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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JANUARY < ! , J85H.
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SKIIVIA. fit last accounts , was sufTcr-
nff from u dearth of cabinet makers.
TIIK next batcli of presidential ap
pointments cannot arrive any too soon to
suit the democrats ) in this vicinity.
Till ? now president of tlio council is
ono of the few , very few ineinbcrs of tlio
hint council that pays his way on tlio
Btroot railroad. In that respect at least
ho sots a good example.
No ONE who neglects to read the
mayor's message carefully from begin
ning lo .oud citn assume to speak with
intcllifzcnco upon the present status of
our municipal government.
A METnoi'OMTAJ ? union depot , cen
trally located , that all railroads may
enter upon equitable terms. This is
what Omahu long 1ms sought and
mourned because she found it not.
Tin : determination of the State Board
of Transportation to abide by its original
decision ordering a restoration of the
hay rates which the Elkhorn had at
tempted to raise has at least the merit
of consistency.
NICAKAOUA and Honduras are said
to have begun the now year with the
commencement of actual hostilities.
That "at peuco with the world" sermon
must have boon omitted in Central
American churches.
K mayor wants the street railway
company to paint the unsightly poles
which line the streets along which the
tracks are laid. What about tlioso orna-
p mental iron poles that wore promised so
long ago and so many times delayed ; "
SOME of our senators and congressman
have so much leisure time on their
hands that they are beginning to specu
late upon the probable length of the
present session of congress. Unfor
tunately the consensus af opinion seems
to bo that it will last well into the
autumn of 1801.
AccouniNG to.tho census of 1890 Ne
braska stood third In rank with the
other states in the union with respect to
its per capita state debt. The census
took only the bonded indebtedness into
consideration.Vo wonder whore Ne
braska would stand in a table showing
both the bonded and floating debt in
1894 ?
GARBAGE contract complications are
setting in at a time quito convenient to
the now garbage contractor. The con
tractor was not ready to begin work
when the required thirty days notice ex
pired. But ho will no doubt resent the
Imputation that the Injunction brought
against him is intended to serve as an
excuse for not carrying out tlia terms of
his agreement.
THE parliamentary leaders in England
have effected a compromise by which
the parish councils bill will no doubt pass
this month. The rank and file of both
partioH , however , are dissatisfied with
the arrangement. But none of them will
dare to repudiate the leaders' agreo-
j , mont. Wore such a bargain nmdo in
s I I congress the parties thereto would not
' < bo so confident of carrying it out.
AUTHOIHTJKS high in tlio ranks of the
frco silver agitation agree that no free
coinage measure at the old ratio can
become a law so long as the present
democratic administration remains in
power. Populists in conference upon
the means of olTectlvoly organising their
' party for tlio next campaign might bear
- , thia in mind and avoid the exertion of
working themselves to a high pitch of
lc enthusiasm on this partk'iilar point.
THE Omaha Street Railway company
Is iiosv honoring over UOO annual passes
in the hands of county and oity olllolals ,
court bailUTs , the tribe of Van Alstino
and any man In position to borvo the
company In aomo form or other. It
seems utmost incredible that the ex
igencies of the times call fur such a vlde
distribution of these coveted pasteboards.
Before long the company will bo In the
predicament of the B. & M. road about
convention tluio , when it is ulwnyu ready
to pay the right men to ride on its cars.
FEAHUCSS devotion to duty , such as
was displayed by Conductor Atwood in
his attempt to warn passengers of an in-
ovltablo collision on the Union Pacific
Tuesday and which resulted In his
death , deserves more recognition than
can bo given In a more newspaper ac
count of the wreck. So frequent com
plaints are made ugahibt the reckless
negligence of railway trainmen that In-
itniicoB mich as this , where faithfulness
to employers and a , souse of responsibility
lor the pussongors haa been guarded
more jealously than life , should not be
overlooked. Happily the negligent and
Bolflsh railway employe U still in the
unall minority among his follows.
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AN IXDtriltl'At , ISCOStK TAX.
After n long struggle the ndvocatri
nmong the democratic members of the
ways and means committee of a tax or
Individual Incomes have won , nnd c
proposition to tax such Incomes , in
excess of $1,000 , 2 per cent will bo sub-
mltto'd to tiongvost ns n part of Undemo
cratic revenue policy * President Cleve
land and Secretary Carlisle are not in
favor of an Individual Income lax , unless
they have changed tholr minds since
their recommendations regarding in
ternal taxation wore made to congress.
In his annual mosango tlio president illi
not refer to the proposal for n tax on
individual incomes , but approved the
plan of "a small tax upon in
comes derived from certain corporate
investments. " Secretary Carlisle also
recommended taxing IncJinos acquired
from investments in stocks nnd bonds ol
corporations and joint stock companies ,
saying in advocacy of such a tax that it
Is not innuisltorial nor liable to evasion
by the fraudulent suppression of facts ,
in this rospcct differing from a tax on
Individual incomes. The leading demo
cratic organs of the country are opposed
to an income tax , nnd especially on such
a basis as IH proposed , which would ex
empt a very largo proportion of the
people having Incomes from the opera
tion of the tax , thereby making it
rank class legislation. ) , Ono of those
orgunrf recently declared that there
could bo no equitable Income tax
in this country that should
not bo levied on all incomes from high
est to lowest , and that "there could bo
no moro insidious and dangerous enemy
of popular and frco institutions than a
system of taxation that should exclude
the masses of citizens from a just share
of the burdens ns well as the benefits of
government. "
The action of a majority of the demo
crats of the wnye and means committee
in favor of taxing individual incomes is
therefore in disregard of the evident
hostility of the administration to sucli a
tax and of the pronounced opposition to
it of the leading democratic journals of
the country. How will the proposition
probably bo treated in congress:1 There
would seem to bo small rea
son to doubt that it will bo
overwhelmingly dcfoated. It will receive -
coivo the nearly unanimous support of
the Houthorn democrats , and perhaps
it would bo safe to count all of them for
it , because the revenue from such an in
come tax as is proposed would coiho
almost entirely from the north and
west. Thu far but three democrats
from northern states are publicly known
to favor the tax nnd it is questionable
whether as many ns a dozen can bo in-
dnecd to support it , particularly if it
should encounter the nctivo opposition
of the administration. The republicans
will of course cast a solid vote against
it. Even if it were clearly possible to
pass it in the house it would certainly
fail in the sonato. There is consequently
no apparent reason to apprehend the
imposition of an income tax , at any rate
upon the basis proposed , nnd there is no
democrat in congress who will venture
to advocate a.tux on all incomes , from
the highest to the lowest , which is the
only way the tax could bo made equit-
nblo and relieved of tho.odium of being
class legislation. That would raise a
storm ot opposition that would be irre
sistible.
The proposal of nn income tax , ns it is
made , is demagogic and sectional. Its
most ardent advocates are politicians
who believe it will help the party , at
any rate in their districts. They think
It will draw to their support the people
who are exempt from the tax and par
ticularly the laboring classes. Making
a low estimate of the intelli
gence of those classes and of their
sense of what is fair and just , it is as
sumed by the political demagogues that
the workingmen of the country will np-
[ ) laud legislation which makes an in
equitable discrimination against their
more prosperous follow citizens. They
ire gravely mistaken in this. Every
: ntolligent and fait-minded workingman
desires to bear his fair share in sustain-
ne : the government us well as to enjoy
n equal measure , the bonollts conferred
jy government. Uo will not approve of
a policy the tendency of which is to
divide the people into the classes and
the masses , with the former claiming all
the honors and rewards by reason of the
greater support they give the govern
ment. It is a sectional proposal for the
cuson , as already stated , that the south
cnows that nearly the entire revenue
'rom ' an income tax , suoli as is con
templated by a majority of the ways and
uoans committee , would bo derived
rom the people of the north.
TUB irar TO M
THE BEE has never been known to
crawfish or run away from u fight.
When it says anything it moans just
vhat it says. And this is why it exerts
iilluonco in city and state affairs. Its
msltion on the gambling question is not
i byplay in the interest of blackmailers
vho want to hold up gamblers and the
losltlon It occupies on this question
oday is the position it has always OHOU-
) lod. THE UBK does not masquerade
is a religious paper or as nn organ of
noral reform. That role it leave * to
ho Impostors and Pharisees , who have
lonncd the livery of heaven while sorv-
ng Satan and tils Imps. All that those
Imrlboos want in making this nolso
about closing gambling house * is a visit
rom the gamblers with n suitable
imount of hush money. As soon as the
jroon goods arc delivered they will
coop as still ns a nnuso. As far as THE
BKK is concerned there will bo no re
treat and no hushing up.
Wo understand that citizens who are
sincere iu their desire to break up gam
bling demand that the judgOa of this
district shall call a special grand jury
to investigate gambling and ether law
lessness with a vlow to Indicting partiiw
Iwltoved to bo guilty of violating the
criminal statutes. Wo see no necessity
for such a move. The county attorney
has authority under the law to tile
complaints ugainst all pnrtloa for'in
fractions ot the criminal code. There
should bo nu dllllculty of obtaining uutU-
clont proof as regards gambling houses
to llio an Information and have the par
ties placed on trial. A grand jury Is an
expensive luxury. The last special
grand jury cast this county over 31,000.
Every dollar iu the county treasury la
now needed for the destitute people
Wo do not believe the judges would be
justified in piling up 81,000 of expense
when the object In vlow can be accomplished
plishod by the regular ofllcora of the
court.
TIIK MM Oll'S MKS3.WK.
The annual message of Mayor Bomle
is a clear and comprehensive rovlow ol
municipal management during the past
year. Necessarily the mayor's message
embodies nnd recapitulates all the im
portant facts , figures and rccomnionda
lions of his subordinates iu llio various
departments. In that rospcct It is a
compendium of information relating to
the finances of the city , Its public works ,
municipal nnd corporate , the health de
partment and the fire and police depart
ments.
The mayor also devotes considerable
spnco to the problem of uniform assess'
incut , special taxes and retrenchment.
Mayor Bemis ventures to make recom
mendations looking toward the ncquisl
tlon of the waterworks , the purchase ot
establishment of an electric lighting
plant , and calls attention to the failure
of contractors to comply with oxlstlnp
ordinances and to carry out their obllga
lions.
Incidentally Mayor Bomls ropnls the
aspersions sought to bo cast upon him
from bench , pulpit nnd press ns to his
course in dealing with gambling and the
social evil. On Ibis point Iho muyoi
tukos * a manly stand and gives candid
and frank expression to his views of the
most effective way of minimizing the
evil that springs from gambling , public
and private.
The message certainly is instructive !
and its recommendations cannot fail to
moot the approval of the taxpayers and
all citizens who desire equitable assess
ments , economic nnd honest disburse
ments of the public funds and a strict
enforcement of contracts mndo Uy _ ran-
chiscd corporations and city contractors.
PttESIDEXT lUH'tSIjL.
The organization of the now council
was perfected last night to the general
surprise of politicians who expected a
deadlock and a long siogo. Mr. Edward
E. Howell , the choice of the council for
president , possesses the requisite quali
fications for the important position to
which ho has boon elected. His career
in the last council has in the main
boon highly creditable. So far as wo
know ho wears nobody's collar and is not
a creature or tool of contractors or cor
porations.Prom a pure party stand
point Mr. Howoll's selection would nat
urally bo olTonalvo to republicans. But
from the standpoint of the taxpayer ho
will be accepted as a safe man.
The position of president of the coun
cil carries with it great responsibility ,
and tlio functions devolving upon the
presiding ofllccr of the council are for
the most part related to good govern
ment rather than politics. The first
test of President Howoll's mettle will bo
in the mako-up of the council commit
tees. Ho is expected , of course , to give
the democratic members the lion's share
of chairmanships , but partisanship
should bo made secondary to the inter
ests of the city. The committees should
bo so organized as to promote wholesome -
some legislation and defeat jobs , stonls
and fraudulent claims. In the make-up
of the committees no political caucus
should bo allowed to dictate or exert a
preponderating influence. Tlio sole aim
of the president should bo efficiency and
honesty.
If Mr. Howell is actuated by these mo
tives ho will merit public contidonco and
receive the commendation of all classes
regardless of party.
THE city hall building has about the
same cubio contents as has the state
asylum for the insane at Lincoln. For
the first quarter of 1893 it cost $994 to
lioat the city hall , and for a like period
the state paid nearly 82,400 for heating
the asylum building. Just why there
should bo so great a difference in the
cost of heating these Iwo buildings is
probably duo to the fact that the city
buys coal at the lowest market price
while the State Board of Purchase and
Supplies sits down while pap leeches
and bloodsuckers loot the stato. The
Lincoln asylum or any ether building
no larger ought to bo heated at an ox-
[ > ouso not greater than $1,000 a quarter.
To approve and pay bills of $2,400 for
; hat service is to countenance barefaced
robbery. The chances are that moro
than halt the amount said to have boon
expended for coul was diverted to ether
: nirposos in direct violation of a most
mportant slatuto. This is a time-worn
iractieo. Some day state ofilcials will
jo punished for it.
GOVERNOR FLOWER of Now York
recommends in his message to Iho logis-
latura lhal sJ.ops be lakon to provide the
entire state revenue without resorting
.o . the apportioned property tax at all.
.Jonnsylvunia has already practically
succeeded iu accomplishing this reform
uul if Now York can do the same that
) olicy will bid fair to become generally
uloptcd throughout the union. The
, 'roat obstacle in the path of such ro-
orm in the western states is that their
constitutions in most instances require
tlio state treasury to bo filled from the
u'ocoods of a tax upon all property , real
md personal , which shall bo equal and
iiiiform throughout the stato. The
ibolition of Iho general property tax in
the great number of western states can
tot bo effected except by constitutional
amendment.
BY reason of a sentiment worked up
argoly by THIJ BEE , Btato , city and
county treasurers are required to give a
sulllciont bond uvproloct the people from
oss through dishonest man. It is n ra-
loiial presumption that any man good
tnough to secure election to ono of these
olllccs would also bo strong enough to
u-ocuro a competent nnd sufficient bond ,
' 'or that reason the law provides that
unplo indemnity must bo given , It Is a
good thing.
MR. GLADSTONE'S announcement upon
; ho floor of the Common ! ) that the Brlt-
ah irovornmont has nu intentions of in
terfering in Brazilian affairs must bo
ukcn as evidence thai Great Britain at
cast has concluded to accept the pi'luul-
ilo enunciated by the United States as
ho Monroe doctrine and to refrain
from Intermeddling with the South
American ropiUScs. This IB the only
explanation 01 Mr. Gladstone's nddl
tlonal remark that .ho was not advlsoi
thai his government had any right to
Inl M-foro In Braf.ll.1 Great Britain ha
not hi thorto slood Vi on any question of Ha
right to Interfere tn-thu affairs of forolgt
governments whi h involved the Interests
osts of British sifb/eets unless Us aollon
promised to redound rnthor to Its dlsad
vantage than to Its advantage. The
prime mtulator'a declaration , then , In
dicates tlio nccoptnftco by Great Brltali
of the general'1 proposition thai South
America is excluded from the Hold o
European politics. ,
THERG must bo somu pretty good lira
bor in official places in Council Bluffs.
Rarely over is there a whisper of olllcliil
delinquency , and many have been the
instances wherein city and county olll-
clals stood up manfully for the rights o
the people ns ngalnst corporations that
sought to sack the town. Within the
past week Judge McGco lias declared the
motor line franchise forfeited and volt'
because the company did not live up to
its contract with the city. It is indeed
refreshing to note that there is one
town in the world whoso people arc nol
afraid of franchlscd corporations.
\Viilllnc for u , Ioli.
ainbe-Demoerat.
The wheel horses of tlio democratic party
appear to hnvo retired from scrvicu uutl
Cleveland does something for winch they
cm pull In a consistent aud self-respecting
manner.
Nu DotilH of It.
Kt. And Glnlic.
Some miscreants have been robbing the
graves in thn Omahu cemeteries. This will
no doubt bo regarded iu some quarters as
another evidence of the demoraluatlon cre
ated by a democratic national iidmluU.
tration.
nxporluncnd In Clioldnjr.
Clilcaau Tlir.es.
Ono Buffalo man choltud over n castor oil
cnpsttlu ho was tryinjj to give himself nnd
another Buffalo man is choking over n pol
icy ho tried to put down tlio throats of the
American people. Experience is a bitter
teacher.
li-iiileil Stntosmnn.
Indianapolis Journal ,
Senator Sherman favors Secretary Car
lisle's plan for additional bonds. Tlio Ohio
senator is reported as saying tha * . with cur
rent revenues running behind and n glaring
doliclt in sight it Is thn dictate of patriotism
and good sense to relieve the treasury. Sen
ator Sherman does not bcliovo in peanut
politics. _ _
I'nttornon'A Abbreviated Holler.
Ilocliu .Vniintani A'ctcs.
Per the Information of the Colorado nnd
Nebraska goldbttg republican papers which
nro crowing over alleged populist losses in
Nebraska , the following figures from the
olllcial : oimt are respectfully submitted :
Populist gain , liftoon counties ; populist loss
from vote of IS'JJ , 4 per cent ; republican
loss , fourteen counties ; ' republican loss from
1S92 , 8 per cent ; democratic loss from vote of
189:3 : , 15 per cent. Now whoso turn is it to
"holler ? " >
lloturnlnq ; Conllilonco.
Cincinnati CYmimcrcful.
The great manufacturing establishments
oC Pittsburg will start this week on full
time , giving employment to over 3,000 men ,
who have recently * been out of work. The
proprietors , no doubt , have reached the con
clusion that the Wihoir tnritt bill is doomed.
If wo had-ns much 'faith in tlio wisdom and
discretion of democratic congressmen ns wo
hnvo in the Intelligence of the American
people , wo would not hesitnto to predict that
the Wilson tariff bill , or the Cleveland tariff
bill , as it may moro correctly bo called ,
would not got out of thd-hodso alive. If It
should escape that-ordcal it is confidently
stated by parties who ought to know what
they are talking about' that it would bo torn
all to pieces In the senate.
IIIK IMOTlXt ? Of A RAILROAD ,
Philadelphia Inquirer : The story of the
looting of the Northern Pacific railroad by
its former ofllclals , as told in detail in the
newspapers , gives the llrst complete ex
planation of now it came about thnt a con
tinental Hue , which began the year IS'JO In
splendid condition , with $1,500,000 In cash in
Its treasury , representing the year's prolits
nbovo its expenses , and with $13,000,000 , the
proceeds of the consolidated mortgage , to
provide for improvements , has within the
short space of four years been completely
gutted. The profits have boon stolen , the
proceeds of the bonds hnvo boeti stolen ,
nnd today thn treasury is empty nnd the
road , unable to meet Its Immediate obliga
tions , is under the shelter of the courts.
The story is an amazing one , oven in this
ago of railroad plunderers , and it uiakus
pertinent the query : What Is society going
to do to protect itself from the highwaymen
of the close of the nineteenth century ?
Chicago Ilccord : Startling charges are
made In.a petition tiled by the general coun
sel of the Northern P.icitio Hullroad com
pany nguir.st the management which secured
the appointment of the three receivers.
The petition asks for the appointment of
ether receivers to tnko tlio places of these
selected by the old ninnnccmcnt.
The declaration says that when the re
ceivers wcro appointed the road's mnnngera
liaa in less than a ye'ir saddled it with the
interest of ? 00,000,000 for properties which
wore of no value to it , but Iu many of which
they wore personally interested ami out of
which they made largo prolits. It is also
assorted that the receivers appointed have
the effect of perpetuating the name control
which brought about the bankruptcy , and
thnt they continue a similar line of policy.
1'ho transactions are set forth in the peti
tion In detail , uud are not only runmrkablo
nnd startling in themselves because they
disclose the sharp practices of certain finan
ciers , but because they reveal the methods
whereby one sot of investor may bo preyed
upon by another sot.
3118.10 Ult [ ttl VKll llANKlSltS.
They Are llolcllni : it hustion ut Sc. Juo niul
Will Orciinlzp.
ST. Josnrn , Jan. 3. A mooting of the rep
resentatives of the batiks nnd clearing houses
by the Missouri valley Is being held In this
city today. The session opened at the Commor-
cinl club nt 11:30 : nnd at 13:30 : nn adjournment
was taken until 2:30. : Tha object of
this meeting of the bankers of the Missouri
Ivor cities Is simply to talk over matters of
ntercst to themselves and to discuss ques
tions nppertninlug to the management of the
clearing houses. Deface an adjournment
s taken this { % Qyeulng , the dele
gates will organlze. < "n > pormnnont asso
ciation of Missouri .flver bankers and
ulcct ofllcers. The oijt of town ban Us rep
resented nt this meeting are us follows :
Midland National , . 'Kansas City , Mr.VI -
lauts ; United States National , Omuhit , Mr.
3urlotv ; First National , Omahu , Mr.
J.ivU ; Lincoln 1 Clearing Ilouso ,
tlr. ImbofTj Interstate National ,
Cansns City. Mr. Sqtflres ; Nutionul Uanic of
Commerce. Kansas City , , Air. Woods ; Union
National. Kansas City , Mr. Noul ; First Na-
ionnl , r.oiivonwortj > , Mr. Folgor ; Mor-
hnnts National , Omalia , Mr. Urnko ; First
National , Atchisonfgjlu Frazer ; Loavon-
vortb National , L < * vvpi\vorti ! , Mr. Carrol.
PROl'Ltt A.flt UIIHU3.
Medical science Un trifle slovr in applying
machine oil to hoadachcs.
Do contoutcd with your lot. Observe lion
the ixmngo stamp stlcus to Us job.
Justice is sualMlkn In its movements , bul
It hns recently shown an elevating tendency
Schock , tha bicycle champion , doubtless
turnrtl nn alternating current on his com
potltors.
Judging by the amount of vituperation
nlloat In Kansas , It Is evident thnt Marj
Lease has run out.
Henry Irving requires fewer hours of steer
out of the twentyroutthan almost any man
now prominent Iu public life.
J. Slont Fnssctt wants another trial foi
tlio Now Yorkgovernorshlo. If Mr. Fassott's
legs could maintain n p.irlty with his mouth
ho would hnvo some show of success.
Mr. Carncglo supplemented n reduction o
the \yngcs of his men with n liberal coti
trlbtition to the poor fund of Plttsburg. A
reasonable per tent wn& retained ns compou
satlon for tlui exchange.
Tlio new assistant prosecuting attorney It
Now York , Hugh O. Pentecost , possesses the
convenient qunlUlcation of knowing mighty
little about the luvr. But ha has an inox
tmustibto mouth and a power-house pull.
A Now York man suggests ns a moans o
utilizing tin ) surplus unemployed the building
of u boulevard from the Atlantic to the Pa
clllc. The Inducements for "hitting the
road" nt present are abundant. Why In
crease thorn ?
Hosen Sprague of Homer , N. Y. , wns I0 (
years old Thursday. Ho wns bom In Brim
Itclu , Mass , , but has lived In Cortlaml county
since I82l. He is very nctivo and Is quite a
wrestler oven now Iu his old age. His wife
is 8 ; ! years old ,
Wee Hung Pen , a Chinaman vrho loft Arl
zona n year ngo with his pretty America !
wife after lohiug n fortune , Is now reportei
from Africa ns having a good claim in the
Matnbclo country that will more than replace
ills vanished million.
Miss Jnno B. Adams recently picked ui
ou , the beach near Jupiter inlet , Florida , a
bottle which contained n message written ot
boaitl n federal transport , during the wni
while the vessel was in the Oulf of Mexico
near the mouth of the Mtssissttnit river. Tha
soldier who placed the message in the
bottle was Joseph II. Johnson , who is stil
living in Mludlotown , N. Y.
Uoscoe Howard of San Diego , Cal. . hns
presented to the Smithsonian institution a
white king caclo from Ecuador , where ii
was captured in the Andes , nnd said to be
the first one of its species over brought to
this country. It is n magnificent looking
bird nnd nithough but six months old
weighs nearly fifty pounds nnd is about
three feet six inches in height.
President Wilson of the school of blologj
of the University of Pennsylvania , in accept
ing the exhibit , of native woods , worth
? 150,000 , which the Argentina Ucpubllo dis
played at the World's fair , said thnt the
approaching exhaustion of our cherry anil
some ether woods would compel the United
States to import these line grades of wood
from the Argentine Hepublic nnd other
South American countries.
Colonel Hampton S. Thomas of Phila
delphia has Just boon awarded a medal ol
honor under the general act of congress foi
gallant services in the action at Amelia
Court Ilouso , Vn. , Aurll 5 , 18QI5. In this act
ion Colonel Thomas , who commanded the
First Pennsylvania cavalry , lost his right leg
below the Unco , lit ) has four other wounds
made by shot , shell and saber , In different
engagements. Uncle Sam is sometimes slow ,
but ho gets there eventually.
ffianit.isifj. AXH AEisiiAiitc.iys.
T-ho grip Is proving very fatal in the vicin
ity of Wllcox.
There wore 23,000 chickens shipped from
Sholtou during December.
There wore $41,493 In mortgages filed in
Gage county in December aud $33,831 re
leased.
Hoiningford citizens have voted to Issue
bonds for $0,000 to build n system of water
works. The bonds carried by a majority of
nine.
nine.A
A man who registered at the , Hotel Uiloy
at Plattsmouth as W. J. Brown , blow out the
gas when he retired , but ho loft the transom
ouen mid so his Ufa was saved.
A dog suffering -with hydrophobia ran
through the streets of Norfolk , but was
driven into a building and killed before It
had done any damage beyond frightening n
few people.
The Grand Island Independent 1ms fin
ished Its first decndn of life , and Editor
liedde announces that ho Is just as hard a
ligtitor for the rights of the people us when
ho started in to defend them from the en
croachments of monopolies.
Fred Bonflold committed suicide at a hotel
nt Harvard by taking opium. The young.
man , apparently 30 years old , unable to se
cure work , having lost both wife and child
nt i'lnttsburg , Mo. , some two years ngo , had
become disheartened and despondent , and
being utterly without money concluded to
end his career. His father is reported as
living at St. Louis , possessed of considerable
means. _
I'OIA'TKD VLKASAXT11IES.
Life : Tonchor What was the significant
factof Thomas Jefferson's death on tlio Fourth
llrlglit Boy That ho nil < Bed the fireworks.
Atclilson Olobo : What has become of the
old-fashioned woman who knit wristlets for
| ) rCM3Ilt.S ? -
Klmlra Oazotto : Now Year's would bo moro
thoroughly , enjoyed if It didn't nlwuya come at
tlio busiest time of the year.
Detroit Free Press ; Shoestring Why did
you call your race horse Fust Colors !
lllgroll Ilo won't run.
Milwaukee Journal : Kvon If "swearing off"
n followed by n relapse , It Is bettor than u
clmln of habit with unbroken links.
Washington Star : "Now , " said the sloro-
( ooiiur , as lie gniud proudly at the letluring
on Ills now brass sign , "that's what I call pol
ished KnglUh. " _
Judge : First Steamship PivMonsor Do you
{ now what they had for breakfast this morn-
Si'cond Stoamshlp Passenger No. I gave It
up long ago.
Chicago Kocord : Tlio Member of the Barn
storm Company ( presenting himself at tbti box
olllci > of uiiotliur theater ; I any , do you recog-
nlo tlio porfrsli ?
The Box Olllco Young Ainu Yon bnt wo do
the inlnuto wo lay eyes on 'um. Throw the
lam out , Houncor.
Indianapolis Journal : Mrs. Watts There U
about half n cord of bard wood i would like to
iivu : sawed uu , if you want to earn your
Uruakfust.
HiiMirry Illgglni I'll Hko mighty well to
oblli'o yo , mum , but U iiln'tbafu rur u fuller to
; ltlu u prcsperatlou tlilachutiiteublu wuutuor.
HANOI. I ! WITH UAltli.
Cln'fliiinf IVdlu Dealer ,
"I'm n good resolution
Of frail constitution.
My purpose you've of tun heard spoken ,
I'm n toy of the slntier ,
Mnilu just uf tor dinner
IJo careful I'm easily brokoiil"
UOIHHtN IMl'
Jo clinnKQ tbo yenrsj the loins IIRO
When knight * woru ranging o'ur the nlaln
Throuuh treasured boolis iilono wo know ,
For life lias nought n gentler strain.
Yet maidens sign and levers woo
Cviiotly us they iiwiU to do.
lint swift Htiiuds boar tlium not afar
As In the Uayt , of Lochlimir.
n v.iln wo nook for that romance
Which made Urn glory of Its day ,
The Indolent and tarnlihod lance
No lonKiir wukvft the inln.strtil's lay.
Yet youth will low , and ago complain :
And obdurate HwoutliHiirts hll s m
By rullwuy or by cable cur ,
But not the steed of Lochluvar.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latcst U. S. Gov't Report
PURE
BRYAN FEELS MUCH ElATEE
Adoption ol His Income Tax Proposition bj
the Committed Pleases Ilini.
PLAN OF THE LAW STATED BY ITS AUTIlOfl
Only Income * of 81,000 niul Upuiiril * Will
Jlu Sulijootuil to tlio luipoH , U'hlcli
Will Ho Strnlclit Tor
Cent on All.
WASIIISOTOH Uuiintunr-Tuc HER , )
01U l-'ouirrnKNTii STIICBT , >
\VASIII.NOTOX , Jan. 3. )
Koprcsontatlvo William Jennings Urynn
of Nebraska wont about Washington toilny
with his mobile face alt wrcnthuil in suillcs.
Ho Is about the happiest nmn In town. Ho
fools , Mini Justly , too , that ho Ima won a per
sonal victory In securing favor.tblo action at
the hands of the damocratiu mumbors of the
ways ami 1110:1113 : commlUco last night upon
his tncomo tax proposition. Mr. Bryan
was the first member of the com-
inlttco to advocate an Income tax.
It was for that mason ho was
placed upon the ways and means cotmniltoc.
Whoa Chairman Wilson dlvliloJ the commit
tee Into various suboomtnlttccs , Mr. Ur.vun
was aslccd to head cither the subcommittee
on general revenues or Income taxes. Ho
selected tlio latter because the policy of the
tariff bill upon the customs revenues had
already boon determined. Mr. Urynn has
gathered nil of the data used by the commit
tee In determining Its course upon Incomes.
All of the friends oC income taxes today extended -
tended the Nebraska member their congrat
ulations upon his success la the face of ob-
stitmto and bitter opposition upou the part
of tlio administration.
Ilo Dmvncil the AilmlnHlrntlnn.
Mr. Bryan was given to understand some
weeks ago that If ho succeeded In seourhiK
a majority of the commlUco In favor of his
project ho would have to do it against the
ppon opposition and persistent work of tlio
administration. Ho felt , however , that ho
could win and that ho could afford to oppose
the administration , because- had Invaded
his state recently and fought him upon the
silver question. When Tun Ben correspond
ent this afternoon founu Mr. Bryan In the
rooms of the ways and means committee his
countenance bore a broad smllo and ho was
surrounded by a number of democractic
members of the house , some of whom wore
with anil some opposed lo him in this fight.
"Yes , I feel that there is some cause for
mo to regard the action of the committee In
adoDting Income taxes as a personal vic
tory , " said Mr. Bryan , to THE DUE. "I do
not , however , shnro in the holier expressed
by some democrats that Income taxes will
bo defeated iu the house or sonate. I believe -
lievo they will bo passed by both houses and
become law. I was In favor of a graduated
tax , and bcllovoa in making legacies Day a
higher tax than other incomes , hut I am
very well satisfied with the outcome of the
contest so far. "
Will U'orl ; Out the Detail * .
"Have you entered upon the wonr of ar
ranging the details of the proposed law , the
manner of levying and collecting the taxes ? "
was usked.
"No , " replied Mr. Bryan , " \vo have not
bemm that workJiut wo have the material
at hand and wilt begin the labor nt once.
The details have all boon referred to Mr.
McMillln of Tennessee and myself. Wo ex
pect to have the work completed and ready
to report to the house before the Wilson bill ,
as It now stands , Is adopted and to have it
m.ido a part of tlio general bill. "
"Have you any plans for avoiding the ln
qnisitorinl and obnoxious features of levying
and collecting these taxes ? "
"You may say , " replied Mr. Bryan , "that
wo have plans by which Income taxes will
oo ns llttlo on the Inqui.sitoriril order as it is
possible to make thom.j We intend to avoid
every obnoxious featflro possible. In the
llrst uhice , there will bo only one-third as
many persons called upon to pay taxes under
this law ns wore asked to pay under the war
income tax. The income tax during the war
wont , down to incomes as low ns ? iiOO , while
wo do ijot propose to tax any income under
$4,000 per year. Tlio war income tax was
graduated , while ours is uniform at 2 per
cent , which is much simpler and less than
llio former law.
"Why , ours is about thconly nation on the
face of the earth which has not an income
tax. Enclund 1ms had one for many years
and it Is much more inquisitorial and heavier
than the ono wo propose to levy. Even an
alien in England who has a residence there
for ninety days must pay an Income tax. I
don't believe there will be overfiO.OOO persons
who will nav taxes under this law , although
the committee has tigurcd the number at
85,000. Yes , if ono inherits a sum of money
after the adoption.of this law , or comes into
possession of other property by Inheritance
or otherwise which Is worth moro than
{ 1,000 , It will undent ho law bo regarded ns
that person's tncomo for the year , and all
above the $4,000 will have to pay the a per
cent tax. But after the first year wo tax
only the Income from thnt Inhorltnnco or
possession if ll .should amount to over f 1,000
per annum. "
Aluiilittnljr Ncconnry to Tnrirr Itrrorin ,
Hofcrring to the objects which led him ta
advocate an Income tax , Mr. llrynn saldi
"Incomo taxes ore thn only sifo basis Uwn |
which to found : ho Kiighsh system at
revenue laws. Wo could not maintain tha
democratic principle of tariff reform anil Inw
tariffswithout an Income tax , na vo would
hnvo no ndc < | unto soliroo of revenue. His
simply a question ot maktnjr the connuinork
of imported poods the common people
pay tlio otpcnscs of the government or
making thosp who have Incomes of over
$1,000 a year stand the brunt by a direct
tax. There wcro ninny who favored a duty
upon raw sugar rather than Income taxes.
Thnt was dimply a proposition to malto the
laboring man , and farmer and our poorest
classes bcnr more than their share of sup *
port of the government , ns naalnst com.
polling those who hnvo largo Incomes and
who ran afford to pay nn Income tax fork
over to Undo Ham. A duty on raw sugar li
unjust mid unpopular and I would not favor
It , whet'ier ' or not wo wore to have Income
taxes. "
' Etlrrnil Up ( iront Opposition.
ThiJ adoption of Income taxes has proven
the greatest sensation sprung In loglslntlva
circles hero vlthln many yc.ir.s. It hni
acted like a llroUraiut in a stubblcflcul. It
has negrav.ited and proelplt.itcd the bitter-
c ! < t op | > osltlon to thn Wllaou tariff bill and II
has made npp.irent the hope entertained by
many democrats In the cant as well as rcputi *
llcans from nil sections of the country thnt
the inrtff bill may bo defeated on its final
passage hi the .senate. There worn manv
doinocrntlo congressmen from Connecti
cut , Massachusetts , Now York , Isuw
Jersey and one or two other great
manufacturing states who took serious ob
jection to tlio tariff bill because of Us
features destructive to manufacturing inter
ests and while they hnvo been threatening
to vote against tlio bill , if It wasuotr.ulic.iily
amended , they have not until now som their
way clear to openly denounce tlio measure in
Its entirety. It is believed that there are
( ( into a number of democrats In both the
house and the senate who will vote ugainst
the Wilson bill on Its Htm ! passage , if the in
come taxes are not eliminated. There nro
few democrats in Wnsliinston who believe
the income tax proposition will be found In
tlio bill when it becomes a law , if indeed
that measure is destined to over go upon the
statute book ? .
Urn lliiKcr'H Ilnys Are Nnmborml.
There appears to bo no doubt In departmental -
mental circles that n successor to District
Attorney Uakcc will bo nominated by Presi
dent Cleveland within a very short space oo
fore or after thoi-'Otli of January , the dav on
which Mr. linker's term expires , Ono thing
is absolutely certain in connection with this
50,000 plum , and that is thnt Secretary Mor
ton will have the naming of the man who
will hold down the Job. There am six can
didates in the Held. They nro : Matthew
Goring , the young Plattsmoulh orator. T. .1.
Muhonoy , Charles Ogden , Ifrnnir Martin ,
Matt Miller and A. .T. Sawyer. Tile latter is
pnld not to bo an avowed candidate , but Ills
friends hero say if he Is appointed he can
easily bo induced to accept. It is stated
that Secretary Morton now fnvors S'lwyer
and thnt ho is almost certain to bo ap
pointed. ,
nuutli Diilcotu'H I'lo Wngnn.
South Dakota democratic managers nro
gathering in Washington ngaln for the dis
tribution of patronage. Desldes n number
of postoflico cases to bo llxed up the sur
veyor generalship of the state and the
Chamberlain land onico are yet to bo
awarded. Those now hero include Na
tional Committocinan .T. M. Wood , llaptd
City ; E. C. Witchor , Highmoro ; A. D. Tins-
ley , candidate for Sioux Falls postoflico ;
Judge Transit , Scotland , candidate for sur
veyor general : Abe Boynton , recently ap V
pointed to the Mitchell land onico , ami Judge
Sraybill. Chairman James A. Ward is
expected daily.
Senator Kyle has Just returned from n
brief visit to his wife at Cincinnati , where
she is receiving medical treatment.
Ciilhoiiii S11 111 t Uo Hold Up.
It is reported thnt the president has or
dered papers iu the Lincoln posttuastorahip
contest held up until ho can investigate
char2.es preferred against Calhoun , the
leading candidate for the office , who is en
dorsed by Mr. Bryan. It is charged that
Calhoun has been attacking the administra
tion on its anti-silver and other prtlieips.
The statement was made to the Treasury
department today that James MeSliano
would surely bo appointed surveyor of the
wrt of Omaha within a few days. It was
itnted furtnoi" that Secretary Morton had
nsisted on the i appointment of McShano
n suuh emphatic manner that a refusal
to tnuko the appointment would bo nn insult
us well as a direct turn down to the score-
: ary of agriculture. There appears to bo no
doubt that Mr. Morton's wishes will bo ro-
apeoted and McShane appointed very
shortly.
Iliilipy Van WycU'a liirtlulnjr.
This evening's Star says : ' 'Miss Happy
Van Wyok , daughter of ox-Senator nnd
Mrs. Van Wyck , gave nn enjoyable birthday
> arty to n few of her little friends Novr
Year's afternoon. Among those present
wore : Miss Anna Cockroll , Master Joe
Warner , the Misses MacCtialg , Miss Lillian
Warner. Miss Lynda Wobuor , Master Uo-
shavr and Miss Uolon Johnson. Miss Brod-
toad , cousin of llio young hostess , assisted
Mrs. Van Wyelf in making the children hnvo
i merry time. Those present toseo the cake
cut were : Secretary and Mrs. Morton , Mrs.
WebburGenoralHolinan. | Mr. B. P. Uico , jr. ,
md Mr. and Mrs. M. Brodhcad. "
PKKUY S. HCATII.
GO.
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TlielarecHtma'.icrsutvlmlloriot .
lluoclotlioa ou n.
.
Your mouoy'a worth or your utonoy back.
We're in it
This invoicing1 business is no snap its more
work , than we thought
but we are culling1 out
some elegant bargains and
next
1I 1 Saturday ,
I- January 6th.
I II
we begin our
f Grand Sweeping Out' Sale.
f
KK Full particulars Friday.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts.