toll how many friends God has
in n community by counting the church
spires.
The less a preacher bolloves God's prom
ises the moro particular ho is about the slzo
of his salary.
Before some mon are willing to cast tholr
broad upon the water they want to bo sura
that It Is going to bo mentioned In the nows-
papers.
XOT mpvii : rni :
OMAHA , Nob. , Oct. 23. To the Editor of
Tun Una : In the morning edition of Tin
BEE for October 21 was published a commu
nication from mo cancel nlng the Platte
canal. From thlslquoto n follows : "On
the information that wo now have wo would
not bo justified In upending ono dollar on
construction. Wo ave only m a preliminary
stage of Investigation. To vote the sum of
Sl.WO.OOO in bonds would at this tlmo bo
premature. "
I also challenged the promoters of the
bogus Pintle canal enterprise to produce ono
piece of uvldcnco lo controvert these stale-
mcnts of mine.
They have not done so.
They cannot do so.
There is no canal proposition before tha
people. There has boon talk about n canaL
This talk has mutcrlnllrcd In nothing but a
proposition to buy mind you buy , not to
construct n waterworks or electno llghl
plant. Will the voters DO hoodwinked by
such trash ! If wo nro to have a canal , then
why not investigate the canal project ! Why
should o buv something olsol
If the canal power plant Is to cost fcJ.tiOO-
000 , then why should wo Issue $ lr , > oO,000 of
bonds for the pbtchuso of waterworks nnd
clcctrlu light pianist Can our "canal"
friends throw ony clear , sober llcht on this
subject ! Very respectfully ,
CCUTISS C. TunMsu ,
Tnklntr It , * orlnusty.
lT' < isMti0lon Star.
There are a few finicky folks who think
that there is a vast danger to health in the
antiquated greenbacks Unit at o kept in cir
culation until they are fit subjcats for the
South Capitol street estublistimont. They
vt 111 doubtless protest against ino idea of
sqcozinc a bushel of wheat Into a pancake ,
cmbulllshlng It with the buzzard mark and
scltiug It tiflout through the unwashed chan
nels of trade , For , suys Mr. Edison , Ihls
wheat dollar Is never to lose its quality as
food , and when banks fall and checks are
dishonored and hard times set in , the ancient
and honorable stocking lee will bo aban
doned for iho boiling pot , and the dollars of
our posterity will bo soaked in a culinary
sense until the sign of the buzzard disap
pears and the gnrm-ladon dldk is ready to bo
turned into broad nnd batter cakes. With
specimens of the wretelu-d Issue of "Han
cock twos1' still in circulation , the proposi
tion of Mr. Edison is a trltlo nauseating.
Chicago Tribune : "Whoro is Java situated ? '
naked tlio touchur.
"A llttlo ways east o' the Torrls whcul , " nn-
B \\urea several ot the pupils al once.
Plilliificlplilu Times : Palmistry Is stUd to b
a growing society nmnsoinunu If your hand
hhows four uccs you'ru In luck.
Detroit 1'reo Press : Jack That follow In so
strong ho run bund u silver dollar over hli
thumb. Tom That's nothing ; 1 can break
ono over any bat hi town und not half try.
I'hlliiilulplila Record : A yellow dog with a
tin can tied to his tall went liowllnc down
Uliust nut street. "Why Is that can like dauth ? "
uskoU lllobbs. "dUoIt up. Why Is It ? " ro.
joined Hlobbs. "Because lt'8 bound to u cur , "
pensively replied lilobbs.
ChlciiRo Inter Ocean : "I son they carried
out ono inun from your car. Was tlioro nn uc-
clUontf"
' Yes ; I novcrsaw anythlnc HUe It In "
"A collision , or - "
"No ; the porter forgot tousk a lip for brush
ing Ills hat. * ' '
Washington Star : "Do you take the dally I'll
paporir" asked thu newly Installed janitor of
the apart nient lmu-,0.
"No , " replied tlio lady to whom ho was talk
ing , "wo subscribe tot ft , but the people lu the
no.\L Hat take It. "
Puck : "Promises , llko plo crust , were made
to be bioUoii , " Mild the bummer girl , when sbo
broke tlio onu-anomtmt.
"i'os"hald ho , gloomily ; "but In this case I
had hoped Uio promUo \ > uula bo Ilkoboiuoof
the pabtry at our boarding house. "
Indianapolis Journal : Wntts What do you
think of this Idea ot holding religious sorvfcei
by tuloplioiiB ?
I'otlh I am rntbor In favor of 1U It uilslit
bo a Kood offset for the dumugo a man's re
ligion millers In trying to work thu blamed
thing during the week.
UNDAUNTED.
Washington Star.
Whan Hcnsons brill ) ; tbolr dainties noir ,
With doubt the mind Is soared
What will tlio lco > creain malden do ,
Slnco oysters have appeared ?
Such queries wnlch occur to iion ) ,
Ne'er vex her mind nlort.
Sim takes tlio oyster stow , and.tlion
The Ico-creum for dessert.
BROWNING ,
, Largest Manutauturora vil Iti
, _ of Olothma lu tluVurU. \ .
It strikes me
That it's ooming it always does , and it will
this year , whether
Corbett and Mitchell
flght or not. If you
don't believe it look
in the almanac.
Winterthat's what
we're talking about ,
and now we're going
to talk , about winter
overcoats. If tnero
is anybody in the
house who wants to
got out they'd better
go now before the service begins , so as not to dis
turb the rest of the congregation. Firstly , wo will
call your attention to the fact that we're soiling
the best overcoat in the city for $10. Then there
is one for $15 that but few can sell for $20 and
make a profit at all. The prices gradually rise
from $15 up to $35. But when you pay $20 or
more for an overcoat you get something that
tailors can't beat either for fit , finish , fabric or
fashion. The boys are also provided for ,
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
BBxsau7SRiaAtllla3i IS. W , Cor , 15th aui Doaglii Sis.
