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THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE ; FRIDAY , JANUARY 5 , I89t , THE OMAHA DAILY BE K. KOSEWATKU , Kdltor. HMIMHIIKI ) BVKIIY M011NINO. TKRMS OK ( without Snnitny ) Ono Yonr . $ B imilvnmt Hunilnjr , Oiui Year . in RlxMnnttm. . . ( I Tlirrn Monllin . . , . . . . , , , . . , . . . 11 Muiiilnv Hcc , OTIU Year . 3 Pllunfny llPo.Oun Year . 1 \ \ ectely JJeo , One Ycnr . OFFICE ! ) . Omnlm. Tlir Irc ! Tlullillnr. South Omn tin. cuniTN nml Twenty-fourth lre < i'omioll HliifTH , m IVafl Rtiwt. Clilonifoonier. 3)7 Cliambor of roimnortr. KPW York. roontH la. 1-lnml lii.Trlbiim'biillilli \\nsMnctoii , K13 Fourteenth Htn > i > t. COHUKSl'O.VnKNCK. All rnninnmtriiilntin rclnllnor lo timvs nml c tiirlnl ntnller sliunlil bo ndiltiMwili To llio Eillt lIUaiXKSS LKTTKI13. 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Fm. , Notary I'unllo , Avoruco Olrniitntlon fur NnvrinlxT , ! ! l,21 UKYAN has rctrctitetl.froin tlio grnili ntcd income tax to u uniform income tn : Thin is HUIUO tiling of iv cotno-down all I itsolf. MISSOURI river bunkers linvo iiu again at St. Joseph to di.sciisH clonrin honso regulations. Omaha jobbers \vei not Invited to participate. NKIIKASKA banks may no\v prepare 1 fork over interest at the rate of It jic cent on state and county public money deposited with them for their use. THK decision of the supreme court 01 Iho state depository law will save tin populists the trouble of brin < jlnp mar dtimiiB proceedintfs against the stat treasurer. AMERICAN workinpmcn may congral ulato thcinsolvoB that they have not ye boon overtaken by the uovoro winto weather that has been provuiliiij Ihrouphout Europe. IT WOULD be Itilorosting to know jus why $ -1,000 has boon chosen as the limi for exemption from the proposed fodera Income tux. Taxation for rovouuo onlj lias no reason to stop at $1,000. IlOW kind in the subcommittee of tin ways and means committee to put the in come tax exemption limit low enough t < include their own salaries as congress men among the taxable incomes ! IT is rumored that certain ex-council men will now be requested to pay foi whatever gas , water and electric light ing they may consume. It is likewise rumored that they will tlo longer travel upon street railway passes. Tun city electrician reports that ho is making a thorough inspection of electric light wires in buildings. He has found a great deal of defective work , which rendered the buildings liable to dostruc' tion by fires. It is to bo hoped that he can put a stop to imperfect and danger ous wiring. \Vn AIIE not in the confidences of the Iqcal democratic refreshment commit tee , but if lion. William Jennings Bryan and Hon. Toburlington Castor are ex pected at the Jacksonian feast wo as sume that they will not bo seated to gether. Mr. Castor is not Air. Bryan'u right-of-way man. THE discrepancy between the treas urer unu the auditor may bo straight ened out. The discrepancy between ox- | ? Treasurer Hill 'and Treasurer Burtlo.y as to which is to bo hold responsible for the quarter of a million deposited in the defunct Capital National bank will not bo so easily disentangled. OMAHA and Nebraska are deriving no little advertising from Count Lubion- ski's proposal to erect a boot sugar fac tory at this point and to back it up by locating u Polish colony of boot farmers in the Elkhorn valley. Reports of this enterprise cannot fail to attract other capitalists to Nebraska as a Hold for profitable investment. GK.VKUAL MASTISU WORKMAN Sov- KUKIGN likes to talk. IIo scorns to bo intoxicated by the higher atmosphere which ho has breathed but a few short weeks. IIo evidently htu not learned the truism that a man whoso jaw is al ways working soon finds himself without respectful auditors. Past Master Pow- dorly had faults , but ho' rarely over talked when ho hud nothing to say. EARLY in the spring work will begin on the government building and at Port Crook , thonowMotropolitan Union depot will bo started , n $1,003,000 , boat sugar factory is almost a certainty , public Improvements to cost many thousands of dollars , extensive stock yards improve ments and largo operations by East Omahu people will all contribute to prosperity and'maku life worth living , MAYOR BHMIS takes an excusable pride in pointing to bis connection with the settlement of the recent gas frnnohlBO conYrovoray. The people have not yet begun to appreciate the extent of the concessions which the mayor's persistent efforts scoured them. They will recognize the magnitude of the attempted - tempted llfty-yoar franchise raid before the present franchise is one-fifth ox- plrod. WHEN Giiluslm A. Grow takes his scat in congress as oongrossmtin-at-largo from Pennsylvania ho will return teL L the house over which ho presided as speaker at the outbreak of tlio war. Mr. Grow began public life in 1831 ut the ago of 27 and was active in the early struggles of the republican party. Now , at 00 , ho is nominated unanimously to run for congress ouco more , after an ai > - Bouco of thirty yours from that body. Inasmuch as no real contest for the seat will bo made by the opposing jwrtioj , bis nomination is already equivalent to Mootlon. Tire IMI'UIITANT DECISION'S , Two decisions haVe just boon hand down by the state supreme court whl vitally concern the taxpayers of tl state. One of these involves the rcc < cry of the Si'10,000 deposited by t stale treasurer in the Capital Natloi bank. The other affirms the cotistl tionallty of the act passed by the log Inturo of 1801 authorizing the ostablh mont of depositories for state , com ; mid city funds. In the first case the court holds tli the prosecution of ox-Treasurer II and his bondsmen shall bo under't jurisdiction of the courts of Lancast county. This decision , although in i cord with the principle that porso hold for offenses against the law shi bo tried at the place where the elTon was committed , is for many reasons bo deplored. In ordinary processes between res dent litigants and oven nonresident cc poratlons the average Lancaster coun jury will do the fair thing and re dor verdicts according to the In and evidence. .But when it comes depredations on the state , defalcation umbe/.zloments and misplacements public funds n miscarriage of justice almost certain. It is reported that M Hill was jubilant when the decision wi announced , and his bondsmen doubtlo feel oven more jubilant. Tlio ohnnc are a hundred to one that Mr. Hill ar his bondsnfon will bo released. Tl same result will follow as to Treasure Bartloy and his bondsmen. The o.u como will bo a dead loss of nearly quarter of n million to the stato. 1 view of tho- depleted condition of tt state treasury this i.s not a very grat fylng prospect. The decision with regard to the stnl and county depositories will bo hallo by the taxpayers with supreme sati' ' faction. It affords proof that the st promo court is not in league with mono lenders and warrant shavers. The o feet of this decision is far-reaching an will save the people of the state hur dreds of thousands of dollars annuallj The state treasurer alone has had a average of 81,250,000 on hand during th past year , which at 3 per cent shoul yield an Income of over 337,000 year. County and city treasurer of Nebraska have many millions out n interest , which , loaned out in compliance anco with the depository act , wouli save the taxtmyers thousands of dollar in every county. In many counties th deposit law lias boon in force for tin past two years , but there have bcei desperate efforts made to ignore or clr cumvont the law in various localities The most flagrant defiance of the lav has been at the state house. It is no for us at this time to locate the re sponsibility. The trouble in this statt lias been that public officers and cor pcrations persistently refuse to obej laws under the plea that they are un constitutional. Such examples are verj pernicious. Every law enacted by the legislature is binding until it is sot aside by the courts. To say that a law can be nullified and ignored so long as it has not been declared valid by the supreme 3ourt is the first stop to anarchy. The immediate effect of the decision 3f the supreme court will be wholesome , to say the least. It will compel the state iroasurcr and the state board , that is charged with the designation of doposi- , orics , to take immediate action looking award the loaning of the surplus in the ; roasury in banks that will furnish un- ixcoptional bonds , and in calling in state vnrrants that are now drawing 7 per lent. COIKAGK UF SILVER DVLJAON. It is not apparent what benefit to the fovernmont or the people is expected rom the proposal to coin all the silver tullion in the treasury. A bill for this uirposo was introduced invtho house of oprcsontatlvos Wednesday. It provides or coining all the silver bunion now in he treasury as speedily as practicable , no-seventh of the amount into sub- idiary coins , the dollars , which shall bo f the weight and fineness now ? pre- crlbod by law , to bo a legal tender in laymonc of all debts , public and pri- ate. Of the dollars -coined there 3 to bo sot apart 40,000,000 for ho redemption of the notes isued in payment for the silver pur- hused under the law of 1890 and it is oquired that nil these notes shall bo adeemed in silver. The third section f the bill is intended to do away with sntracts for payment in gold , it being rovidod that hereafter any contract iiido by the government , or between Drporations , or between a corporation tid n person or persons , or between pri- ute persons , which is by its terms or y law payable in dollars or dollars and 3ntB , may bo paid at its maturity or lereaftor in any lawful coin of the nitcd States. According to the report of the score- iry of the treasury the amount of silver tllion in the treasury , purchased ulor the act of 1800 , is M0,009,760 , fine mces. The cost of thU bullion , for hlch treasury notes were issued , was 2(1.758,218 , and at the legal ratio of i.938 to 1 it would make 181,014,899 sil- > r dollars. The secretary stated that to coinage of the whole amount of this illlon , which would employ our mints , ith their present capacities , for n iriod of about iivo years , would , at the : ls > ting ratio , increase the silver circu- tion during the time named $55,150,081 om Bolanioragc , besides such addi- uns us might bo mudo in the moan- mo by the redemption of the oasury notes in standard silver ) llars. The secretary o { the treasury is made preparations to coin bullion r meeting any demand that may arise , id there does not appear to bo any > < > d reason for going further than this present. The bill Introduced In the > uuo booms to bo Intended to force nil- ir into circulation , and such u policy 3uld obviously not bo desirable at this mo , even if it were practicable. The untry does not require any more all- ir dollars in aotlvo circulation , the ites which represent the bullion in the oasury are more do4lrablo us our- ncy , and hence the proposition go on coining the whole : clt of silver bullion scorns together needless , unless the ideate to got rid , as soon as possible , of one the nluo different kinds of ourrOnoy iloh Secretary Carlisle suya in his re port are troublesome both to prlvot business and to the treasury. Perhaps I would bo n good thing If the sllvor cor tlficatos were out of the way , for It aji pears that there Is difficulty In retain Ing them In circulation , owing to th fact that they have only a limited loga tender quality , but it is probable tin holders would retain thorn in profcrenci to silver. There is no demand or necessity foi such legislation as is provided for bj the bill in question and its expediency is doubtful. Congress should not wust < any time on financial schemes whlcl are more makeshifts. It should will as little delay as possible provide noodci relief for the treasury and that having been accomplished all other financial expedients may safely wait. A I'UtiltlliK PLOT. The schemers , tricksters , Impostors nntl phnrlseos wlio hnvo boon making such loud noises about closing up the gambling houses will presently discovoi that tlio courts cannot bo used to pro- nioto political conspiracies nnd assist blncktnailora. It la now nn open sccrol that the assaults upon Mayor Bomle nro part of a political conspiracy In which boodle democrats nnd boodle republicans are working hand- in-glovo. Wo do not pretend to say , ol course , that either Judge Scott or Rev. Crane are parties to this plot or have knowingly played Into the hands ol political pirates , professional black mailers , rapacious contractors nnd dis gruntled oillco sookors. The judge prob ably was not nwaro that his intemperate curtain lecture to Mayor Bomls furnished the keynote for a brace o conspirators who want to depose the mayor in order to pillage the taxpayers and divide the political spoils. Rov. Mr. Crane prob ably did not have the remotest Intention of helping a combine of rotten politi- ticians and thieving contractors to got possession of the city government under cover of making a raid upon gambling dons nnd disorderly houses. Wo do not bcliovo any judge or minister would knowingly nllow himself to play such a role. role.But But their vehement declarations and denunciations have not onlj given aid nnd comfort to the political buccaneers and mountebanks , but they have given their effort the color of respectability when from the moral standpoint it Is a most despicable and infamous piece of business. There Is , however , no immediate or remote danger that the puerile con spiracy will receive any encouragement from people who understand the motives of the gang engaged in the movement ngainst Mayor Bemls. The judges of this * district will not allow themselves to be made catspaws for any cotorlo of politicians or a contractor's rin . The addled egg incubated with such care wil never hatch a chick or even a duck ling. It may bring forth n goslin or two , but its cackle will not be heard out side of the political barnyard in which the biggest fowl Is a scrub hitch rooster. The only thing that will como of the mercenary plot is a boomerang that will knock out the wretched schemers en gaged in it. CEKT-l'Klt-CENT SHARKS. During periods of business depression the increased number of unemployed Bakes the battle for broad a desperate ) no , especially in the winter season. [ Jndor just such olrcumstnncos , in this ind in other cities , the chattel mortgage ihark waxes and grows .fat. His clients , ) oing reduced to dire extremity , must lave money with which to feed and ilothe their families. They are willing iO pledge any personal property they nay own and pay confiscating interest atos in order to raise a few dollars. In nany instances the interest payments ixcood the principal at the expiration of ho mortgage. Once in the clutches of hose heartless usurers a poor man ia ortunato to escape with the clothes ho /ears. Ho knows ho ia being robbed , iut complains not , lost the world shall : now of his poverty. Laws enacted to irotect him are practically inoperative. ? hey do not reach the evil because the iotim can rarely bo induced to invoke hem. Yet the state and the municipal ly owes its unfortunate citizens proloc- ion ngainst the outrageous extortions f chattel mortgage pirates. At no time in the history of Omaha has there been greater need of strict regulation of this class of tin horn brokers. The number of unemployed and doslituto is conceded to bo larger than over before. The cruel hand ol misfortune is swelling ttio income of the chattel mortgage mon. They are abso lutely robbing poor and worthy people under semblance of law. The city licenses and regulates the huckster and peanut vendor , who invariably is honest and industrious , while it permits chattel mortgage sharks to prey upoii the pub lic without lot or hindrance. There Is certainly some way to got at them. The city detectives could readily work up evidence enough in ono woolc to convict every cont-per-cont man in town of gross violation of the statutes. With such evidence the county attorney could run the chattel usurers out of the state. If the officers of the law can bo induced to take up this matter they -can afford re lief to a largo element of deserving poo- THOUSANDS of pounds of meat packed by Omaha packers finds its way to Eu rope. Within a week one house has exported - ported over 25,000 pounds. This product is Inspected by government examiners , and under such guaranty is received by the continental meat eaters. Without government inspection American moats would soon bo excluded from Germany and Franco. Yet the secretary of agri culture has reduced the number of ex aminers from forty to throe , and recom mends that the whole system of meat In spection bo abolished. Meanwhile ho keeps special agents galuvantlng Eu rope with samples of the product of oat muul mills , corn starch and grist fac tories , elucidating the food properties of Indian earn meal , This is all right , of course , and it is a mighty nice thing for ox-Senator John Mattes and the stock holders of the various nourishing mills at Nebraska City. A READER of THE BEE at Smith Omaha wants to know if there Is a federal statute forbidding a creditor from dunning jailollnquont by postc card. Wo bolfow there is a law mak ing such an act a misdemeanor , but th law was not intended to oncournpo dead bcntlnir or to protect any man In effort to secure goods or morchnndleo undo false protonsos. This is a good time 1 the year to square accounts. PLAIf ? TA.LK O.V THK TAlltW OlhL. The resolutions adopted by the Penn sylvania republican convention whlcl nominated Galusha A. Grow for con grossmnn-nt-largo speak In uncqnlvocu terms against the democratic tariff nol Icy , and there can bo no doubt that th < people of that state will endorse the utterance by giving an oven larger re publican majority than that of last No vcmbor. Ono of the charges mndi against the Wilson bill is that It Is sec tlonal In Its authorship and all too plainly ulmod at northern Industries The charge Is trtSo , as a candid oxaml nation of that measure will show. The bill makes little reduction in the duties on cotton manufnc turos as compared with those of wool. The specific duties are re tained in the cotton schedule , and In some important items relating to cottot : goods manufactured largely in the south hardly any reduction is made. In the woslon schedule the specific rates were nil stricken out and the duties cut down one-half or moro. Can there bo any other rational explanation of this than the fact that there are no woolen mills In tno south , but that there arc a num ber of cotton mills ? The raw material of the cotton mills is produced hero at home , and on the democratic theory cotton could have stood a much larger reduction thun woolen manufactures , but sectional interest prevented cotton from being treated the same way as wool. wool.A A noteworthy illustration of this sec tional discrimination is furnished in the treatment of cotton ties and pig iron. Pig iron is converted from tlio raw material , according to the chairman of the ways and moans committee , at a direct labor cost of 31.50 to $2 per ton and it is protected to the extent of 22i per cent. Cotton ties have an additional labor cost of 818 par ton expended upon them before they are ready for ship ment. But this highly-finished product is put on the free list because cotton ties are not manufactured in the south and are exclusively used by southern planters. The low cost of pig iron , the raw material jt manufactured iron and extensively produced in the south , is to bo sacredly shorishod , but the high cost of labor of jotton ties is t6' bo thrown open to toroign competition/ Under the present iaritf the duty on cotton tics increases the cost of each bale of cotton to the planter to the amount of only one-tenth ) f 1 per cent. jTho planter gets the same price for tlije iron around his bale is ho does for his cotton and ho makes nero money oufbf the cotton tie , pro- jortionatoly , th'an ho does out of the iotton. But to 'increase the profits on ties to the plantejr the labor of sov- iral thousand American workmen is to > o jeopardized an'dtho wages paid them ent abroad. There are still ether oatures of this measure which show the fictional influence , that operated in raining it. ' The republicans of Pennsylvania do- tounco the Wilson bill as vicious in instituting ad valorem for specific luties , in reducing instead of increasing evonues , in compelling the government o make up these deficiencies by means if increased internal and direct taxes , , nu in compelling its supporters to re- ort to the most odious war taxes or bor- ow money. They declare unceasing rar upon the measure and call upon the onators and representatives of the state n congress to make tills warfare felt in very wise and patriotic way , "to the nd that by the Defeat of the Wilson 111 American worktngrnon , producers nd manufacturers may resume that pros- erlty which the country had. but a ingle year ago. " It is a most vigorous nd earnest protest which the ropubli- tuis of the Keystone state make against : io democratic tariff policy and the opular endorsement It will receive next lonth will evidence that it roorosonts 10 overwhelming sentiment of the aoplo a'nd emphasize the verdict of last 'ovombor in every northern state hich then hold an election. SINCE August 1 , 1891 , the state of Ne braska has paid out the onorraous sum of $130,072,22 as interest upon warrants drawn on exhausted treasury funds. Had appropriations boon kept within the annual levy a great part of this would have boon saved to the taxpayers. The Investment of the school fund money In state warrants would have ac complished a similar saving , . It would bo Interesting to know how much of this money wontiis profits to state warrant shavers. THE Nebraska populists still profess to BOO a panacea for all evils In free coinage - ago at the old ratio of 10 to 1. Free coinage is expected to soften the hearts of the railroad m ignutos , to reform the methods of managing state institutions , to make up the deficit in the state treas ury and to raise a , uqimtiful crop with out the oxortlbn < of labor. Oh , yosl free coinage musti bo what Nebraska needs above all other , things. THE nttumpt o the populists to Intro duce the state llqupivloulor In Nebraska is as impolitic da it is impracticable. Such an issue for'co'd upon the people in the coming caraoaign will have about the same effect aailf : the party sought to revive the prohibition corpse which was buried under 00,000vmajority only throe years ago. The a orlonco of South ' Carolina with th'oVtjtto dispensaries and state brtr rooms has certainly not prove a howling success. The state has do rlvcd very little rovonnofrom It and tin number of rum holes has lncroaso < enormously. The attempt to enfurc' ' the law has boon n failure and the cour expenses in trying to punish violator have boon doubled and trebled. Governor ornor Tlllman hlmsolf recommends li his last message that the dlsponsar ; law should bo modified so that boo could bo sold without lot or htndrnnci and the state dispensary should enl ; deal out whisky , brandy and compound of alcohol. \rnRliltiRton County Wants u Shuir. llluir Courier. For successful sugar boot RrowlnR wo In vita Count LiUhlansUt to como up anil take ; few Items In Washington county. The bco hns boon toitod In our soil nml the sttito ex porlmcnt station at Lincoln Ims the record \Vnshlngton county has tlio soil for boo culture. A Cotornilo St. Mtti ! The Colorado coal companies hnvo formed a combine to control the outtiut of coal tiru ! the prices of tlio commodity. Colorado Is the stnto whence the most Indignant pro tests against custom monopolies omiumto. Perhaps It might bo well for citizens of the Contcnninl state to remove the beam from their own eye before they call attontlou tc the mote In the optic of their eastern brethren. . Sixty Diiltiirii n Dny. Lincoln i\'t\v \ . How much longer It will take Troasurot Bartloy anil the Uoard ofliMucatlomil Lands and Funds to inuko up that friendly test case to decide whether the board shall ordoi the Investment of school funds In state war- rnus or whether the treasure ! shall follow the plain provision of the law and Invest the money therein hlmsolf ? It will probabli1 take considerable tlmo , as the fund us at present Invested is paying the treasurer ? GO a day. o Kxpliiniittoim In tinier. Kclmitha City Ken's. Tun OMAHA Ben has been Investigating the amount paid by stnto institutions for coal and shows that ttio stale pays nu ex orbitant ) > rleo. It bases its comparisons on the cost of heating TUB Bun buil-ling , the Now York Llfo building nml Omaha city ball. Talto for example the Insuuo asylum at Lincoln. It cost for the months of Octo ber , November and December , IS'.U , ja.aUO to heat that building , while it should have only cost $1.052.04. The state board should rise and explain. Less Haste tlio 'Moro Hoodie. .Lincoln Ken's. Whatever may bo the exact facts In the matter of the condition of the state treasury , whether the outstanding indebtedness is $72U.OOO ! or over $1,000,000 , it is bad enough and what Is still worse , thcro docs not ap pear to bo any great -dcslro on the part of any one to change the existing condition. Considerable dust has been kicked up over the dispute between the treasurer nud the board as to using school money to purchase warrants as an investment , but little haste is being shown to discover whether or not the treasurer should pay it out with or " without an order. The "treasurer is in no hurry , because ho is getting his interest on the money In bank , and the state board because - cause they evidently do nol care whether or not the stale gets . .the benefits. Mc.uiwhilo the people are paying from $40,000 to $ . " > 0,000 yearly in Interest on warrants. The situa tion ought to appeal to the executive ability md fidelity of some of the ofllcials. U3l.lIIA.'S VXIUN UKVOT. Beatrice Times : Prominent Omaha cap italists have organized for the purpose of insuring a now and creditable union depot Tor the metropolis. A move In the right lirnction. Plattsmouth News : THE BEE gives the Millliio ot a $2,000,000 depot which is to bo jreetod at the foot of Farnnm street next ipring. The names of the Incorporators unount to almost a guaranty that the long- ook'id-for depot building will soon bo rear- ng its head skyward. The present railway 'acilitics are not only an injury to Omaha , jut to the whole state ns well , and the pub ic generally will rejoice to hear of so prom- sing an outlook for the needed structure. VBOVLIS The Smithsonian collection will not bo omploto until a congressional Jabberwock is nstallcd in a conspicuous place. Congress .an llryan's Income tax victory n committee will be unrecognizable after a lollisionllt \ Graver's rotund voto. The flirtation conducted by Governor .Yalta with Mexico has produced conditions Ike these nnicting Colorado. A Mexican 'olcano is spouting fire. For the first time In sovcnty-fivo years few York state is out of debt. Naturally ho administration regards the fact ns a are Flower in Its bonnet. Ono thousand children wcro turned loose n a mluco pie weighing 500 pounds at Ash- md. Wis. They survived the operation. lobJngcrsoll should rcvlso bis opinion on ilfacles. Kokomn , Ind. , possesses a marvelous judI- lal shine. The owner actually refused to dtnlt a murderess to tail , although she is a orson of high degree and possessor of a irtuno. Whither are wo drifting ! Some people In Osslau , Ind. , believe with I" . Kalnsford in r.lio elevation of the saloon , ut dlfl'ur as to methods. The reverend doc- jr recommends attractive surroundings nd mild tipples ; the Osslans try dynamite. Governor McICinloy's ' mail since his last lection has been most astonishing. It is said ho receives tiundrods of letters every day from ell parts of the country , from democrats and republicans , full of enthus iasm for him for president. Homoo Pagllostro was an applicant for naturalization papers before a New York court last Friday , and when the judge asiccd him uho was the chief oxecuttvo of the United States ho answered , confidently , Tamtnatia flalla. " Ho got his walking papers Instead. Mmo. Emma Seller , a G-man woman , first discovered iho mechanism of head notes , the highest tones in the female voice. She devoted herself to the study of the larynx at the dissection table , and was re warded by finding two small cartilages in the vocal chords which produced tlieso sounds. The Buflalo Express Is inconsolable. Its lamentations echo from Black Hock to Lima- stone Hill , from Blackwcll's sand dunes to Uopow. The rippling Hamburg Is silenced by the heartrending moans that piureo the air u few blocks away. And all because Boss I'latt coiOurod the persimmon at Albany. Edward Dunbar , the author of that beauti ful hymn , "There's n Light in the Window for Thee , Brother , " died n few days ago in the jail at CotToyvlllo , Kan. , where ho had applied for lodging ns n tramp. Uunuar was ouco n noted ovangollst , but his career was cut short by a term In the Minnesota state prison for bigamy. The death of Miss Jessica Bolos , the bo- lovou daughter of Iowa's governor , darkens and saddens the closing hours of hU olllclal term , Miss Bolos was a woman of ndmlra- bio traits , which enabled her to win and re tain the friendship of all with whom she came hi contact. Her amlublo character and intellectual qualities pot-moated tlio oOlolal Ufa of her father and materially as sisted hi making Its social side a brilliant success. The sympathy of every homo will go out to tno aflllcicd father. Highest of all in Leavening Power.Latest U , S. Gov't Report. MAY KILL THE WHOLE DILL s Oppjjltion to Income Tax Will Probably Djfoat Tariff DEMOCRATS ME NOW WIDELY DIVIDED Ilrcnch In tlio 1'nrty Growing Dally , U'lillo the Catue * lor Factional Dlipulcit Are Multiplying : cm Hvory llnnil lu WASIII.NOTON BUUBAUO ? TUB BRR , ) 01U FOUHTKKXTII STIIHBT , V WASIIINQIOX , Jan . 4.1 So open nnd blttor nud bold became the administration's opposition to income taxes today that n southoui democratic member of the ways nud moans committee- observed to TUB Unit correspondent : "Tlio president cannot defeat Income taxes , but ho can carry his opposition fur enough to defeat the Wilson tariff bill. If that mcasuro over becomes law It will contain n provision pro- vUItip for Income taxes. Wo nro growing very weary of this Interference upon the part of the administration with the work of the ways nnd means committee , nnd this dictation ns to what congress shall and shall not do respecting tariff reform nnd other Important questions.1 The division of democratic sentiment In both branches of congress over the Income tax problem grows in volume anil bitterness. Four-fifths of the democrats from the north oppose any sort of Income tax nnd the addi tion of this now element of dissatisfaction nnd wcnUnoss seems to make clear the prac- tlcabllty of defeating the Wilson tariff bill upon its final passage. The measure will surely bo defeated if half of the opposing democrats retain their nerve In the face of , the Influence of the administration , or con Untie to advocate homo Interests ns against general party theories nnd principles. I.iiylui ; It nt dri-Hliiim' * llnor. It transpires that Grover Cleveland has severely "aat down upon" Walter Q. Ores- ham In the matter of the income tax agreed to by the ways and means committee. It wnsGrcshatn who was largely responsible for Incubating the subject In the minds of democratic members of the committee. This fact was brought out today iu connection with the secretary of state's denunciation of Representative Bynum of Indiana for having voted for Income taxes nt the meet ing ot the committee on Tuesday evening. When a democratic member of the commit tee was informed that Mr. Ores ham was berating the Jloosiermombcr for having sup ported the proposition ho said : "Walter Q. Grcsham had better stop talkIng - Ing upon that subject or lie will get himself into deeper trouble with Grovcr Cleveland. It is not generally known , but It is true , that Gresham was among the earliest and most earnest advocates of income taxes. Ho oarnnstly solicited democratic iru'mbors of the ways and means committee months ago to provide for income taxes in the Wilson tariff bill. You know that Grcsuam got all Df his reputation by antagonizing corpora tions , so ho Insisted that wo should at least tax corporation shares. I remember that n few weeks ajro at a secret meeting of the majority membership of the cotriniitteo and at a tlmo when income taxes were threat ened with defeat n certain prominent demo cratic member from the west delivered a brief but spirited argument in favor of tax ing incomes and legacies , ir not indeed private incomes. Uhunccd All ol n Sudden. "At the close of his earnest appeal in behalf of the proposition ho reminded the committee that his nrgumcnts nnd logic were those of Walter Q. Grcsham , and ho made the further stitomcnt that if wo agreed upon income taxes the secretary of state would help the proposition through both branches of congress. A few days ago when that member called upon Gresham ho was astonished to hear the secretary of state implore him to vote ngainst income taxes. When the members of the committee re minded Grcsham that iho secretary of state was largely responsible for the growth of sentiment unions members of the committee in favor of income taxes ho replied by say ing : 'Oh , I know that I have been talking for income taxes these many months , but 1 have been looking into the question and hnvo chanced my mind. Wo must do- fcAt the project besides the administration is ngainst income taxes. ' The fact is , the president learned of Gresham's work in favor of the proposition , nnd , sending for him , told him that ho must not only stop his talk , but proceed to immediately undo what ho had done. Walter Q. Grcsham has no moro independence or power in his ofllco than ono of the ? 1,200 clerks under him. " It is statedby democratic- members of congress , who hnvo talked with the presi dent , that the latter Is very indignant over Gresham's work in buhalf of income taxes , and that ho has sat down upon him so hard that , ho will not soon forget it. It looks as though the causus belli between Grcsham and Bynum would bo transferred to one be tween Cleveland and Gresham. Or Western Interest. The comptroller of the currency" today authorized the City Natlonnl bank of York , Nob. , to begin business with a capital of 10,000. Kr.isttiH B. Brown Is president , and John It. Piornon. uashicr. I'Mward W , Honkln , who was today nom inated to bo postmaster at Hooper , Neb , , I * n well known editor of that city , and his ap pointment Is here accredited to Secretary Morton. Congressman ICem hat returned to hli Boat , The Dakota county protestor * against nn extension of the charter of the Snort Line Hrtdgo company -of Sioux City , announce that they nro willing to have the charter extended another year If the company will glvo A bond of (200,000 forfeit that It will construe * , the brulgo within the tlmo of ttio extension. Hannah Noxon was today appointed post master nt Adnmi , Oupo county , Nob. , vlco J. J. Shaw , removed : M. .f. Clary nt Ltxwlor , Chlckasaw couutv. In. , vlco W , H. Pnrlter , removed : N. N. Davis nt Ashton , Spiulc county ; Ivor Alison nt Illoomlngton. Char les Mix county , and J. C. Lloyd nt Chandler , Charles Mix county , S. D. Charles O. Dawos and I.iaaa M. Raymond of Lincoln tvro nt the Hbbttt. They uro on their way homo from the cast. Mrs. 11. F. Pottlerow , wlfo of Senator PottlgrowofSouth'D.ikot.i , announces that she will bo nt homo the remaining Thurs days of thnsonson. Judge R It Dufllo of Omaha Is here on business with the supervising architect of treasury. VKIWV S , HtUTit. Till ! IACOMJ2 T.IX. St. Louis Globe-Democrat ( rep. ) : A vote of nn income tax bill would bo n terrlblo blow to the dumocracy of the west nnd south , but If such a bill ruao'.ios the presi dent It Is ns sure to bo vetoed ns the sun Is to rlso tomorrow. Cleveland Is n republican on the Income tax issito ns well as on the silver question. Chlfngo Journal ( rep ) : Two percent on nil Incomes nbnvo M.OOO , personal nnd cor porate , is the llguro decided upon. It Is cal culated that It will produce n rovonuoof $ iO,000,000 , but this Is pure speculation. Its Immediate object Is to pursuado thu masses that the domoi-iMtlc party is their friend and that it Is willing to help them in any scheme to despoil the rich. The demagogues nro certainly going too far In thus presuming that the American people upprovn of dis honest discrimination against any class. Chicago Post ( tToTh. ) : In splto of the nlmost unanimous opposition of the demo cratic newspapers of the north nnd regard less of the ndvlco of Mr. Cleveland , Secre tary Carlisle and Chairman Wilson , the democratic majority of the ways nnd moans committee decided to Offer an Income tax amendment with the Wilson bill. The vote was close 0 to 5 but the action involves caucus obligations , and it is likely that nil the minority , except possibly Slovens of Massachusetts and Cockrnu of Now York , will support .ho amendment. Mr. Wilson will report the tax ns n.irt of his revenue bill. Mr. Slovens is bitterly opposed to 1C mid it is said that Mr. Cocltrau will fight the entire Wilson bill because of it. Detroit Free 1'rcss ( dom. ) : Thcro is very jrnvo doubt as to the wisdom of the con- jluslon reached by iho house committee on ivays and means in respect to the taxation ) f incomes. In theory the tax is all right , .vhother . levied on the Incomes of individuals > r ot corporations , or of both , as proposed by , ho committee. It is the only tax , In fact , ) .y which the rich can bo made to boar a ; hare of the burdens of government com- ncnsurnto with their ability to pay , and vitn the bonellts they receive as compared vith the poorer classes. If such a tax could 10 honestly laid and honestly collected it vonld bo ono of the best possible devices or increasing the revenues of tno govern- oent ; but experience shows that It cannot > c honestly laid and collected. V Ml Iff 11. Atlanta Constitution : "I see that tnrui'i < C trudo Is opening up.1' "What does ho do ? " " \ , "Serves shell oysters at a lunch counter. " * . : Detroit Free I'ross : Jonah ( Inside ) .What did you do that for ? " Thu Whale Uocauso you needed taking down. Somcrvlllo Journal : Grlggs Don't you think tlnit Dr. llolus Is a pretty Kood phvslclun ? Urines Good physician ! Well , I should say not. Why , that man couldn't euro a ham ! P. & S. Bulletin : Mr. Wheeler I suppoio the Rrtmt nnd mysterious Kobort has many admirers In lloston , Miss Kninr.son ? Miss Emerson Why , yes , Mr. Wlioolor even the bouns go through n cour.su of Drowning before they como to the table. Indianapolis Journal : "I don't know , " said the optimist , "that wo should bo altozoUior depressed about the Increase of uuirdorori lately. " lately.1iy not ? " "Hecauso of the tendency It develops to olo- vatu murderers In Konornl. " Life : Mr. Ilrown I had a qucor dream lust night , my dear. 1 thought f saw another mna running olt with you. Mrs. Ilrown And what did you say to him ? "I asked him what ho was rbunlng for. " Detroit Free Press : "You are not like a ghost , are you , Mr. filtiRorlong ? " she ald a * she yawuud behind her fan at the parlor ficnnno. "Why am I not llko a ghost ? " bo asked bravely. "Uocauso a ghost vanishes at the approach ot morning. MKMOIIV'B JOYS. liuffalo Conrttr. He's a twlrlor in the summer , And of cash ho earns a pllo , And ho blows It And hu knows It All for boor and whisky vllo. Thus It Is when winter comoa That this pitcher , sad to toll , Is broke , ah mo ; Hut not , you HOO , From much going to a well. & ca. 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