THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , DECEMBER IB , 1893 ,
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TllAT.'i-uoiil brldiro motor faro docs
not IUOIM to bo Homing very fast.
Do TIM : people in Hu'.vutl have tlmo
to tlovoto to any other buslnoss thim
jiolitlcaV
GoMPJ'.HS still Imngf on as presidoiit
of llio Federation of Labor , but ho will
miss tlio rivalry of 1'owdorly badly.
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. , . , _
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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.
Tliol.ugesl in ikein .ni'l ' H-Heri ot
line clotlii'S on i.irtli :
Twice your money's > Yortli 01 your money
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