Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE * WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1803.
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Avrritrn < Imitation * < ir November , Bl.'MO.
A TK\V inoro changes in the Wilson
tarlll bill niul its own author won't bo
ublo to recognize it.
Tun revised gas oriliimnco I ? not mak
ing tf-'cnt headway , but still there 1ms
boon a good deal of light thrown on the
subject , .
OMAHA'S proverbial hospitality ahoiiia
provide 11 warm reception for the
mayors and chiefs of police visiting na
from Interior Nebraska cities.
PJHNI > KKGAST'S trial demonstrates
once more that it is always thojuror
moat anxious to bo excused upon whoso
service both aides in a trial insist.
Tim State Board of Transportation is
mill Inking testimony under the trans
fer switch law. Prospects ate good for
the lapse of the predicted two years before -
fore the first decision is given to the
public. .
POSTPONINO the time for the now
tariff bill to take ofToot from Mardi to
.Tune only unnecessarily prolongs the
suspense. If the democratic congress
intends to strike the blow at American
industries lot it strike at once.
SCOTT prefers to remain in
durance vile for a little while longer.
Ho is being made as comfortable as pos-
Hlblo during his confinement , and then ,
too. that ball bom ! has been placed a
trillo high.for these hard times.
A rnuioniCAii investigation of school
hoard alTalrs mlprlit servo to remind
some of the subordinate olllcials that
rules and regulations wore made to bo
observed and not to bo violated when
ever their convenience is at stake.
Tim salient features of the revised gas
ordinance should bo a royalty on gas
consumed to pay for the franchise , the
right of the city to purchase the works
at actual value and cflleient safeguards
to compel the company to carry out its
obligations to consumers and to the city.
tno Maoleod investigating com
mittee finishes its work it might , with
advantage , uncover some of the dubious
transactions of certain members of the
Board of Education , who are not placed
in any very enviable light by the dis
closures made in connection with Mac-
lood's misconduct.
DKMOCRATS in Pennsylvania have de
cided not to nominate any one to contest
for the vacancy caused by the death of
Congressman O'Neill. The recent ro-
imbllcan avalanche is altogether too
fresh in their memories. They prefer
to husband their btrength for more
favoiablo opportunities.
KR WORKMAN SOVBRKION'S pro
gram contemplates devoting the wh'olo
winter to a southern lecture tour. The
now master workman appears to bo
adopting his prcdoeepdpr'a conception of
the order as an organization existing
solely to promote his own interest and to
Bprcad his own notoriety.
KK ECKur-s is reported to
bo looking for a receiver for the failed
CtU/crm National bank of Grand Island
and expresses his profcienco for a
capable man mid a democrat. Wo sin
cerely trust that the comptroller has
not prescribed qualifications irrecon
cilably inclnslstent with one another.
PuoPW. who buy nil In Nebraska are
entitled to got what they pay for.
Fraudulently designed trade marks are
no tests of safety so long as the execu
tion of our oil inspection laws is a farce ,
If the present oil inspectors do not want
to enforce the low test proscribed by the
legislature lot them make way for men
who will.
NOT since 1883 have the republican
pluralities in Iowa bouu no large as they
are this year. Governor Boles has1 been
taught by the olllolal totuniH that the
pooVlo of Iowa are confirmed in tliolr
opposition to third term ciuuiidiitos for
state ofilco , without regard to the fact
that the democratic nominee accepted a
place on tbo ticket forlhoholu purpose
of using It as a stopping stone for his
senatorial ambition. "
\VE HOi'JS that the bill which Con-
prc inan Mercer lia'i just successfully
engineered through the house , chunking'
the times und places fixed for holding
federal courtl'i Nohraf-kn , will not in-
terfcru with the uiinual boar hunt that
has become a stamllnjr order on the
court calmtthir for thlw district , This
nmttof ahould bo loilccd Into ut cnco. If
the now coin t cehndulo rcqiil.-os si bos-
Bleu Onrhij , ' the Iniiitlify * j cttsf > n no tliro
uhould 1m lost In linvlnj ; it proj-o-ly
amended bfforo tlio bill pn330d the
aamit * . '
The chairman of the ways and moans
committee Bald In liU report accom
panying the publication ot the tariff
bill that siifjar had been found n dlfllctilt
subject to deal with , The treatment of
It agreed iij > oii by the democratic mem
bers of the committee , namely , reduc
ing the ditty on refined sugar from one-
half to ono-qnarter cent per p.umd and
providing for the gradual extinguish
ment of the bounty in eight years , was
evidently not final , for although the
democratic portion of the ways and
means committee adheres to this ar
rangement it will undoubtedly bo
vigorously antagonized when the tariff
bill comes l > oforo the house , not only
by the republicans , but by a number
of democrats also. The principal ground
of opposition will bo that the provision
for gradually oxtingulihln ? the bounty
Is in violation of what Is practically a
contract between the government and
the producers and manufacturers of
HUgar and would work a grave Injustice
to the latter. It will be contended by
those who take this view that congress
has no moral rljrht to thus confiscate
the property of thojo who in good faith
invested capital In the Industry , bollev-
ing that the bounty provided for In the
existing tariff law would continue dur
ing llio prescribed period , as they had
every reason to believe from the terms
of the law.
Recently published statistics of
Bttgar consumption in the United
States nro interesting mid Instructive
in their bearing upon thin question.
There was consumed In this
country in 189- , according to the moat
trustworthy estimate , 4lltJ,000,000
| > ( nuuli ) of sugar , or a little moro than
sixty-four pounds for every man , woman
and child in the United States. In a
family of live persons It signified nn
averuiro of 3211 pounds. Before the
enactment of the bounty law bitgar sold
at 8i to I ) cents a pound , and the amount
of sugar which the American people
consumed in 181)2 ) , as given above , would
have cost , at 8S cents a pound , the
enormous sum , In round numbers ! , of
SHi,000,000. ; ; The average price of sugar
wince the passage of the bounty law
has been about 5J cents , at which
price the cobt of the sugar con
sumed in 1892 was only a little over
$22i,000,000 ( , , 90 that under the existing
law affecting HUgur there was saved to
the people nearly 3117,000,000. , As be
tween the price that prevailed before
the present law wont Into effect and the
average price since every family of five
persons using Ml } pounds of sugar a
year has saved $9 on this article of do
mestic use. Such facts ought to bo care
fully considered by the people , or at any
rate by these classes of the people to
whom such a saving on a single neces
sary is important. It is demonstrable
that with a proper encouragement
of the do'mestic sugar industry , fol
lowing the judicious example of
European countries wljich have made
the production of sugar highly profit
able , the United States can in time pro
duce sutllcicnt of this necessary to sup
ply tlio homo demand and as wo make
progress toward tin ? result sugar will
bo btill further cheapened. It has been
well remarked that the trouble with
this now and promising industry is that
the masses do not appreciate its great
Importance.
The sugar question is certain to occupy
a prominent place in the 'attention of
congress when the tariff bill' comes on
for discussion and it is highly probable
that the treatment It has received at the
hands of the democratic majority of the
ways and means committee will bo most
materially changed.
I.KADKU.
When General Master Workman Povv-
dcrly was forced to stop down from his
> osition at the head of the Knights of
abor , which had become a fifteen-year
ilctatorship , it Bcemod as if there was
omo vitality left among the organi/ta-
lon which at ono time had u.muster roll
) f " 50,000 men. The elevation of Mr.
Sovereign to Powderly's place was
uiturally regarded as a proof that the
autocratic principle so dangerous to all
> odles had boon relegated to the rear
and the principle of rotation in oflleo
md attained the mastery. Reinvigor-
itc'l by new blood und with cloar-hoaded
ondotship that aimed nt practical re- ,
snlts rather than blowing bubbles and
fighting windmills , the order appeared
to bo' in a fair way of regaining lobt
ground and becoming useful to the great
miss of wage workers not enrolled
iinong the trades unions.
The first manifesto issued by Grand
Master Sovereign Is decidedly disap
pointing. It is u bombastic effort at
spread-eaclclsin and a rehash of ox-
liloded platitudes without a single new
Idea or practical suggestion for the re
lief of idle workmen and the Improve
ment of the condition of those who are
at work , Mr. Sovereign starts out by
telling the knighta that "a great strug
gle is being waged between two great
organt/atk'us. The contest is between
the drllnrs of tha Shylock and the bone
and sinew of tlio industrial masses , a
contest between organized land monopoly
ely and the natural rights of God's
homeless people ; between tlio federated
nnd oppressed humanity. Opulence is
fast becoming a mount oh. Distributive
production is dying out , and snoloty is
tending to produce the results of labor
managed by largo corporations. Com
binations of money and brains are fast
reducing Independent operators to moro
wheels In the maohlnoryof vast manufac
turing concerns , while u merciless
mcnoy power Is subjugating labor , rob
bing industry and doatrnyIng the liberties
of the oammou people , With the men
acing inHuenoes and the monopolizing of
national bounties , I appeal' to you to
rally to the retcuo undo- the shield of
our noble order , G ) out in the high
ways and hedges and call the weary
wanderers and marshal the hosts of toll
for a final nnd triumphant struggle for
ovoi lasting freedom from the thraldom
of greed , Moot the money power in the
middle of the road. Let there bo no
compromise of these line * an.l wo will
put industry above Idleness and elevuto
the servile from the groveling pursuits
loathe rights nnd dignity of man. "
Tlieio hlghvitruug phraiej are mere
rubbish gntheroJ from novel writing
visional-leu who never grapple In
buslnew way with H blujjlu prob
lem of the luii" . What U the nso
of talking ubntit natural right * of tJod's
homeless people and opulence fust be
coming a monarch. What are the
nattiial rights of God'n homeless people
and howaro these rights to 1x5 established
and restored ? "Keep In the middle of
the road , " says Mr. Sovereign. In what
road ? How Is this merciless money
power to bo overcome ? Is It by a general
division of land and property ? Will tlio
farmers give up their lands and the real
estate owners of cities vacate their
houses at the bidding of anybody ex
cept after a bloody revolution'/ / Talk
about going out Into the highways and
hedges , calling tlio weary wanderers and
marshaling the hosts of toll for a final
and triumphant struggle ! What rubbish
and b.ildordasht What doei Mr. Sov-
elgn propose to do with his footsore
hosts ? Who is to supply them with food
and raiment while they are out In the
highways and among the hedges ?
Surely a man who talks that way Ima a
ratchet wheel loose in bin head.
If Mr. Sovereign had laid out a new
plan f lilllng up the deserted ranks of
the order and devised some moans by
which they could enforce fair treatment
ut the hands of their employers and
bring about a resumption of industry all
over the land ho would l > o a human bene
factor. But Mr. Sovereign Is simply
another Mary Lease. Ho repeats Don
nelly , Bellamy and Governor Walto like
a parrott and talks wild without investi
gating for himself what ho is talkhitr
about. The American workinginati
wants bread and not a sermon. lie
wants work at fair wages and not n pi o-
cmpttou hi the promised laud. Ho can
get these things in his church. It is
not a Christmas carol ho needs , but a
Christmas dinner.
; /oiru.ii.i7.i / * .nuin.r UK IHJUMED.
Wo do not often have to go away from
homo to borrow an original Idea and v\o
are never hard up for practical sugges
tions for the promotion of the growth of
Omaha.Vo cannot , however , refrain
from reproducing the following appeal
which the Kansas City Jliini ) f made in
its Sunday is-jue to the business men of
that city :
When Kansas City nuido her gieatcat stir
in the world , so far as oulsido knowledge of
her greatness is concerned , all of her citi
zens wore working unitedly for ono object.
Theio was no opposition on any subject that
promised good for the city. Hvoi-y man
seemed to fool that in union there was
strength , and the result of It nil was that
this cltv obtained the greatest amount of
advertising over known in tlio history of
the country. Everybody worltcd for the
city.
city.What
What is needed now is another arousal of
public fooling that will reach the extent of
that which animated every breast in the
boom days. It is neither necessary nor desirable -
sirablo to get up another boom. All that is
now required is n united effort on the part
of the citizens to lot the world know what
wo have hero and how much benefit the out-
si 1o people cJn derive from coming hero
either to do business or to live.
Nor is the Commercial club the only or
ganization that is depended upon to build up
the city. Every commercial organi/atiou
has a duty to perform and should begin at
once to lay the lines that will make tbo city
greater than any rival in all the territory
that is tributary to her. 'ihis is a matter ol
vital interest to every man , woman anil
child in the city nnd one that all lines o !
business are deeply interested in. It is a mat
ter ttiat will bear moro work than any Indi
vidual line , for it 11104113 the welfare of nil. S
There never was a time in the history of *
the city when so much eood was possible
nnd there never was a time when work
would have better results. Lot all unite ,
shoulder to shoulder , and send the city for
ward with an impetus that will overcome all
opposition.
The Commercial club is a most potent
factor in building UD the city and getting
the different lines of trade united for the
common good , and it is through the Com
mercial club that most of the work must
come , but it Is not a good thing for these
citizens -who nro not members of the com
mercial organisation to let all the work rest
upon the shoulders of these who nro. , What
the Commercial club does Us a body can bo
done individually to a dcgreo by every citi
zen. Nor is it jiecessary for the individual
to work nlono , for the Commercial club and
kindred bodies will welcome the efforts of
each and every clti/cn , whether ho be a
member or not.
Substitute Omaha for Kansas City and
every word uttered by our contemporary
is applicable with equal force to the
men who constitute the brain and brawn
of th is'community.
or/a'Ki ox TIM ANTI-THUST HIT.
The trusts and monopolistic combina
tions generally will find comfort nnd en
couragement in Attorney General Ol-
noy's opinion of the federal anti-trust
law , as set forth in his annual report.
This oillclal has found that the lawyers
of the senate judiciary committee who
framed this act , after long and careful
deliberation , and the lawyers in both
branches of congress , many of them emi
nent , who voted for it , not only failed to
make plain the precise purposes of the
statute , but showed a want of knowledge
or judgment as to the power of congress
to enact such legislation. Ilonce the
popular impression that the aim and ef
fect of this statute are to prohibit and
prevent aggregations of capital in the
form of trusts is unfounded or rests upon
the umullcst possible basis.
Having stated his view of the limita
tions of the law , the attorney general
submits these conclusions : That con
gress cannot limit the right of state
corporations or of citizens in the acquisi
tion , accumulation and control of
property that congress cannot pre
scribe the prices ut which such property
bhull be sold by the owner , whether u
corporation or Individual ; that congress
cannot make criminal the intent : ) and
purpoao * of persons in the acquisition
uud control of property which the states
of their residence or creation eanction ;
that ' 'monopoly" as prohibited by the
.statute menus un exclusive light in ono
'party , oaupled with u legal re-
htrietion or restraint upon some other
party , which prevents the latter from
exorcising or enjoying the same right ;
and that contracts in restraint of trade
uud oommerco , as prohlbltodt are con
tracts } n general restraint thereof , ui
ouch as would bo void ut conuuoti law
independently of any otatuto. Huviii } ,
reached these conoJusU-na Mr. Olnpj
had m difficulty in forming the nplnloi
that "Iho ca.o3 popularly supposed to bo
covered by the statute are almost with
out exception obviously not within its
provisions , " uuil holding thla opinion i
li not surprlsj that the head of Iho
Department of , Itntio has inaiilfiMed
little IntorosUnitho direction of testing
the law. Itt .13 somewhat iTii mIng -
Ing , however . ' t'j learn from the
attorney gcnoj-ulv report that lie has
doomed It hi-duty to push for Imme
diate liea'-lu f ip/caso / involving tho-o
questions nml , iat tnlo3s prevented by
sjmuunforspoiinibUiutloho will endeavor
o have It advMjjcd for argument at the
present term ( if tlio supreme court.
Certainly tlltj ivmN could desire no
jotter advoc.it } } thUn the present nttir-
toy general of rtliv United States , and It
iis vk-ws of the existing law und of Iho
) owcrs of t'lrtgruy 111 reaped to such
cglalatlon artV < fllstalnci1 bv the highest
: rlbunal the monopolistic combinations
in restraint of trade will bo secure
against iiitorferenes so fatin federal
cglslatlou U cjticorncd. If the con
clusions of Mr. Olnoy are right
the general government cannot glvo the
[ icoplo relief from the exactions of
monopoly and they will have to look to
their legislature ? for It. There Is rea
son to expect , however , that the conclu
sions of the attorney general , in HO fat-
as they assert that oiugroj1 ! has no
power to prohibit the combination * and
contracts described in the null-trust
law , will not bo sustained by the su
preme court , notwithstanding th fact
that they have for authority a judicial
decision of ono ot the associate justices
of that court rendered when ho was a
circuit judge. Meanwhile the trusts
may feel entirely confident that they
have nothing to fear from the head of
tlio federal Department of Justice.
THU action of the ways and means
committee in changing the time for the
now tariff bill to go into effect from
March 1 to Juno 1 simply recognises the
fuel that It is impossible to pass the
measure before the earlier date. It Is
possible that the bill can be passed prior
to Juno , but this is by no means certain ,
for however rapidly It may bo pushed
through the house the republicans of
the senate will demand that it bo
thoroughly discussed in that body and
may be expected tro take every proper
ad\antuge of their rights and privileges
under the rules to secure a full discus
sion. It Is not probable- that the
bill can reach the senate before
Fobruarv , if so soon , ntu\ how long the
finance committee of that body will hold
it nobody can toll. As it will at once
begin the consideration of the measure ,
however , it ought to got before the sen
ate very soon after leaving the house.
Extending the time when it shall go
in to effect thrco months will probably
not be regarded with favor by the busi
ness interests iaffeptod. These have
hoped that if the blll'ls to become a law
the end will bp reiiched at the earliest
date possible , and extending the time
will only prolong the depression f i om
which they are suffering. Every day
makes additions , to the numbsr of idle
mills and factorlos'by reason of the un
certainty.
Cmr.r JUSTICE MAXWELL stands up
in defense of the JJeoplo now while his
term of ollice on the supreme bench of
Nebraska is nb&Kt Co expire as when ho
was first elected tp'n , position upon that
tribunal. His dissenting opinion in the
Atohison & Nebraska case is a vigor
ous protest against railroad domination
roM.be courts. It points out in words
clearand plain just whore the constitu
tion forbids the consolidation of com
peting lines , and shows how the two
roads in question are included within
the constitutional inhibition. As'THE
BEE declared at the time the decision
of the court was made public , -those
two railroads do not form competing
lines the whole railway world will bo
searched in vain for two roads whoso
onsolidution the court would feel itself
ustlfied in holding to be void. The
najority decision practically admits
hat the Atchison & Nebraska is a com-
> oting line , but thinks the peculiar cir
cumstances require it to bo exempted
rom tlio constitutional penalty for con-
olidatlon. The dissenting opinion gives
he only argument logically consistent
vith the previous decision of the court
n the same case.
Trilling Impediments.
v /UII1X78 pfjJoUI'HCtl. ( .
The federal constitution is a hindrance-
lOvornor-Waito's state coinage schema , but
> Vaito is not the man to stand baclr on ac
count of a little thing like the constitution.
No Dim SIT oT n Jtoxv.
Neither Russia nor any other European
> ovvcr is going to start a war in winter , ox-
: ot | on gre.it provocation , and there does
tot appear to bo any provocation at the
present timo. Four or llvo months hence
; ho weather will bo moro favorable for cam
paigning than it is now. It is safe to pro
ilct that the peace of Europe will not bo
broken before April or May at the earliest.
I'raclirnT Charity ,
/mlfmi < Ji > o/j ! / Jinn ixil.
Nine churches in Chicago announce that
they will bo thrown open nlphtlv during the
continuance of cold weather to furnish shel
ter to the homeless poor of the city. The
denominations represented ura Presbyterian ,
MotuodUt , Baptist. Cnristian , German
Uitliorun and Congregational. This Is true ,
practical benevolence , and will do moro to
convlnco the homolcHs poor that the churches
are interested in tholr wolfuie thnu any
amount of preaching
Hoar Aml'lluivHil. '
IViifii/lljrfiJt / ! Titdger.
Senator Hoar wauUUInd it a dlfllcult mat
ter to apply Ills Ia vnian | principles to other
affalisand rotaltireputation ) for honesty.
He said th.it thusii freatiou that tlio United
States had acted wlttt undue Iiasto In iccog-
tilling the govcrnlnont had nothing to do
with the case. THe establishment of that
government was atfaqtjaml not a question of
rwht or wrong. So alfeo the possession by a
thief of stolen money , is a fact , but it does
not preclude an inquiry as to how no got it.
But there Is no usu attempting n discussion
of Iho Hawaiian question until the president
voluntarily , on reply tt.lan inquiry from con-
Hi ess , tolls us what ) io has done or proposes
to do iu the matter ' ' /
i mIFF sinus.
f Inrlnmitl Cofnnictvlal Sophomore Wl
son hns not time thoie days to ilitcn to pro-
tO'Ui ' ngnlnst hit industry killer. Ho will ,
ho IT ever , find abundant Unto to listen to the
protest of the people of West Virginia ,
which wilt ba uttercil at Iho ( tolls when Mr ,
Wilson HeeKs another term His cotiMltii *
cuts , at least , know the way to Mr Wilson's
car
Philadelphia Timev ThiMO men nroiu-t-
lug on their oKl nsMimntion that tno people
nto mostly foo'a. ' 'llio m-onlc. It is true ,
have been fooled for a long time , but vou
cannot fool "all thn people all the time. " and
thchollownc&snml ttio wickedness of this
calamity howl have become so , jiiK ] | mit
lh.it its continuance must Injure the howler *
themst-lvcs.
Chicago Tribune ! Nothing snore ilomor.it *
izini ; or juoductlvoof dishonesty can bo im
agined than the substitution ofndvalnieni
for spcclllc duties. U puts a premium on
dishonesty. It deprives thn government ot
rnvcnuoand the American manufm-turer of
a ( food pan of the scanty protection ho niiy
seem to huc. The chnngo h n vicious ono
and the republicans In the house nnd scnalo
should uolntoutits ovlls. ulilch are familiar
to merchants , but not to the pcoplo gener
ally.
Chicago Hceorrt : A reasonable conclusion
is that , having for over thirty years adhered
to protection as a policy , it is absolutely nec
essary that dop.irturo from that policy shall
bo gradual , especially In certain lines of
manufactures. So with the lately created
sitRar bounty. If the proper rovcnuo feature
of n tax on imported sugar is to be limited
by the democrats tliev cannot strike down
an Important homo industry ruthlessly with
out laving themselves open to serious re
proach.
Washington Star : Business interests me
beginning to accommodate themselves to tlio
changed imhmilal conditions which are
forosiiiulnwrd by n tariff bill to which all
the forces of the administration arc pledged.
The latest llrm to annouin-o I's ' complaisance
is a big cnttlcry concern in Connecticut ,
vvhteh on Monday posted up u notice which
says that "tho Wilson bill , as reported , re
duces the duty on pocket cutlery about GO
per cent. If It bccotrcs a law it will become
necessary to icdtico wages from -10 to M ) pur
cent. W u shall inauu no ( Seductions on what
little work we may have to do this month.
If vvo start up after January I we shall probably -
ably redueo wages not loss than 25 per cent.
If the bill llnally passes in Its present form
still further reductions inav bo expected.Vo
shall use every honorable tneuns to have the
schedule ) amended favorably and glvo our
employes the bcnollt of it. Wo make this
statement early , that any of our operatives
who dcslro may have ample opportunity for
seeking work for next jcar In better favored
occupations "
.V/C/l.-MA/C.l . ! % / > SUIlU.lblC.lSS.
The now Baptist church at Norfoli ; has
been formally consecrated to the Lord.
Spontaneous combust'on caused considera
ble damage to Montgomery it Coltou's coal
house at York.
Charles Wilson was arrested at Table
Uock charged with robbing his roommate of
a suit ; of clothes.
Sneak thieves at York ere making away
with many valuables. Tno latest thing to
go was a bicicto.
The -year-old child of P. E. Tackloy of
PawncoCity fell out of its high chair and
broke its vlght arm.
The resignation of Rsv. Mr. Powell as
pastor of the Congregational church at Hast
ings will take effect January 1. His poor
health necessitated a change.
Ernest Kiser , an insane man living near
Arapahoc , got off a train nt Holdrcgo Sat
urday night and wandered into the country ,
whoio ho was found Sundav morning , hav
ing stopped at a farm house. Ho imagines
soinu onu is fioinu' to behead him on the old
French plan with a guillotine. His railroad
ticket reads from Chicago to Arapahoo. Ho
said there was vermin on the seat and he
would not ride further on the train and
hence alighted at Holdreee.
Iho Kearney Journal announces that the
cotton mill will begin active operations with
nn Incteased lorco by January 1. The mill
has not closed up bccauso of lack of capital ,
and is simply being sold is a formality to
quiet title. As soon as this can bo accom
plished the working cash capital of the mill
will bo increased and the mill run to its full
capacity. Kearney's cotton mill has breasted
ttio storm of democratic depression even
bettor than was anticipated.
ISlUloiiH Cumu to .Stay.
niulie-Deawciat.
"Billion congiosses" are likely to bo the
order of the day In the futuie. As tlio coun
try increases in population and the circle of
its interests -ind activities broadens the ex
penses of the government must continue to
grow larger nnd larger. This is a principle
which is as potent and as pervasive in the
world of society as the law of gravitation is
in the physical vvoild. The existence of this
necessity , however , should not blind us to
the other necessity of keeping governmental
expenditures as low as intelligent economy
permits. Money foi the public service should
bo provided ungrudgingly , but all the leaks
should bo stopped and unnecessary disburse
ments of alt sorts discontinued. It will
strike most pcoplo who look at the estimates
of expenditures that the ways and means
committee selected an inopportune time for
its reduction of the customs duties. More
revenue from duties rather than less is what
is needed in the present exigency.
Tlio llHiilnu of Itobbory.
Clitcatjo rust
The tedoral law olllcors scum determined
to make a clean sweep of tho''bond invest
ment" companies. They have instructed the
postal authorities to deny the United Stiles
mails to thrso concerns. The older cuts thu
ground fiom beneath the feet of the com
panies , for tholr only liopo of conducting
their fraudulent enterprises on a largo scalu
lies in Hooding the country with deceptive
circulars for the eye of the cliunco fool.
'i he order may be followed by appeals to
the courts in the interest of the excluded
companies , many of which are rich nnd
powerful , but the end is bound to bo the af-
lirmation of tlio attoinoy general's opinion.
The evidence of tlioir fraudulent intent is
abundant. It cannot bo concealed behind
sneli titles as "Piovidont , " "Guarantee" and
"Equitable. " Ilobber.v would bo robbery still
if it wore called philanthropy nnd indulged
in by members of the church.
Tlio Duty ol ( iiivernuifiiti.
K ( . I'util I'lnnccr I'rtss.
If the cup of horror and loathing inspired
by the principles and practices of the an
archists had not bcou full already it would
have ovorilovved when u bonib was thrown
from the gallery to the lloor of the French
assembly , with fatal results. This , llko
ttio thcator nxploslon in Baivnlona and the
light in Trafalgar square , is the moro mad
ness of ferocious beasts. There is no room
for discussion , none for morali/ing , none for
talk of cause- and effect in oc-cuivi.ees llko
tlieso. The donmnds of the social older becomes -
comes once moro simple und primitive. To
hunt down nnd dispatch MICHO murderous
maniacs Is the first and only duty ; nnd tlio
loss talk about it ntidthoshamo to humanity
that makes it necessary , the batter ,
Oil II4IIICCIUII. | |
/ll/i.'louWt ( / Ktu * .
TIIH OVAIH BUB is doing meritorious work
In showing u-p the poor quality of the coal
oilonsalo in the different towns in ttio
stato. Prom TIIK HEH'H investigations it
looks as ( hough Nebraska had brcoino the
dumping ground for alltho dangerous ,
worthless oil thu Standard Oil company had
to place on the market. The piopor oflloials
should lese 110 time In going to the bottom of
the affair and bring the law breakers who
endanger tno llvos of whole families
promptly to timo. Wo should like to hear
of some vigorous prosci-utidns under our
law 1C Iho facts are as bad as stated in
TIIK HUB.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S.-Gov't Report.
ABSOULTTcLY
'I ho homo of Hithichlld 1m niMlo Its
rtiniii.it clft of 100,00 , ) fram-s loiiMlnltho
tonin * In Pail * who are In ilinirulUiM over
their rent
1'dwar.l Ilarron , tlio San Pram-lie1 * mln-
In ; man who died a few da.\s ago. landed In
Callfinnii at the use of'.M with 10 cents , Ho
died worth I.MwO.UOit.
KloKMito Nizhtinpalp recently colour ttc < l
her T.ld birthday aim I versify Per many
Ae.iI-M iho has been conllncd to her home by
conitnnl 111 health Slid makes hoi- home
with her brothrr-in-l Sir Voinoii
- - ivv. Hare (
In Devonshire
.Tohn Morlov , chief sei-rotarv for Ireland ,
has been ordered by liU phvslclan to leave
Ijomlon nml it-st compli-tch' In another cli
mate. Mr Moilcy Is MilTc-ilne from over
work Prof , llr.vco will ntsnmc Mr. Merle -
lo > parliamentary tltillc Our 1115 ? Ui-tnbnsncp.
President P.llolof Harvard Un't afraid to
stand up In | ni M Ic meeting and dcclnr. ) that
ho takes wlno at dinner and thinks it no sin ,
although ha disapproves of public bars. No
one can dispute hhcourage , however much
opinions may diner regarding thu correct-
nor.s of his views.
O. Wntunabo ol thu Imperial I ) ink ot
Japan and ( ! . Nagasaki of the Yokohama
Specie buik visited the Denver , Cole ,
smelters. 'Ihoy i\pcet to lie in Washington
this winter for Ilia purpose of acquainting
themselves moru familiarly with Iho na
tional b inking sstem. .
.1. .1. Van Alen has shaken the dust of
Anictlci fiom his fret aim silled for his bc-
loved Europe , lint not In tlio character of
Amcilcan minister , llii dep.irtmo rnnio
within two davs of llio publication of his ic-
fusat touccpl the omb.iHiv. l-'ow of his
li lends know no was going away , and sonic
sei-roi-ysecnn to have been maintained re
garding his tlcpartmo.
The oldest loJgo of Free Masons In Amer
ica , St. John's lodiro of lloitou , recently held
Us HKith annual tneelliur. nl which the now
olllcers wereInsfillc.l by W\71:111.111 Marshall ,
who was master of the lodse In 1 V < , 18MI
nnd IbM. 'Hie lodfo Possesses two carved
bunches of grape * tint uro the origin-it
tavern sign adorning the front of llio Bunch
of Grapes inn. in Boston , whore the llrsl
lodge of Prcc Masons in-America was estab
lished in lTci. :
Iti a little conin about fifteen inches long
the heart and other portions of the body of a
man , whoso rtUgraco and suicide last year
brought about the overthrow of a cabinet ,
Issued forth from the morgue iu ParH : i few
davs ago on Its way to the Pcro U Chaise
cemetery. They wore the icmatns of Baron
do Hclu.ich. who in the hc.vdey of his power
was ono of the llnancl il tnngncts of IChrope ,
controlling oven the destinies of ministers
and influencing the policy of the nation.
The Ml : : iy Iliilnn.
fifcn ii I'eiahl.
3Iidw.iV plats nice Is sadly dPinorallrcd.
A mass of lulus marks the location of
former hilarity. Old Vienna is but a heap
ot lumber , glani and rubbish. Thu foreign
theaters Iravo become tno property of house-
wreckprs , and cafes and other buildings
have been sold for salvage. The only at
traction icm.iining thai loo.s familiar i <
the Pen Is wheel , and portions of it havu
been icmoved nnd placed under shelter.
The side streets of the plaisance have been
torn up , and the macadam sold tocontrautors.
The amphitheater of Buffalo Bill's wild
west show remains just us ho and his braves
left It.
Most of the state ami foreign buildings
nave been sold at i > ution or at prlv.ite sale.
The Administration bulldins is closed. The
ofllcials of the exposition eompiny who yet
remain arc qnartcicd in the Terminal and
Service buildings
Atlanta Coiiilttntloii : Th > > storm scontcr Is
Uiiuilly located In thu vv-iMtucr buioati.
Indianapolis .Toiiin.il : Tommy Paw , what
N a p illy vvorlvOi V
Mr. rhri ; 1'iolty often ho Is u man whowoiKs
Iho paity.
RoitoiiTranicilut : Tlio top-hen vy evnb-ji-
iiiiciof laillorlo i1s nriUoshoulderhilling
Involunt.iiy on thu public \ \ illcs.
lUnulmmpton Republican * The pi.iclh-o ot
speaking of a roll ! o id ti aln us funiliiliio grmlei
iirf , especially If they aru m ill liahis.
YonkPis Htall'sinani Thu chief obkrllcjn
vrpJiuve to tha "iirin vrlio knmv-i It all" Is lint
ho Insists th it evury olio uUu shall l.nou U ul
too.
Truth : Colonel lUnoil What's tluit lian <
slnclf upon Die wnllf IMck l.itilei Oh , thal'o
the liiuiil ChciolviiCliailcv lit'lil : rltHt ! the
coroner. I'oUinel I'me \ \ h il did thu coroner
liold/ Dick ( . 'aider ( suiilentloii'ily ) An tn-
ijuesr.
Chlciipo Ituconl Maiiiini. I wish yoi
vvouldn t ask mo to icculvo Sir. Slcd o's atten
tions.Vliv. . I can't toluralc lilm !
.Jane's Mother I'm not p-irtlenlar alum
that , daughter. 1 inuiely want you to many
lilm.
IlufTnlnd'outJci : Tiiaehui Can any of yoi
toll niu vrliat Is incniit by "Jioino Incfustrlus ? '
Hilly Bright ( piomptly ) fji to our honso
thi-y'io mostly axwln'oiul an' canylii' Ii
co il
Indliinupolls Journal : "lls t'lns may bo
culled do tundor , " iinisod Mi. llmwy Illjrj"lns
as the smoke nnd olndi-rs sifted down his
collar , "but I want to swy ferndln' purposes
it's dead toiu'h. "
A'nns in C'ffy./nii- / .
"Jllss Snsad , I hiivn l.dowpil yon
Ki-ii-liutt' OXCUKO by cold
SuhulKliti'i'd Imdtlis , iid thurcforo
I liopo 1 wod't seub liol'l
When 1 this waih codfi'SsUul
ho fr idUly Inlto to you _
Oii iid. diirllg bus-nil ,
I cliuw ! ken-hew' koichew ! "
POPE'S ' SIDE OF THE CASE
iis Holinesi Dispels n Doubt Ooncswingllit
Bible Criticism Latter.
WllTIII3 EH3YCUCAL CAME TO SETTLE
Itnjnnlliie tlio Illlillral < ) ( >
uinconjr nml Oilier t'oiiitVhlcli Sri-
onef llnil Tr.'iicliril On Unit fiillotl
tor nn Onirtnl rroiiouiiuoiiioiit.
mdentc , , f the , i irfanf ( l'mi.1
HOMK , Nov. 211Tho pontttliMl cuoyi-llunl
ipoti bltilo studliM , some details of which
i.ivo already been cabled , is aitrnclliiR eon *
ildcrahlo attonHon In ci-ctalnsUo.il circle *
from the fict : that It Is a iloruincnl of the
nosi iniDortaiico. The I itm to\t U very
extended anil dooi 1101 occupy loss Ihnn
.wcnty colnnms of n larito l oil now p ipor. ,
Kvcn from a lltor.u-y point of view the on-
ovclioal n.M Ri-cut value , for It h written In
jholco I.itlnof the most olcvatotl tone nnd
It will prove a moU Intcnsa intollcclnal
tre.it to nil thoiu c.ip.Uiloof apprccljtlnif n
text wlio-jc piirlti and ilUtlnction icc.ill thu
lincst plct-ri of classic literature.
In onloiloiinprcvi.ito the scorn ; of this on-
( ' .VclItMl it U nci-i iat-y to roicrl to ilia
rnusoi liioli haw in lite it necessary. ThU
recalls the f-mliovcisvcaused oyu p.-iintililct
wiittcn hy Mif. | d'Uurst. lector tit thu
( ithollo institute of 1'arN , In which It was
sustained that ttio points of s.tcrcd boolti
which ilioulil bo consl irtinl nn inspired tire
only these which conceiu tlic dogma nml
the iirttelcs cf fiillh. This iirtlcloai
wrilton In defense of tin iioctilncs
which hud alroaily bucu iiropaini.lorl la tlio
sinio sense by M. l o\s , , cnncorniiu ; the
lo-icliliigs of the sacrcil hnnlts In the same
instltnic. M Lojsa claim . In brief , tint
the object of a cliiuvh is to loach moral
llci ( : , to turn man toward that which is
Rood and conduct him to silv.ulnn. Incon
sequence , ono can accept , .is parablps ubto to
coiutibute to tlio spread of tolljjlnus tuilhs >
and of morality the portions ot tlio blblo
which fiom the olironologic.il iralnt oflow
: iml from the asironomlcal point of view do
not nirroo absolutely with historical truth or
\\lth scientific truth. That \\culd not
mutter , for example , for us to know If the
doliiKocould not have haincncl | si-lcntilloally
under llio'conditions lie&cilbcd in the blblo
so loim us the hlbllcal dcsiriptlon hud us u
icsnlt the linprovoinaiit of man nnd the
spread ot morality.
It seams useless to give moro development
to the explniulloii ot thisi-ontrovcrsy. What
Is curtain Is that , after the nolsohlch it
made , it was Indlspousiblo Hint the pope
should pi-ononnco himself ox-cathedra.
Doubt has niisen on points of the book of
Genesis nnd on moro than ono part of tha
Hlblic.il cosmogony winch tire no longer in
accord with physical truth or with scientific
facts-icccntly acquired The professors ot
tliPoloRV experienced the need of hearing nn
authotlrcd voice which would indicate to
them the path to follow. Mgr. d'Hurat was
almost licensed of hot cay ami Judged it nd-
\ls.iblo to po to Homo in order to plead be
fore the pope the oanso which ho hud sus
tained in his pamphlet. The pops resolved
to end tlio deb to by the encyclical , the sub-
stnncoot which bus already been cabled.
Ho bus dissipated all doubts expressed by
the rector of the Catholic institute nt I'm is ,
Mjfr. d'Hui-dt. nnd by tlio professor ot Hint
institute , M. Lo sa , in declaring that thn
sacred books are Inspired in tlio uliolo anil
in ttio details , that if in curtain pDints they
scorn to bo out of accord \\Hli science this is
cither the result of the fact that the books
themselves have boon badly interpreted or
that science is mistaken.
It is Impossible tint this encyclical would
open tlio conUoversy instead of closing it.
Coloriilo'rf Sl.\cr Trunk.
It is but fair and jnat to put on rocor.l the
fact Unit the vagaries of Walto llnd t = cunty
endorsement In Colorado Ilu himself aays :
"Great objection to u special session is inudo
in Denver ; the bankers tlio bD irds of trade
and commerce , the vaiious exchanges , the
real estate speculators , the moncv louncrs
and the dully newspapers linvo been qulto
earnest In their opposition. " IJut over
aganibt this protest ho sets his own calm
denial that this array of protestants icpro-
sent the people of the state. Flo is blind , fet
ho will not see , luivim ; cars ho will not hear.
But the temper of Coloradoans has mightily
changed if they do not yet unseal the ears
and open the eyes of this hi Uher.skUo to the
folly of his acts nnd the resentment ot the
innocent sufferers. Tlio ousting of this old
man of tlio spa from the wcarioj sUouluara
of the Centennial state will come at thollrst
practlcible moment.
Will Hn Set I'roc.
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BoEVoa AYIIUS , Dec. 12 General Alem
and Colonel ICspana , loaders in the recent
revolutionary movement , and who uro now
in prison , will bo liberated shoitly by order
of the stipi omo court.
AI..IS !
II V Till ! AVFIUdl" UEMOOII IT.
Had I but koinvn.
When I Instyenriny woluhty Inllncnce lent
To imiku this tJruvi-r ( Jli'vuliuid profldant ,
Tint ho'd beh.no
As thoiiRh liu worn na rnnio n ilpinoerat ,
Hut linil become \looii\ln0' \ ) \ autocrat ,
And 1 usU\i > !
1 never would have liolpod him ton tlirnno ,
Had 1 butKiio nl
Tlio t u-ffcat in ikrrs an I mllerj o (
line clothes on 12artli |
. .
Your money's worm or your niunuy h.tek.
You can't guess
What I hsard-
t :
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BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
S. W. Cor.l5tii and Douglas Sts.
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