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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , DECEMBER IB , 1893 , DAILY BEE. n. tosnvvA'ricu. mor. TK1I.M * OK Ml't Dnl'v \ ' < f < wltli mlimiclinrOiio War s R no 1'niH HIM ) imidny. One Yf.ir . in on lx Mrtiillin . . r on Iline MoulliR . . a no Fnifln ) Ilii' , On" YfKr . 2 oo fiitunlnt tit i' OHII Your i no Utiiil ) l'iv , Oiiv Yeir. . on OKF1CKS. rnnhn UKItee llnll'llnr . . . . . . . oniiiiiOmnlin lonici NniHlTwfiiiy-fourtnMrocts. < dm i n mini * . IB rari niiret. 1 1 ! < urn Ofllce. 317 Clinnil.i r nf rominrrff. I t Yoik rooiitR in. 1 mini Ifli Tribune linlmlne - . ulrcot. COHUlWOXnHJCCK. Alt rfiiiiiniiiilr.itlonx relalln < r to news nml exll- Urtiilii'iilUrHliuiililli" mliliTHMil Tptliu Kultor. llt' ISKSS T.KTTK11S. Aliiiimlnr M > 1ftlMN nml iTinlltniicrs should bf nililrtf" , il Hi The I ! ' o IMiWIMiliiBi'OiiiiMiliy.Otnnln 1 i-ifin HUH U iinil IwiHlollli'p onion to bomaile MIA uiiii1" ( In1 outer nf tlio roinnnnv. 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A rr.w wull assorted federal would bo rccohcd. by Nebraska demo crats IH the most timely Christmas gifts to be Imdo u tlio nwrkots. K.Mi'intoit WILLIAM has nunlu beaten the ifeorfl for shoot hi } , ' hareHut ! President Uloveltiml still holds the k'ud us a duck domorali/.cr and a libh fctcher. Hess Cltoiciii : rusouts the imputation that any of his suddenly acquired wealth was procured by other than strictly honest methods. So did IJoss Tweed. What are you gnini ; to do about it ? Tin : railroads will not isbtic trans portation to enable the workmen thrown out of employment in Chicago to roach their homes. Hut the annual passes to lawyi-r lobbyists and political heelers \\ill bo duly delivered by January 1. is Droving almost as de- strnctivo of life in Europe as did the cholera epidemic. The next great benefactor - factor of mankind will have to invent some means by which \\o can establish an orteutivo quarantine against the im portation of iulhuJn/.u gorms. A uiriniiNC'Y of $ : ! 00,000 is antici pated in the appropriation for the ex penses of the government printing nliluc. Too much wind in congress and too many investigations out of congress must account for the strain on the re- Hourcos of the government printer. Tin : repairs ordered for the Eleventh street viaduct have gotten as fur as tbo submission of plans to a council com mittee. Thin viaduct was declared dangerous mouths ago. The safety of the people forced to use this v'aduct ' demands its proper restoration within a reasonable poi hd of time. COXSISTKNUY in the matter of ad valorem duties would bo a jewel if it wore but found in the democratic ways and means committee. It insists upon placing a Bneoilie internal revenue tax upon playing cards of 0 cents , per puck. This means a tax of 00 per cent upon a pack that now sells for 10 cents and ol onlv 12 per cent upon one that sells foi 50 cents. This does not look like cqual- i/ing the burdens of taxation among the rich and the poor. The poor man's amusement is to ho leaded down with taxation , uhilo the rich club man's private game goes almost free. Tin : new democratic postmaster at one of the smaller New York towns is de scribed as the most thoroughly disliked man politically In the city. All this simply because ho happened to bo ono o the latcs > t converts to the Clevulam democracy in Now York. Tho'appoint iiiont of any ether candidate , it is buhl would have given general satisfactuu but I'resldent Cleveland , hero , as on bo many other cccasious , has had the mis fortune to choose between two fac tions and to satlbfy neither. AH dis tributed by the present administration , the patronage is rapidly vindicating Its reputation as a source of weakness to the party in power. \VJl.\Tiviit : bu the report of the Muc- lood Investigating committee the Inves tigation has shown conclusively that Maclco'd lias employed men , incurred oxpeiihos and disposed of public property qnlto at Ills own volition without the slightest regard for the rules and regu lations established by the Board of Kdu- cntion. Ho obeys these rules when they suit his fuiioy uiul dlri'jbuys thorn when lie thinks they hamrer his action * . Such u man is not u donirahlo employe for the people who prefer to have the .school funds expanded so that the responsi bility therefor may bo traced and enforced - forced , Maclood'.s borviuos are no longer needed by the school hoard. Mil. IliTUUGOi'K pleads in excuse for his attempt to hold up applicant * for liquor license that his object is to inuko the law odious. The truth is , audit Is na plain us can be , thut his motive is to chisel'-To men and women out of $11.25 apiece. It is pure and simple blackmail , liiteliorck knows thut the Slocumb law has never boon amended and Is not likely to be. Ha knows that the law cannot ' possibly Iw changed before January , 1803 , and if It decs not pass both houses by un emergency vote It cannot possibly bo changed before April , 1803. If he was lioncbt in his claims and was on- UtieJ to the amount allowed by law for publication ho would exact the full legal rate , which la $ ia.i" ) . If ho wua not playing an audacious blackmailing game ho would not pocket the monov ho exacts by hla threats. NO S7UTK IIAXK CWtttCXCr. The lateat Information as lo the feei ng in Washington regarding the pro- > os9d repeal of the 10 per cent lax on Into bank issues warrants the conclu- Ion that there U not the slightest anger of congress restoring to state mnks the privilege of issuing currency , . 'his Is given upon the authority of Mr. Springer , chairman of the house com- nittco on banking and currency , who mdoubtodly knows as well as nny ether nan In congress the sentiment on this ubjcct. A bill to repeal the tax will , It s said , probably bo reported to the louse , but oven this is not assured in the opinion of Mr. Springer , and ho is litotcd tw saying that oven if reported t would bo us good as dead. The prop- ) sllton to fedorulizo state bank Issues ms been abandoned , being manifestly mpraclicable and in any event un acceptable to the radical advocate * of such issues , who insist that the federal jovei'iinient should not Interfere In nny vuy with the states in this matter , claiming that they have a constitutional ight to authorise banks to issue cur- eiioy which cannot bo restricted or con trolled by congress. Those people naintain , notwithstanding the opinion of the supreme court to the contrary , , hnt the Imposition of the tax on state bank issuer was without constitutional authority and nothing will ho acceptable to them but the un conditional repeal of the tax. As Mr. Springer says , a proposition of this kind would bo opposed by the practically unanimous vote of the representatives n congress from the northern states. Flic chairman of the banking and cur rency committee is also authority for the stalomont that President Cleveland lees not look with favor upon the pro- losal to repeal the tax , and expresses the opinion that if u bill wore passed by ongress for this purpose it would en counter the executive veto. The dispo sition seems to bo to let the question bo disposed of in congress , and undoubtedly this is the best course in order to put an oirective quietus to the agitation. When lliis ibsue is disposed of. as it seems likely to bo within a short time , t will become an interesting question as to what now policy the democrats will propose for obtaining an additional sup- ) ly of currency. It appears that the chairman of the house banking atul cur rency committee has not been idle , and ho promises that as soon as the house- [ lushes the taritt bill he will have ready Lo report a measure dealing with secur ity for national bank circulation. From the brief reference made to the charac ter of this proposed bill it is not alto gether an original policy that is contem plated. It will provide that the government shall accept gilt-edged state , county and municipal bonds as security for national bank circulation , and as the supply of such bonds is almost boundless and is constantly being added to. it is argued that their use by the banks as a basis of circulation would give the country an clastic currency without impairing its quality. Inas much as the national banks cannot for many years longer have government bonds as security for their circulation and there is n strong popular hostility to the government issuing more bonds , if the national system is to bo maintained as at present , per haps there is no better plan for doing this than Mr. Springer suggests. But it would need to bo fortified by the strongest possible safeguards in order to maintain public confidence in the bank currency. There is a very considcrablo clement in the present congress , largely composed of members of the dominant party , which is implacably hostile to the national banks and would vigorously oppose such a measure as the chairman uf the bunking and currency committee says will bu reported. It is therefore prob lematical \vhothorthisplunof giving the country un elastic currency could bo carried through congress. COST OF TLKIllVII The passing of the customary January dividend of the Lohigh railroad is not the only place where the results of the disastrous Lohigh strike are manifesting themselves. Not only will the January dividend "bo passed , but many months are likely to oiupso before the road again reaches a plane of profitable oper ation. The outcome of the strike has been not only an impairment of the road as an incomo-liparing investment for its stockholders and bondholders , but also a diminution of its capacity to continue to employ its former labor force at the old rate of remuneration. The cost of the Lehlgh strike has been a heavy one , but its burden will have to be shared by owners and employes together. In a special report to the , directors of the road , President Wilbur has made estimates of the loss involved by the re cent labor disturbance. The damage to the property of the company ho cal culates to be $77,000 , made up of these Upms : Damage to locomotives , 810,000 ; damage to cars , SIO.OOO ; damage to freight in wrecks , $ ! > , l , " 0 ; daihugo to per ishable freight by delay , $2,550. Those losses , traceable largely to the work of inexperienced or incompetent train crews which wore engaged to supply the places of the.strikers , are but the smaller p.irt of the Injury received by the rail road company. During all the time thut the strike was pending the road was tea a greater or lessor extent lying idle , despite the daily reports that the iiauul trains were moving on all branches of the linos. The decrease in not earnings during this period is authoritatively es timated at over $700,000 , making u total loss to the conumny of nearly $800,000 a figure that will no doubt bo considerably augmented when'tho demoruli/ation of biulness that will run well into the new year comes to ' considered. The positive loss to the Htrikorn is of course "fur lesi than thut which must be burno by the railroad company , but it is sulliciontly largo to make its want felt. It Is estimated to bo not less than $80,000 This sum , however , merely reptosonts what the strikers would have ournod had they continued ut their work , They are already reaping more of the whirl wind in the reductions of wuge.s Quit have been ordered in all the branched of the Lohigh service , and the delay t'.mt mubt ensue be fora the read regain * Itj duo share of trulllc will nccoasurily tend to delay the tima when the old will bo restored. , And no computation can bo made of losses sustained by laborers In allied Industries which Wore hampered by the tloup on the Lehlgh. Wlillo these estimates make no pro- tonont exact accuracy and In Iholr nature must bo only approximations to the truth , they go to show that the cost of the Lohigh strike mounts up well toward 81,000,000. , , This Is ti positive loss to society and one that can ill bo sustained at n time of general business depression. It Is n powerful argument In favor of Borne device or legislation that will enable us to avoid this unnec essary waste , to say nothing of the Inconvenience to commerce and the danger to llfo and property involved. In every such labor conflict. In this , the Lehlgh strike Is not peculiar. Society will bo nu Immense gainer , measured solely by the materialistic scale of wealth , when the era of strikes Is once and for alt time behind us. ins $100 ii A few days ago Chief Oil Inspector Hilton requested Tin : Bin to offer $100 reward in his name to any party that would furnish proof of a single Instance of coal oil explosion in this state within the past six months. The first claimant to this reward bonds us the following letter ! PMTTSMOUTII , Nob. , Don. 15. To the 1M- Itor of TUB UIK : : Regarding tha offer of the state oil inspector to pay $100 for proofs of lamp explosions , etc. . I wish to say that on the evening of December 1 a coal oil lump In my ofllco exploded , resulting In considerable ) dntungo. The explosion \\f\s seen by n policeman - man and other parties. They broke Into the onico and extinguished the flro. Thcro could have been no ether cause for the ex plosion than bad oil , I can prove the facts above stated. Da. A. Smr.MAX. P. S.-I refer to D. H. Wheeler , sr. , H. T. Clarke and F. Colpotzor. If the statements herein mndo can ho substantiated it affords tangible proof that explosive oils are on sale In this state. While the test by the Foster cup under our state oil inspection law is very low , it U claimed by exports that It is high enough , if inspection rules are rigidly enforced , to protect consumers from the dangers incident to explosions. The Pluttsinouth case should by all means bo looked into , and if the oil was bought from a Nebraska dealer out of an in- spjeted barrel an investigation should bo made as to the mode of procedure on the part of the deputy who made the inspection. If the oil was not certified to by an Inspector the dealer .should bo hauled up for violating the law. TltK DKMUClt.lTIG I'BA'MOJV POLICY. A discussion of the pension policy of the present administration was precipi tated in the house of representatives on Saturday by the proposed appropriation for special examiners in the pension service. While not objecting to the appropriation republican representa tives vigorously attacked the course of the administration in its treatment of pensioners. The democratic defense was not strong and was more apologetic than anything else. It is to bo noted , also , that it came from southern men , ono of whom had been especi ally bitter in his hostility to the lust republican commissioner of pen sions and who has otherwise manifested at every opportunity a deep-seated dis like of the whole pension system. Those democrats whoso judgment Is not utterly warped and distorted by their prejudice against the policy of pension ing union soldiers realize that the ad ministration lias made n grave mibtako in dealing with this matter , and they are not anxious to invite or encourage discussion of it. The charge of whole sale pension frauds vras proclaimed vo ciferously as soon as it was known that the democratic party was successful in the last national election and the country was told that a thorough policy of purgation would bo in stituted immediately after the de mocracy entered into control ot the ex ecutive department of the government. Nobody objected to this policy if con ducted fairly and justly. There is not anywhere a union soldier who desires thut a pensioner be retained on the rolls who has no right to bo there. It is the wish of every good citizen thut the pen sion roll phall oo a roll of honor , hearing upon it only the names of those who faithfully served their country and are justly entitled to its bounty. But the present administration began the work ot purging the pension list upqn the theory thut fraud was the rule rather than the exception , and instead of proceed ing to correct the alleged wrong against the people by adopting a course which would have given every suspected pen sioner an opportunity of defense against the assumption of fraud before being cut off from the bounty of the govern ment , It went to work upon the hypothe sis that all suspected pensioners were guilty until they could piovo their inno cence. It condemned them in advance of giving them an opportunity to be heard in their defense , and adminis tered punishment before conviction. No criminal charged with the most heinous olTonso against the law Is thus treated. This utterly indefensible outrage called for and received the reprobation of all fair-minded citi/.ons and the administration was forced by overwhelming public opinion to reendo from Its unjust and unwarrant able policy. But this did not alter the belief created by its course thut it Is distinctly unfriendly to the nation's pcnsionoru and it is hardly possible that anything It may hereafter do will re move thut belief. Nor will uny expla nations or apologies which the defend ers of the administration may offer suf fice to do so. Its trno animus wus shown in the order suspending tliou- sunds of pensioners inadvunco of u hear ing , the grout majority of whom wore able to prove thut they wore entitled to the government buntj' they wore re ceiving. There uro denicoriits who have the candor to ucknowlodge the grave wrong committed by the administration in this matter , Senator Voorhees has done HO in uimmtnlcublo terms , and the demo cratic candidate for governor of Ohio at the lute election has condemned tha pen sion policy of the uthnlnlbiraiion in terms as strong US'any republican has used ugaln&t It , But It Is not to bu ex- 1 cotcd that the democracy will bo In duced to show a more friendly concern for the men \vhof'nr.o the recipients of the national bounty. THE Now Ytftft'jSiw ' wants to know whether the sqUlqmcnt between the people and tho1" democratic parly Is likely to bo satisfactory to the latter ; If the people believe they have boon gulled and tlmt/f / the Chicago platform was only a confidence man's Hush roll ? Examine the election returns of 189,1 and you will find'An ' Indication of the atfswer. Walt for the elections of ISDt and 1800 and you jvtll have the answer Itself. > A iiAW requiring railroads to post bulletins of the arrival and departure of all trains over ton minutes late has just gone Into elTcct in Connecticut. It Is difllcult to see how this law can Increase the speed ofdelayed trains , but It will have the olTectof emphasizing the Irreg ularities of the twin service. More punctuality and fewer bulletins would bo far more appreciated. Count IIIK tlin Cent , IViHcifcl ( | > Mct ZJmw. If nil its available assets were disposable the Iron Hall could pay S3 CPU t on the dollar. When they were tnkcu In its victims didn't think tlioy were to get such quarters. Cigarettes AlniiR with hllior. FitmoHl Leader , Tnr. HER suggests that the third party Insert a plunk in Its platform against the sale of cleat-ottos. It sugeosts it In a vein ot pleasantry , but wo accept it in earnest. Dlmeuiilnus of the lloitt. aliilit-Demociat , The majority of 101,001 against Maynard la Now "York , as shown by the oflliM.il re turns , is the best thing that has been done bv that state since it went for Harrison in 1838. No Cut Thorc. CMcrti/o lima. Wages hnro been cut at Pullman , but the traveling public will continue Jo pay Mr. Pullman the same prlco for un upper berth as for a lower , and lo disburse enforced tolls to his servants under the name of Upb. Snuoo fur thn ( loose anil MUIICO for tlio ( JanUur. riiiifttfwi Ttmei. In view of Judge Dundy's determination lo arivo obscene language from public places , It will bo dangerous for the press to icpro- dtico anv moro of the .after-dinner speeches nmdo by John L. Webster or Tom Majors. Patriots lor Olllco Only. H'dtihdiofoii I'osl. The Cleveland administration is over nine months old and not a slngrio anti-snapper has declined an ofllco. It was all along BUS- peeled that the anil-snapper movement was not merely u health-producing enterprise. That l.oiic-rclt Want. Arbruihii City Se\ii. \ And now conies the rumor ifrom Kansas City that John , .1. Ingalls is to accept the ed itorship ot a new evening paper at that place. This is surprising , as we thought all arrangements had been made to start a re publican paper , with Ingalls as editor , at Omaha and drive TIIK BEK out of business. Inspection auU I'rotcctloii. Chicago lleccnl. Inasmuch as tha building and doan asso ciation seems destined , to absorb a notable perrentaco of wage earners' savings , the wisdom of the system p/state inspection ana the necessity of making it ns nearly as possi ble a perfect safeguard , is at once apparent. Thcro anj oovious roaspns why the societies allure the Investor-of - small means , and it is just such investors wh6 have little possibil ity of redress when .swindling ? has been practlcoct. _ , Only n liluckmiilllnj ; lom. : nialrHUot. It seems too incredulous for helfef that after the flat failure and Jump-the-trauk tricks manifested Jy the Omaha double- endcr in its last year's controversy with ' Tnc BEE over circulation its editor 'should have the consummate gall to jump into the arena again and shout his defiance on the same points as if the subject was entirely now. Hitchcock can hardly tool anybody at this atago of the game , on the question of World-Heralu circulation. Ho dare not come to any sort of a showdown with Trie DUE , hut ho continues to try by the quib bling of n disnonest trickster to keep his paper oeforo the public as a comptttitor. John Develops n Pull. Washington Sine. At last the Chinaman is started on the road to a comprehension of the goodness and greatness of this country's Institutions. The appointment of Wong Chin Fee of Now York to act as Chinese inspector is at least a start in the direction of bringing the Ce lestial under the civilizing and soothing in fluences of the government pay roll. If John could bo given to understand that hn is eli gible to the police force or to ether depart ments of employment , it is very possible that the representatives of his race in this country would at once cut oft their cues , wear commonplace clothes , learn to vote and even to write legible laundry tickets. Glvo tl § u Now Uiuilo Sam , DctiottJmunal. It is high time that a now conception of Uncle Sam should take the place of the U- belous caricature that has had its run for a century or more. Where is the artist who spoks famol Lot him give us u picture of Uncle Sam moro liberally endowed with meat on his bones , with bettor fitting clothe ? and a tritlo handsomer fuco , if possi ble. Cut his hair , trim up his whiskers and glvo him an caglo eye two of 'em. Make his figure a sculptor's modul of strength anc beauty. Place In his right hand the decla ration of indopoudenc' . ' , the constitution of Uio United States as it is , and the Monroe doctiino. Than put a chip on his shoulder and lot him alone. Alecuit of ( lie Hum , Kansas G'Hy Star. The tramps are responding vigorously to Governor Lowo'lmg's ' call and aru hastoniiif to the borders of a commonwealth the governor whereof greets thoin with a refulgent gent and paternal smllo. The travelers moving In search of work which they never have tlio fortune to overtake will march h the governor's highway across tlio lengtl and breadth of Kansas. In the meantime the irood people of Kaunas will exercise reasonable discretion and will extend assist ancc on what appears to bo the I'ucts of the case , rather than on the governor's slgna turo and the broad seal of the stato. The wondpllu will continue to bo the touchstone of genuineness anil preliminary to break fast. , . , _ A In these naturall attyn times a certain fac should bu known. A'lato decision was givei In u Nebraska case , m which clerk of tin court had taken His book mm oflicial sea and had traveled tflrough the country deal ing out naturalization 'papers to such aliens as the local politicians Indicated would vote tor vho party to which rho belonged , These naturalization carUttuates were decided to bo fraudulent and .nvalid , A man can bo mndo a citizen only in un open court of record ord before u judiro at i the usual place of hold Jnz court. A murty civic or depjty canno hold a constructive prm of court at a coun tr/ tavern or undwla cottonwood tree by the roadside undmsuo to lotial crowds law lui naturalization fiji t op. Mor/i : < t.vf > im.xv.r Otor broad upon the waters nnd garner the pastry. Since the birth of the daughter of Count ess Herbert Hlsnmrck the ex-chnnccllor Is a grandfather six times. The political temperature li so hot In Chi- ago Hint blizzards shriek as they pass by ml sink into the lake. Thoronro no "Infant Imlunrtoi , " shouts , ho bourbon frco trader. UrcatCiusar , the ullow should bo born again , Gladstone in said by his opponents to have one leg in the gravo. Tno other member Is Icing n regular business curing tori hams. I'll j most delightful of Colorado's products list now Is the newspaper accounts of gold llscovctlcs and n corresponding decrease in ho rage against goldbugs. Charles L. Poole of New Alhln , la. , rounded out 107 jcarsaml passed away three lays ago. His remarkable pull is a mystery. Ho was not ralcd in Ohio. The Georgia legislature declares for free coinage , wildcat money and an Income tax. The reported appearance of the plo wagon n that section Is a clover Hokcs. Should the Louisvlllo plan of boycotting , i orpso become general It behooves prospect- vo stiffs to square accounts before croaking and get under ground with decency and dls- mtcti. The makers ot threshing machines are 'orinlng a combine to limit production. Tim latcrtuil strap Mid maternal shlnglu will couMnuo business unrestricted at tlio old stand. The Coney Island boss will languish In Jail 'or n hiief ported and it Is oxpootod his in voluntary rotlrcment from -Sunday school oadcrshlp will provouseful and profitable to the Sunday school. * Slddhu and Linda ltniu two Hindoos who were assistant commissioners nt the World's 'air , have gene to St. Louis to convert that city to the tenets of the Ar.yu Somaj The irogress of these Hams will bo watched with nicies t. Mr. Ncar.v of Newark , N. .T. , has received 'rom the Treasury department n now $5 note 'or ono that was oaten by his goat , which ho tilled to recover the fragments that ac companied his affidavit. Ncar.v 1 * in a Jo bill md out a $ y William. Mrs. Hattie Gottrlo of Lowell. Mass. , is irobably the youngest grandmother in the country. She was married before she \\ns 10 , In 1870 , and her daughter , born in Ib77 , also married before she was 10 The grand child , Kva , was born lit September last. Virginia , "tho mother of presidents , " and Mahone , has suffered another urcnch of her proud soul. ICvon the hallowed name of Leo was dragged In the political dust. A senatorial caucus turned down ITithugh and elevated ono Martin. How the mighty has 'alien 1 That nil women , both great and small , love sugar and sweetmeats is true. U here's Fanny Davenport , who must have her peppermints along with her Marc Antony and her edu ] cated snakes ; Florence Rockwell , who dc- lures she cannot play Ophelia to Keeno's 'Hatnlef unless she has her peanut brittle , ind ICIlen Terry , with her passion for preserved - served pears. _ .lSfS 1WU.1I ItAJl'M IHJll.f. It lightens a duty to resolve to perform It cheerfully. Some men are moro afraid of criticism than a woman is of a shotgun. It is much easier to ho contented without riches than it is with them. The man who lives only for himself is en gaged In very small business. The man who would have done so and so If ho had been there , never gets there. There is moro help in an ounce of encouragement - agomont than thcro is in a ton of advice. The man who repents on a sick bed from which ho recovers generally backslides be fore ho pays his doctor's bills. The man who unconsciously docs much to sour the milk of human kindness is thut fel low who snores in the Bleeping car. The father who does not put good reading matter in the hands of his children has never done any real praying lor their salva tion. . A Itnuk Injustice. LlnculiiVus. . As the facts in the matter of the manage ment of the Burlington Voluntary Relief de partment become known it Is veiy evident that the stuto insurance department ought to tuko the matter in hand and compel it to incorporate as an insurance ) company , sub ject to the wise rules und regulations gov- einine companies of that character. While it may bo true that in forming this depart ment it was the aim of the company to af ford its employes , who belong to either the prohibited risks or are compelled to pay ex orbitant premiums for accident protection In regular companies , an opportunity to cot the benefits of accident insurance at cost. yet the operations of the department will , if the position it takes bo sustained by the courts , bo a rank injustice to the employes. The statement has been frequently made , and tha News believes it has not been con tradicted , thut , despite the name it bears , the company requires every employe to bo a member of the relief department anil to con tribute u certain portion of his earningsc.icli month to the accident and death benefit fund. The company in return guarantees to pay all expenses and all claims. If the pay ments for benefits are greater than the re ceipts the company makes up the dlfterouco. This would on its face appear to be most magnanimous on the company's part were it not for the fact thut ono of the clauses in the agreement which the employe must sign provides that the acceptance by him or uny member or representative of his family of the amount of his claim against the depart ment acts as an estoppel of any action ut law for money to recompense him for his in juries or his family tor the loss of his sup port. While it is yet to bo decided by the courts whether this In reality acts us a bai to a suit at law , yet the fact that it is in their agreement has prevented the company from being made defendant in numerous suits. Suppose , for instance , that through no fault ot the employe , but by reason of de fective nplianccs or lack of the proper num ber of men to handle the company's ' curs , an employe loses his life or is injuicd no badly as to prevent him from working nny moro. According to the regulations of the relief department ho would receive a certain stip ulated sum , foOO or tl.OOO. He would have received u similar amount if thcro hud been contributory negligence on his part , but be cause ho accepts from the relief depnrtinont what is his due on his accident policy the company claims that ho should by the courts bo refused an opportunity to compel it to recompense him or his family for the loss of his earning capacity. The company's posi tion would bo un equitable ono uore It not for this fact. In fixing the amount of duos or premiums uliicli shall bo paid the . o Ulcers of the depart ment undoubtedly calculated it so that as near as possible the disbursements equaled tlio receipts , ( n other words , that ull the funds that are paid by the depart ment come from the employes. The com pany claims that at the end of each period there is u deficit which it is compelled to make up , but nevertheless , tlio conclusion is irresistibly forced upon the investigator that it is a very cheap way for the company to liquidate all damage claims. Another feature that distinctly operates to tliu benefit of the company is that there is nothing in their agreement which prevents - vents the company from discharging a man after ho has boor. Injured , and thus shutting oft his sick bouelitu , although il is but fair to the company to state that there is but ouo case on record whore this was douo , 'i his case is still pending In the courts as a point o ; law. On llio whole , tha man who investigates the Burlington Voluntary Relief department must bo impressed with the fact thut It is u good thing , u very good thing for tlio com pany. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE /V.SITC/wv. . I'apllllon Times U has boon proven tmirt and again that the oils sold In NubrasKa are such as nro not allowed to bo solJ In other stntM Tun OMMU Ilr.n is nuKIng a splendid war on the Standard oompxny , and , it Is to be hoped , with salutary results , Wlnsldo Watchman : 'Inn OMUU HBP. re cently hail a three-column expose of frauds by state oil Inspectors , if Tun Urn Is rleht , one Is tiover safe \\hllo a lamp is burning In the house. Not onlj this , but the consumer Is being ohcaled by the retailer , who Is en tirely Innocent ot uny Intention to commit fraud. Though ROJC.V Is curaoil for Innum erable things , it cannot bo denied ho is not afraid to expose rottenness wticrovor ho finds U. Cortland Herald ! TinsOuuu Hr.e is mak ing a vigorous light for a hotter oil Inspec tion In Nebraska. Tin : Urn sa\s it is the farmers nnd the residents of the smaller towns nnd villages who are obliged to consume - sumo oil for lighting ami heating purposes. They are entitled to have what thov pu1 for. A state law nlms to protect consumers ot oil from injurious and dangerous mixtures A strict enforcement of the present law Is the least that is demanded until better legisla tion can bo obtained. Hloomlngton Keho Tun OMUU UCG Is oolug meritorious work In showing up the poor quality of co U oil on sale In the different towns in tlio stato. l-'rom Tun HKK'S invi-s tigations It looks vor.v much ns If Nebraska had become the dumping ground for all the dangerous , worthless oil the Slamtard Oil company had to place on the market , The proper officials should lese no tlino In going to the bottom of ihu affair ami mine the lawbreakers who endanger the lives of whole families promptly to time. We would like lo hear of some vigorous prosecution under our la\f If the facts uro us had as repre sented. The oil law does nothing moro thnn furnish employment for a fc\\ political rene gades who belong lo the p.irtv for revenue principally Blair Pilot Tin : OMMU llii : : Is printing a aeries of articles showing up the fraud practiced upon the people of Nebraska In the matter ot oil Inspection , ana It is truly said that "these disclosures of bogus oil in spection are meeting widespread approval throughout Nebraska. " The public icstn under the presumption that the law gl\es [ t protection from dangerous oils , and It Is lair to presume thai it was so intended by the cnartlng power , but under the sjstem practiced it is shown that oils rejected by the Inspectors of other states arc dumped into Nebraska and .sold hjcoadcast Numer ous specimens secured from various patts of the stale have been tested , and almost uni formly thc\ prove far liulow the established grade that can lawfully bo sold nnd are in flammable and dangerous In the extreme. Tin : IJcc is doing a good \\ork. ftictri..iii fiiiujs AT riti : I'ui.rir. Philadelphia Press A religious society In Kutopo hopes to abolish anarchy by pra.\er. J ho most effective prayer in such cases Is the ono that isuttured bv llio clcrei man onu minute before llio Jiop falls. Chicago Ucconl A preacher in Maine lias astonisned his congregation by saj ing that he can always preach better when he has a few dollais in his pocket than when ho 1mb none. The dollars give him confidence , if this peculiar trait of character were general among clcigymcn it is to bo feared the world wouldn't hoar as many line sermoiib ns It docs. Kansas City .Journal" : Two pious vonng ladies of McKinncy , K.\ , engaged in a horse whip fight in chuieh , and lashed each other's shoulders and hacks some time bcfovo bnlnir separated. The dispatch adds ; "As a re sult ten additions have been made to the church. " If the fair combatants had been allowed lo fighl it out the ontiio community might have been saved. St. Louis Republic It is rarely that a rc- ligluus newspaper of any denomination brings to the discussion of any public or quasi-political question that dcg'rco of fair ness and impartiality to bo expected from journals which assume to act as censors of the secular press. It Is not too much to bay that the secular newspapers , us a rule , uro moro mindful of the equities in any given case thauaro tnoir religious jontoinporarics. It is not otton that the religious journalist invades the field of politics , but when he docs it is as a destroying angel bearing llio and sword. Minneapolis Tribune : Hov , Kdward Stephens Wricht , pastor of a prominent church in Brooklyn , is out on a striko. Ho put on his coat , so to speak , and walked out last Sunday. His strike was not for a raisp or against a cut. Ho had not been compelled to work with a nonunion choir or a scab sex ton. The gentleman who passed the hat nnd the boy who pumped the organ were per fectly satisfactory from the standpoint of trade ethics. Thcro was no dispute as to hours , scale or overtime. The whole diffi culty arose from the neglect of the spectre to prcambulatoat the customary Intervals. In oilier words , his salary had not been paid for several weeks. Chicago HeraldRev. . Wilbur G. Warner is paslor of the Grace Methodist Episcopal church at Indianapolis. Ho prepared re cently n spectacular display for his pulpit. Ho had delivered some sermons on the evils of card playing and gambling , and he illus- lustrated ono of his recent discourses by shuffling a pack of monte cards in iho pui- pit , a deacon playing the part of the green horn betting on the game. I'ho exhibition occurred Sabbath oveniug. It attracted the greatest congregation that over had ap peared In llio church. Immense interest was displayed , and the failure of the deacon to win on the designated "suro card" elicited roir.s of laughter and rounds of ap plause. Ita a delightful and instructive Sunday evening entertainment. fi in , IMI .sr.ir/mio/ > . Chicago Rceord Perhaps It would he Just as well to 'ot ' Uncle Sam see that polygamy Is thoroughly Mippresscd before allowing Utah to taKe control of herself. ( Jlolio Democrat- The fact Hint I'tah can 00 icliod upon to glvo a democratic majority oniwelehn all the serious objections to her admission as a state In the eyes of the pres ent house. Henvcr Republican : The republicans did right in suppoitlng the bill , If , as a partj , they had opposed it , It would have hurt lliom in the far west , moro especially In view of the attitude of eastern republicans Upon the coinage question , Kansas City Star : Republican opposition to tliu admission of Utah may be duo to tha Insunictoney of popul.itIan , but in Iho light of history It would scorn that thn probable political complexion of the new scn.itorsi-uts mi linpoitant llgmo U would be iibsmd to say that state making has not been and will not ho a measure fur partisan adxantago no less In the admission ot the Dakota * , \\yoinliig. Idaho nnd Washington than ol 1 tali It Issignllloantut lutst thitl the re publicans did not crj n halt until nil sum republican territory had been gatheied _ lUHtou AdvertUor The t of usal to admit i tali to statehood for the present violates no right of anybody or of anv section. State. hood It a boon to ho given , not n rlRht to bo demanded. A territory Is a ctcalnro of Iho Malts , is their proiertin | a eonstilutlotml sense , lo do with as tlioy plcaso If tliov fliooso to make stiucs , It Is iheli right ; If ihev cheese nnl to mtl : < o state * , It Is their pleasure , No ono hai the privilege of ap pealing fioin their decision. No Rood or pressing reason has ueon irlven why they should hasten to make a state in this In- at mice ; while there mo very grnvo nnd un answerable reasons why statohooil should not bo granted to L'tah at presoni Iluftalo lixpress The toirltorv of I'tah eontalned in ibDOa | ) opuatlon ! of yo7l > iV > . In 1 M ) H was 14IU.I. ! | ) Tno rMo of incieusu was about the sanio as in New Moxleo and less than In mo other jt.ito or territory , except , Nevada nnd Ari/ona The dumoeratio pariv claims to ublccl to pooliot 'ooioiiKhs. bat , by passinc iho hill fet iho admission of Utah yestijulay , Ihu democratic house-took steps tocicatea now one Utah Is a desert. It can expect but litllo Imminr.ilion except Moiiuon converts. U iho power of Iho Mor mon chureh is broken Utah lib a stale would hoooino a second Isovada. If It is nol broken , Uiul is rca on enough for i-oinpellini ; Utah to wait ' .V.IHM : rmiit. Hoiton I'mirlorA Imrber Inn nu rlcht to lullicrllt lfo. riorldaTimesIl's a wlso cow that Knows Ui on n butter. Toledo ComtiiQirlal : A miner m.iy ho ever so well on , lint lie can't help Kultlni ; In a holu occasionally. HulTalo Courloi : " riilt-Uied's Ignorance imv pot him Into n boat last. " "llus , eh ? What Kind of a bov' ? " "Jury lio\ . " Atlanta Constitution : "Mom Is : i Illtlu C'hrNtmus ode , " suld the poet , timidly : "Vou'ru t > IT , " cilod tliu editor. "I'aul Uio lust cent f owed yt'sleiilay. " Dotioll I'rcii 1'iev , : llo did lllllo jobs of collecting They Kepi him nil lime on the inn , although It wus plain to the Kno\\iiiK that his ( loins was nlnnys dun. . Now VoiK htm : Victim I'll give yon CO cents nut to talk uhllu you shmn mu llaiber HUB piiidnn , sir ; 1 can uain my money easier than that llhulramlon Kupiihllcun : Tim limjdar Is mil Inellntd to be tiilKiithe. lint he Is it giuab boio when lie finds tlio safe locked l.foMiss ! Wostonil 1'iiciiyontloii't hnltovo thut Adum 'ind Kvu really Ihcil In p midtsi * ? Mr. Muriny Illll Oh , yes , tluiy must linvn Il\c ' < l In paiadlsu tlioy didn't liu\u to Keep servants 1'iiclv. Tlio Ineath ot suspicion Is gonui illy scented with cloves. Indianapolis .Toiunul1 Hungry IIflus ! h's ntutty toiuh nhen a ( Vlli'i nsKs foi broad uiul eels a stono. Woaiv WutUlns I lumcin- heroiicct wliun I didn't hi\o iu > UMc cumin' . Bill Ihcn jim see , them was a llttlo lye went : ilonK wit tliu tool , that time. AnilUIl TO Ills STDIti : . Jt'lllltfM ( ' ( ( [ / /"Illllllf Tim scliUl In which It ) learn , he siild , Was ( hut whli'li imliiro liiiiKlit , lie often tin MM-I'd Held and wood. And nsufnl kimnlcdxu sonu'lil One dny ulillu hi ) was wiilKlni : out , A I'lond c.uno up and rained ; Hu iciambled tliron li u ) , ) wIre funca And many new points gained. o 'inn jiu\.iitoir. jVir KenSim. / . I do defy nil liuin.mKlml , \Vlien once I lm\o nunln up my mind , To move me , standing HKu a dllT that moclcg tlio wind. I.lkosnmu Mist clmid-iMishrnudud sea , Wrapt hi my own Immensity , L brood and sw.isli. My thoiiehl surges and HWults la mu. Within myself , nn awful slirlmi , I wcil > , I phin , dovlso.combine , llavuull llio urafl of stnto und Koveinment down line. Customs nnd piercdents I mnkc , ThnltiWh I lightly bond or hi oak , Insplied by my gicat belf. nnaid Myself llio cal.o. I llvo abino ull p uty erloi. In my lilKli air I heir elninor dies , hhuuiod by myhacred self , whureon ihuiu are no files , I nuud no counsel hnl my own , I sit sublime upon my lliione , Helf-L'cntwcd , hulf-iuvotvlng , absolute , alono. 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