THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 31 , 189-L
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Foil n ploco of brilliant trust finan
ciering apply to the inon In control of
the Chicago gas comblno.
IIEUKAFTEU It IH Bdfo to proBiimo that
the Brazilian insurgents will recognize
the American Hag wherever they see it.
KOAST turkey and cranberry sauce
one day and turkey feathers the noxttlay
Is the natural result of spasmodic char
ity distribution.
SOME credit should bo given the street
railway companies for furnishing free
transportation to the moil who have
boon given work on the county roads.
Corporations may have , no souls , but
some of the men who conduct them are
as human as the rest.
JUST to remind the democrats that
there are a few things worth waiting for ,
the president has given thorn another
taste of federal appointments. Patience ,
gentlemen. Grover had to wait four
years to got back intd the white house
and ho has not yet been there quito a
year. .
THE township organization law for the
government of counties has not proven
an unmixed blessing in Nebraska. To
Btiddlo a small legislature upon the tax
payers of a county in which thrco com
missioners could do the work as oili-
ciontly and as honestly is of doubtful ex
pediency.
THE unfortunate governor of Colorado
has a perfect right to assort that ho has
a session of the legislature On his
hands. His senate is sadly in need of
disciplining , and if the reports are true
the governor proposes to" lecture the
recalcitrant body and give it a few
timely pointers on its duty.
TUB Cordage trust is to bo "reorgan
ized" and $0,000,000 worth of water is to
bo injected into the already over
burdened capitalization. The refusal of
the trusts to crumble in the face of the
threatened passage of the free trade bill
is one of the most unaccountable things
in current political history.
RiCOENT developments in the Plain-
view bank case indicate that the ro-
colvor was a little hasty in ascribing
criminal practices to so prominent an in
stitution as the Norfolk National bank.
The incident simply emphasises the fact
that the supreme court cannot bo too
careful in its selection of receivers for
broken banks. Good judgment is as
much of a necessity as good accounting.
A SINGLE tax amendment to the Wil
son bill , in addition to the income tax
feature , is all that is wanting to perfect
the By in mo try of that hybrid measure.
A mixture of free trade and propcction ,
with a flavor of the English income
tax , seasoned to taste with the Henry
George idea , is exactly what the demo
cratic platform of 1892 promised the
people. In Hoot them with this and they
will bo forever cured of democratic
proclivities.
ADMIRAL BENHAM is the typo of naval
commander of which all Americans may
fool proud. Patient In waiting and
prompt in acting , his presence lu Rio
Janeiro in command of our Hoot Is in it
self an assurance that American inter
ests there will bu fully appreciated. Ills
energetic action in giving an American
merchant vessel an escort of armed men-
of-war will soi'vo to teach both the Bra- ,
zillan iiisurgonts and the Brazilian gov
ernment to roipoot the rights of vessels
under the protection of the stars and
stripes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
YESTERDAY'S presidential appoint
ments for Nebraska show a decided
loaning toward the editorial profession
as the objective point for federal put-
ronago distribution. Two more post-
ofllcos may now bo run In connection
with the local print shop. The recently
appointed postmaster at Council BlulTs
has also had the advantage of hU news
paper as political backing. Taking all
in all there is still hope for the news
paper man. Congressman Bryan and
his protogo , Editor Calhoun , are en
titled to what little consolation these In
dications afford thorn.
SKNATOII VEST'S peace of mind is
sadly disturbed every time a petition la
road In the senate protesting against the
passage of the Wilson tariff bill. Not
that the senator objects to the contents
of the petitions , but that ho Is saroly
v - distressed because their reading violates
the rules that have been adopted to
govern the proceedings of that body.
The federal constitution guarantees the
right of petition l' > oongross to every in
dividual oltizen , but under the rules of
the sotinto that right resolves itself
merely into the privilege of having the
papers presented und plgoon-holodlntho
appropriate committee , Why shouldn't
Senator Vest object ?
THE
In all essential particulars the antl-
poverty campaign does not dllTor mater
ially from a military campaign or a
political campaign. There must bo a
commander , a competent staff and a dis
ciplined array. After the military
chieftain has hla forces well In hand ,
supplied with the necessary commissary
and quartermaster stores and ammuni
tion , the first stop IB to ascer
tain the strength and position of
the onoiny whom ho Is expected
to combat. The same thing Is true re
garding a political campaign. No
prudent commander would squander his
resources by promiscuous distribution of
rations , clothing and munitions. No
prudent political campaign commlttoo
would use up all Its available resources
at the very outset of the campaign , nor
would it scatter broadcast all Its cam
paign literature , regardless as to where
it would provo oflcctlvo or worse than
useless.
The anti-poverty campaign has only
just begun in this city. Most of the
heavy work Is yet to como. What is
needed now is more perfect organization
and more systematic distribution.
There should really bo a level-headed
commander to supervise and direct the
start of workers from the various char
itable organizations. So far wo have
only had wild talk and emotional ap
peals about the extent of destitution.
What wo should have had long ago and
what wo must have before an olToctlvo
antl-povorty campaign can bo fought , is
a reconnalsanco of the position and
forces of the enomy. In other words wo
should know the location and numborj
of the dependent pooplo. Wo must separate -
arato the sheep from the goats , so to
speak , by ascertaining who are really
entitled to aid and those who nro able to
aid themselves. Wo must compare tno
lists of the county superintendent of
the poor with those of volunteer charity
organizations. What would bo thought
of a commissary who would give
ten rations to one soldier and half a
ration to another ? And what would bethought
thought of a quartermaster who would
distribute ten blankets and a dozen pairs
of shoes to one soldier whllb a score of
other soldiers wore shoeless and exposed
to the cold ? That is precisely the ir
regular and wasteful method which wo
have pursued under the spontaneous ,
many-headed and headless relief system.
Order is heaven's first law and order is
essential in an anti-poverty campaign.
THE SITUATION A'L'IltO.
:
It looks as if the Brazilian insurrec
tion is about at an end , and by reason of
the action of the commander of the
American naval force at Rio rather
than anything accomplished by Polxoto.
The dispatches at hand at this writing
do not present a clear or definite state
ment of the situation , but they leave no
doubt that the insurgent forces have
received a severe and perhaps decisive
blow , and that it has bean admin
istered by Admiral Benhara. It was
intimated some time ago that our
naval commander at Rio had received -
coivod very positive instructions as
to the protection of American interests
thoro. Our merchant vessels were in
constant danger from the firing of the
insurgent forts and no attention was
paid to demands that they bo relieved
from this danger. The last appeal made
by the American admiral was contemptu
ously refused oven consideration , and
thereupon ho determined to act. The
application of the captain of an Amer
ican merchant vessel for protection
caused Admiral Bonham to send several
warships to escort the merchant vessel
to Its destination. This was accom
plished without other incident than the
creation of more than ordinary Inter
est and excitement , the insurgents
making no demonstration of hos
tility to the action of the American
admiral. It was thought there would
probably bo no further occasion for u
proceeding of this kind. -
But It would seem from the later dis
patches that another occasion did arise
tor action on the part of the American
naval commander , and that the cnnso-
quences to the insurgents were sorious.
This was inevitable in the event of any
thing likoa general conflict between the
naval fence at Rio and the insurgents ,
and assuming that the latter must have
understood this it is not easy to bollovo
that they would provoke u conflict ,
except on the theory of despera
tion. They may have reasoned
that they could not permit the
unobstructed entrance of American
merchant vessels to Rio , with the privi
lege of convoying to the Brazilian gov-
eminent arms and munitions of war ,
and upon this determined to test how
far our naval commander would go in
protecting those vessels. If such was
; ho case the insurgents have undoubt
edly learned by this tjme a greater re
spect for the naval power of the United
States than they porlmnj before enter
tained. Admiral Bonham is said to bean
an otllcor who can bo depended upon to
carry out his instructions to the letter.
Another possibility is that Ad
miral da Giunn , conscious of the
peril of the insurgent cause , whioh
undoubtedly has boon steadily losing
strength for some time , may have pro
voked a conflict with the American
naval commundor for the purpose of sur
rendering to him and thereby securing
the personal safety of himself and his
adherents , many of whom could oxpaot
nothing but death if they surrendered
to the Brazilian Kovornmont. There is
no doubt that the Insurgent leadora
have realized the hopelessness of their
cause for some time and have been
holding on simply because surrender
meant exile from their natlvo land or
death. From the time the nations of
the world refused to roaognlzo thorn in
belligerents their cause began to decline
and when they encountered the mani
fest hostility of the United States , made
apparent when our Hoot at Rio was
largely Increased , their cause became
hopeless.
The Brazilian minister at Washing
ton U reported as saying that ho had no
doubt the news of the surrender of Ad
miral da Gaum is true. If It should
provo to bo that would bo practically the
end of the Insurrection , for it does not
appear that Admiral do Mollo has any
following or that ho posses-ma the quali
fications to command confidence as a
leader. Even Gaum , who joituxl the in
surrection with n great flourish , has
shown no marked ability as a revolu
tionary loader.
T1IEJJUND INJOXCTlOtf.
The failure of the Injunction proceed
ings instituted on behalf of the Knights
of Labor to restrain Secretary Carlisle
from Issuing the bonds for which ho has
advertised for proposals will cause sur
prise In no quarter. Had the court
listened to the petitioners and de
cided to grant the order re
quested Its notion would have
created tnot only surprise but also con-
otornation. It would have opened the
way for factious political opposition to
embarrass the most vital operations
In the conduct of the government when
ever It might bo possible for ono party
to ( lifTer from the officials In authority
as to the expediency of exorcising a dis
cretionary power conferred by law. It
would place It within the power of any
Intermeddling roformora to force the
treasury to discredit Its own obligations
and practically to clog the wheels of
government.
The summary way in which Judge
Cox dismissed the petition for injunction
is evidence that the federal judiciary is
far from anxious to interfere with the
functions of the other departments of
the government. Ho brushes aside the
contention that the Knights of Labor as
a body are any more interested in the ex
ecution of the revenue laws of the United
States than every other body of citizens.
No direct tax having been levied in
recent years by the federal government ,
it Is Impossible to trace a contribution to
the treasury to any particular taxpayer
or to show a direct interest on the part
of the petitioners in preventing an un
authorized increase In the publicdebt. .
This line of argument practically de
molishes all plans for bringing Injunc
tion proceedings to prevent the proposed
bond issue , because no other persons
will bo able to sot up additional allega
tions that will enable thorn to secure a
standing in court for that purpose.
Even had the. Knights asserted that they
were property owners or consumers of
dutiable commodities they could not
prove that they would be personally af
fected by the burdens of the now bond
issue and would have mot with no
greater encouragement.
Judge Cox has very wisely refused to
go into the merits of the controversy
and his course plainly shows that ho
considers that question ono entirely out
side of his province. The law of 1875 ,
under which it is proposed to issue the
bonds , loaves to the secretary of the
treasury the decision as to when the
emergency contemplated has arisen.
The law must assume that the proceeds
uro to bo applied in accordance with
the intent of congress and cannot
impute to the secretary any desire
to divert the funds from tholr
lawful purposes. The Knights of .Labor
took no occasion to protest when the
gold reserve was trenched upon to pay
the current expenses of government and
they are at least morally estopped from
questioning the expediency of resorting
to bonds under the law providing moans
to replenish that reserve. The decision
of Judge Cox leaves the way clear for
the acceptance of the bids that are to bo
opened tomorrow and cannot fail to re
act so as to strengthen the public
credit , now that it is known that the
courts will not lend themselves to legal
proceedings intended solely to embarrass
the treasury.
IKORK PLTllh / I'AllK COMMISSION.
The suggestion made by Hon. Frank
Ransom at the Exposition hall that the
property owners on all grafted residence
streets bo required to plant trees ad
jacent to their lots should command
itself to our city authorities. The plant
ing of shade trees should bo carried on
systematically in every city and the
trees should bo under the supervision
and care of the park commission : Tree
planting in Omaha has been altogether
too promiscuous and irregular.
In the early days property owners
were authorized by ordinance to fence
in fourteen feet of the street in front of
their lots for the purpose of protecting
trees that were ID bo planted and cared
for within the enclosure. The result
has boon very unsatisfactory. The class
of trees planted by moat of the property
owners were cottonwoodssoft , maples and
locusts , The cottonwoods soon bccamo
n public nuisance. The soft maples were
little bettor than the cottomvoods and
the locusts were for the most part de
stroyed by bores. Most of the trees
planted in the fourteen foot enclosure
were either too close to the lot line or
too near the sidewalk. Wnon the or
der was issued on some of the streets to
move back the fences to the lot line
many trees became an obstruction and
had to bo cut down. Those that remain
furnish an abundance of shade * , but are
unsightly and mlsplnntcd.
The fourteen foot ordinance has boon
a source of imposture upon the city.
Many lot owners have taken advantage
of the privilege granted to them and
have annexed the Htroet to their lots.
By placing the trocs in all our streets In
the care of the park commission wo
shall soon have the worthless trees re
moved and the remaining shade trocs
uniformly trimmed. If in addition to this
Mr. RaiiHom'd suggestion is carried out ,
wo shall luivo a park system extending
through every residence street. This
work should bo begun as curly In the
Rprincr as possible. That will enable us
to give employment to quite a number of
working men who might otherwise have
to bo us.sistod by charity.
The council has full authority to re-
qulro the planting of trees by property
owners and the council also has the
right to designate the park commission
as the body for supervising this work ,
The park commission has already in its
employ experienced gardeners who
know what class of shade trees will
thrive in our soil and are host adapted
to this ollmato. What wo now need is
intelligent direction and uniformity ,
coupled with systematic care of our
uliudo trees.
WHAT u nice discrimination those
Colorado legislators display who refuse
to take any action upon u bill reducing
tholr own salaried from S7 to $5 per day
because that subject was not included in
the purposes of the session enumerated
In the governor's call. If the bill pro-
vtdod for a ratio in tholr salaries and
was baokod by thosamo popular senti
ment that al ftays'fcus'talns a decrease In
publlo expenditures , wo fool quite euro
that no ono woutrf'lMvo raised thla ob
jection , or If ralsSiTlt would bo passed
over. as Immaterial If ono of Col
orado's ' senator , should bo taken
111 and die tomorrow wo Imagine
this all-wise legislature would refuse to
olcot his successor ijccauso that object
was not stated inttho call. A good way
to discover how far Its powers extend in
an extra session , voJld bo to pass the
bill reducing the salaries of its mem
bers. Some salary-grabbing legislator
would bo sure to carry It into the courts ,
and a decision on the point of constitu
tional law would settle It for all time.
For such a decision the Colorado legis
lature does not appear to bo hankering.
Tun notion of the State Banking
board with reference to the delinquent
building and loan associations which
have boon disobeying the state law is
timely. The banking board has been
entirely too careless in ita supervision
of the building and loan associations.
Now that it proposes to give this brunch
of its work the same painstaking
care that it has given the banking in
terests of the state there is no reason
why the laws should not bo enforced.
But few people in the state seem to
realize tlio importance of the building
nnd loan interests. They will make Ne
braska a state of homo-owners if prop
erly fostered.
TIIEUE Is much to command in the
simple and straightforward declaration
of principles sot forth by the newly or
ganized Bohemian club at Pittsburg ,
Pa. To "stand firmly by the constitu
tion ot the United States , to defend the
honor and indopcndcnco of our adopted
country , and that only honest and In
dustrious countrymen should \ > o ac
cepted foi-cltizens of the United States. "
arc sentiments that .may well commend
themselves even to the native Amer
icans. A great many patriotic societies
have used a grOat rauny moro words and
said much loss.
OMAHA'S experience with night
schools this winter is not doing much
to impress the people with any pro
nounced sense of their necessity. When
the end of January finds but ono
school out of four able to secure a regu
lar attendance of thirty pupils the de
mand for this extra instruction cannot
bo very strong. It , would perhaps bo
undesirable to deny oven to the few
who Wish to attend the privilege of a
common school education , but for this
purpose a much loss icxponsivo system
of night schools will'suffice. .
THAT tumultuous' Idomonstration on
the floor of thb' ' French Chamber of
Deputies is now ascribed to a feeling on
the part of the Socialist members that
the govornmonthaS ( | failed to appre
ciate the distinction between the social
ists and the anarchists. The anarchists
svill probably also resent being classed
with the socialists.Vhy \ not lot them
have it out betwoentj-homselvos ? It is
not the quarrel'of'ftio French govern
ment. - L v * >
THE electric light appropriation , with
S175 a year for 2,000-candlo power are
lights that are known to bo of loss than
1,200-candlo Ipower , will bob upscronely
in the now council within a few days.
The bill will , of course , bo vetoed by
Mayor Bomls and then wo shall see jus
"how many follows , " to use the sug
gestive expression of John L. Webster
relative to the supreme court , Mr.
Wiley has in the new council.
THE State Board of Transportation
should not wait for public sentiment to
back it up in its proposed and long-
promised effort to compel obedience to
its own orders. The people of the state
are not caring particularly whether the
rates on dried grase are reduced just
now , but- they do insist that the State
Board of Transportation shall either
command respect or go out of the busi
ness of managing railroads.
THE long promised battle between the
now dynamite cruiser recently purchased
in Now York by President Poixoto and
the ships of the Brazilian insurgents , a
br.ttlo which is expected to revolutionize
naval warfare , is extremely dilatory in
its coming. There is room for the
suspicion that the contestants care moro
for their personal safety than they do for
the interests of naval science.
A UlienruiK MBII.
I'htlatlclvMa Uecnnl.
The mills that nro starting up in all parts
of the country nro not running on specula
tion ; they are sot n-coing to Jill orders to
supply demand. This Is healthy business.
Ganger G renter Tlmn that of War.
IFiuhn0ton ( I'ost
Wove the United States threatened with
an armed Invasion from Canada congress
would tuko action upon the urgency insutoof
sixty minutes. Yet with nn urgonoy weigh
ing upon the Interests of the country of tenfold -
fold greater ponl , compared with which In
deed a war would provo a blessing , no notion
hnH yet boon taken in tlio direction of rollof ,
no iigrccniout as to whnt notion should betaken
taken has boon como to , nnd the puoplo uro
loft for month af tcr.'month groping In lluun-
clnl uncertainty ntidlmlustrlul distress , with
no strong helping Hand , lu sight ,
runny Things Wo Hoc.
I'MiaaapMtfHmct.
Ono of the funnlestUlifngs that hns hap
pened lately is the dfscwVory at Washington
that the World's fair , modal , designed by
Mr. Saint Gauduns , is 'lndocont , " nnd can
not hava the snnotfot ) of this moral govern
ment. The design frbtuully contains a iudo
figure , nnd several sotmtora and oven Kocro-
tary Cardalu are sho'dlfOil at the Idea of such
11 thing. The doslgu 1s to bo sent back to
the sculptor to Imvo-hlm'put clothes on the
ladlus and gontlomon. . The 11 g uro of Indus
try U to have a outuvray coat and trousers ,
whllo Panic Is to wonru mart gown of the
latest Chicago mode , . i
PKOl'T.B AND
The Victoria hotel compact scorns to hnvo
boon lost In the subsequent shuffle.
Many n man fights for his crocd whenever
never thinks of carrying an umbrella for
his wifo.
Chicago carries 14,000 parsons on 1U pay
roll. Naturally the treasury carries n bloom
Ingdoflclt.
Things have como to such a painful nas's
lu St. Louis tlmt landlords levy on the dead
to collect rent for the living.
The ditto for the redemption of Kansas
has bcon put off nnnln. owing to the un
avoidable absence of Oycloolo Mary.
IT won't do any good tel pray for the
South Son Islander ns lonir ns you won1
speak to the man who lives in the next
houso.
Associate Justice Drawer Is convinced
after mature reflection , tlmt the aroma o
banquet boards Is not conducive to judlcla
dignity.
Although Senator Wnltlmll resigned from
the scnntp and subsequently declined a
banquet , It Is safe to assort ho has not on
tlroly lost his grlppo.
According to charges mndo by a stock
holder of the Nicaragua Uinal company
the onicors dug n ditch of sufficient illrnon
Biona to drain the treasury.
Various explanations nro given of the
moaning of Doss CroKor's visit to Washing
ton , but none of them reach the true inwardness
wardnoss of the jaunt. The significance o
It Is th.-.t the boss wants Pcckhnm con
tinned , not because ho loves 1'ockham to the
verge of distraction , but because by shelv
ing him on the bench nn obstinate , pornl
tuous nnd oltcnslvo enemy of Tammany wll
bo effectually suppressed ,
A sociotv woman In Now York , who con
traded for a pink tea hntr dye , nnd secured
n halo of bristling brlndlo , lias appealed to
the courts for damage. She avers that Im
puilont Jehus follow her with the
\vhlto horse hoodocs , nnd her menta
nngulsh Is such ns requires financial solace
If the court Is not wholly bereft of gallantry
nnd sentiment it will award thouultctci
woman substantial damages.
General Sickles' threat of bolting the
Wilson bill Is not to bo taken seriously. The
gonornl will bo remain bored ns the party
who uttered dlro throats ana smote the
murky air of the Chicago wigwam with his
crutch by w.iy of emphasis , nnd later pouroi
out n few phials of wrath on Cleveland , bul
when a congressional nomination was tendered
dorod htm his spirit underwent n miraculous
change and ho bccamo as meek ns a purring
kitten.
Senator CafTrey of Louisiana ! said to bo
n connoisseur In neckties. Every day this
session ho has appeared in the senate.
chamber wearing a different necktie. They
are not loud ones , cither , but nil selectee
with excellent tasto. Ills favorite color Is a
light blue , but ho wears them In all manner
of shades and never by any mistake does he
wear the same tie two days. Ho hai n very
haiulsoaiu complexion and Is proud of It , and
he selects tics to Harmonize with his own
color.
Mr. Dennis Mulligan of Lexington , ICy. ,
has bcon keeping a grocery nnd saloon Ir
the same building In that city since 1312 , nnd
his reminiscences are always interesting.
' Many a time in tho-10 < s"said Mr. Mulligan ,
"Mr. Clay would como Into the store here
and wo would have a long tallc , ana I would
invite him to taken little of my old whisky ,
which ho seldom refused. I was a great
admirer of him and considered him a great
and honest man. "
The MO camn , ono of the attractions of the
Midwinter fair , has an orean peculiarly its
own "Tho Gold Gulch Self Cooker. " It is
edited by Sam D.ivis , a Nebraskan matured
In Nevada. Davis is a Brownvillo bov , and
was a protege of Dr. Miller on the Omaha
Herald in the curly 70's. Ho was a genial ,
lovable follow , despite his rusticity , which
tool : the form of notes on proof shoot mar
gins for the solo bcnolit of printers. So
Ion ? as the gang coincided with Davis'
views on all subjects , and boisterously ap
plauded his wit , all went well. But the
moment a veteran printer disputed his spoil
ing ability and appealed successfully to
Webster. D.ivls curtly ' -cut" the force , ao-
nounccd them as ignoramuses , and shim nod
their society. LIfo in the wilder west grad
ually rubbed of the notion that bo was un
animated encyclopedia , nnd prosperity came
to him. Mentally ho U n self cocker with
an abundance of ammunition.
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The IniMiinii .Millstone.
Philadelphia ledger.
The democr.Uio caucus having tacked the
income tax provisions on the Wilson tariff
bill , the prospect of beating botli has been
Improved. The democrats are certainly in a
bad way , and no matter which way they
turn , cannot settle on a policy which will
satisfy all of their heterogeneous elements.
While they nro in this situation the amiable
republicans will , of course , give them plenty
of ropo.
Globe-Democrat.
Each of the big parties has boon hurt by
factional quarrels in New York. The de
mocracy was beaten for the presidency in
1843 from this causo. nnd the republicans
wore overthrown in 1884 on the same ac
count. In 18S8 , too. the Cleveland-Hill feud
was ono of the factors which boat the
former. This supreme court nomination
light is ono of the Influences which will lay
out the democrats In 18'JO.
l > Uror < l.int. Counsels.
Ulo1 > c-Demf.crat.
The democrats continue to attack Secre
tary Carlisle. The house Judiciary committee -
too has declared that the secretary has no
right to sell bonds under the law of 1875 to
secure gold to moot the cnrront expenses ot
the government. Meanwhile the secretary
will pro right ahead and dispose of this $50-
000,000 batch , and if congress does not provide
the now legislation which ho asks ho will
sell raoro bonds in March or April under the
same law. Necessity overrides legal tech
nicalities ana the wire-drawn distinctions of
pettifoggers. The people are with Carlisle
in this matter.
J\lol \ ) iaw.
Chicago Iicnrd.
The democratic ) membars of congress are
enamored of the work of making a free
trade demonstration without method or
Inndcrship. Theirs Is a riotous endeavor to
do a spectacular thing without regard to
consequences. Little respect Is shown by
them for the Wilson bill or Us framors. The
result is n species of mob legislation.
There Is every reason to suppose that the
senate will try to deal with tariff revision
with some regard to the needs of commerce
and of the public revenues. It is apparent
that the house is not in the humor to Durdcn
itself with sober legislation. It does what
It pleases nnd doesn't care for results. Suoh
a couvso will have its fitting reward.
o
A Grout I'rlnclplu nt Stake.
ir < i hl > iucm ( Slur ,
The house of representatives will do the
country a real service If It takes up and
carries to nn unquestionable decision the
case of Judge Jenkins , who , by injunction ,
Interfered with nnd prevented a itrilto of
Northern Paclllo railroad employes and com
pelled cessation of the efforts of labor organ
ization onicials who were inciting these
employes to quit work. The injunction was
granted upon application of the receivers
who are In ohargoof Northern Pacific affairs ,
and was for nwhllo the subject of rauoh
comment. Now the trades unions are agitat
ing the Impeachment of JudgoJnnklns and
I ho matter will almost surely occupy some
of the attention of the house ns soon as the
Wilson bill Is out of the way. If Judge
Jenkins did the right and the legal thing the
country should have the case madu con
spicuously plain ; If ho erred without mnllco
ho should bo reprimanded j If ho deliberately
misused ono of the law's greatest powers ho
should suffer prompt removal from the
judicial oftlco. A great principle is at stako.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ;
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Ninni.iic.i A.vi > NenitASK i.v.t.
The enterprising town of Osmond now hni
n cemetery laid out with 400 lots.
Ten baptisms were the fruits of a rovlval
In the Christian church at Clay Contor.
Onl hns a building nnd loan association
which Is much alive , though n Coffin Is pres
ident of the organization.
Three fingers on the right hand of Clmrlio
Miller of Stclnauor , Pnwnco county , disap
peared In a corn shcllor on which ho was
working.
A Norfolk company has received the contract -
tract for furnishing 200.QOO brlcit to boused
In building the Industrial school at Pine
Ilklgo ngcncy.
Mrs. Philip Flood , rosldlmj near Mindcn ,
was probably fatally Injurca by a runaway
accident. She wes thrown from n wagon
and struck on her head.
A 0-yoar-old Itloomlngton boy was Kicked
on the head by a colt nnd severely Injured ,
flo Is now sympathizing with n baby slstor
who was bitten by a dog.
At Mnrquottc , In the northern part of
Hamilton county , n few days ago. a young
man named Van Clove , under the Influence
of liquor , approached n neighbor named
Campbell In a thrcatcninginannor. Campbell
turned anilstruclf him over the head with n
gun that ho had In his hands. At the pre
liminary hearing Campbell mndo no defense
fonso and was bound over to district court.
Ho Is now Jin jail. Van Clove Is severely
but not dangerously hurt.
Otto Borghman , n young man living half
way between ICaglo and Bcnnot , was acci
dentally shot Saturday afternoon whllo
trading at the former place. Ho was In the
habit of carrying n rnvotvor In his overcoat
pocket to have it ready in cnso of cmorconcy.
As ho started to untie tils team his overcoat
struck the hitching post , causing the re
volver to flro off , the bullet entering Burgh-
man's side just above the hip nnd circulating
around to the small of the back. The physi
cians were unable to locate the bullet by
probing , but gave it as their opinion that
the wound would not necessarily bo fatal ,
unless complications or blood poisoning
should follow.
.i \OTIS. .
KtUamazoo Is to have a municipal electric
plant.
The London , Brighton & South Coast rail
way of England has thirty of its trains
lighted by electricity and is now about to
equip a number of additional trains. It Is
said that about 15 per cent moro work can
be got out of electrically lighted than of a
gas lighted train , which makes n saving In
llrst cost of about $2 ,000. as eighty-live
electrically lighten trains can do the work of
100 gas lighted trains.
A Connecticut paper mentions the peculiar
origin of n llro which occurred recently In n
dwelling house in Norwalk. An olcctno
railway passes the place , nnd It appears that
the return current , some of which escapes
from the rails into the ground , followed nn
iron water pipe into the collar of the house ,
then switched olT to a gas piuo at a point
whuro the two came in contact , and followed
the latter to the meter , where it molted the
lead connection and ignited the gns. Tno
flames had caught the iloor timbers when
they were aiscovcrod , but the llro was ex
tinguished with but trilling damage.
D. II. Kent of St. Paul is the inventor of
n telegraph typewriter , bearing his nnmo ,
which , if successful , will eventually displace
the Morse system entirely. The operator
plays upon the keys of the Instrument , as in
any ordinary typewriter , but the resulting
manuscript is produced at the tele
graph olllco or station where It is to bo
delivered , which may bo 1,000 miles away.
The main advantages to be gained liy this
over the Morse system are three in number
moro words a minute can bo sent , there is
no receiving operator at the other end of the
line to make blunders , the ono to whom the
message is addressed Is not loft in the dark
by a blindly written message , every word
being produced ns It was ticked oft by the
transmitting operator.
The Introduction of elcctrlo power m the
Improvement of drilling ana quarrying ma
chinery within the last few years is evi
dently destined to work a revolution in the
accomplishment of tunnel engineering pro
jects. Excavations that formerly occupied
years can now bo made in a few months ,
and a striking reduction in the estimates of
the time require. ! for the carrying out of en
gineering plans is apparent. It is stated
that the proposed Slrnplon tunnel is to bo
constructed at a cost and rate which will
place its picdcccssors In the shado. Motive
power is now easily obtained from water in
the Swiss mountainous districts , and the
facility with which electric power can bo
transmitted renders the site of a generating
station a secondary consideration. This
now tunnel through the heart of the Alps isle
lo be completed in 11 vo and one-half years.
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IMniiiilnir i'nrty Kuln.
Chtcaao IteraM ( dcm. ) .
It required the vigor of a solid democratic
*
party to make him president , both In 1884 ,
when ho barely escaped defeat , and again in
1S93 , on pledges that nro still far from ful
fillment. Having twice received Its highest
honors , having been carried by only tre-
mcnUo'us efforts of a united party Into
exalted station , Is it now the design of Mr.
Cleveland to go out of ofllco and Into history
as architect of the ruin of his party ? A
nobler ambition ought to bo Inspired by both
patriotism and gratiludo.
C'znr In Improving.
ST. PuTnitsnuwi , Jan. 30. The health of
the czar is generally Improved , tnough his
rest was disturbed by coughing. His tem
perature this morning is 100.4.
V no yor
The Iloo nnil IU Wnnlil-lte ItlTitU Are Not
in thv MHIIIO IJlniK.
Thcro Is but little comparison between a
nawpapor and a Fnuo Factory , hut for tha
amusement of Us readers Tin : DBK lias made
n few moro figures that do not compare.
The figures showing the amount of matter
printed by Tun URI : yesterday Indicate the
extent of the news , whlto the figures on tha
World-Herald and Lincoln Journal toll the
story of n smattering of news and n mixture
of stale matter. Hero nro the figures1.
MOHNINO NKK , lonst , wldo colums . . . . 08
Morning W.-ll , , short , narrow columns . 2U
Lincoln Journal , short , narrow columns. . . , US
KVKNIM ) I IKK. IOIIK , wldo columns . 07
Kvoiiliig W.-II. , short , narrow columns . M
The best Is the choapMt.
Importiinl I'omlon Doolalon.
The decision of Justice Bradley In the
case of Judge Long of Michigan , whose pen
sion was suspended by Commissioner Loch-
ron , but who was recently restored to the
rolls In compliance with the act of Uocomuor
31 , 1893 , settles n question that wo trust
may never ngaln bo brought Into con
troversy.
The decision Is to the effect that under the
acts of Juno It ) , 1874 , ana Juno in , 1SSO , Jiulgo
Long was so clearly entitled to his pension
that any further examination with n vlo\v of
determining his status was unwarranted by
law. Commissioner Tannor's ruling In the
case In 18SI ) was bo.vond the roach of rovlov
or reversal. Judge I < eng hns acquired a
vested right which no subsequent commis
sioner could disturb.
In the opinion of Justice Bradley It would
hava ueen bolter for Commissioner Ixichron
to have vacated the original order In the
caso. without necessitating judicial Inter
vention , but the case U well enough ended
as It Is. Full reparation has bcon made to
Judge Long for what was no doubt an un
witting act of Injustice on the part of Com
missioner Loohron : the action of his prede
cessor is sustained ; the statute Is given
clear nnd conclusive Interpretation , and the
policy of the department placed upon a
ilxcd and pormancnt basis with regard to
similar cases In the f uturo.
Democratic l.oiulrr * Arraigned.
iVto York Sum
Incompetonoy , cowarillco , tronohory nnd
hiconcoivnblo folly : that Is the wllolo story
of democratic leadership In this turlft busi
ness. And the principal responsibility for
tlio income tax disaster is about equally
dlviduil botwuon Grovur ClovolnuU nnU Wil
liam Lightweight Wilson.
a. t i/or Coynes.
Now Orleans I'lcnyuno : Illg cities are full
of cranks who are just walling for tholr turn.
Vonknrs Garollo : In the race of llfo the man
who outlives his neighbor never soeins to feel
as If ho had "got loft. "
Atlanta Constitution : "When I Hist caina
here , " said the odllor , "I had only uno shirt to
my name. " "And what have you now ? " "Tho
name ! "
Koston Herald : The patent on inlnco plci
has boon declared null and void , but Iho ulelit-
mare attachment still holds good.
Washington Star : "J > o yon think. " sntdWIUIi
Wl.slilnpton , "Unit It actually hurts u man to
bo bit with OIID of Cupid's iirrowu ? "
"No , " replied Hello 1'cp.purton ; "as n rule ho
merely becomes hensoluss for a tluiu.1'
Chicago Record : "Elloyono Is so delicate
nnd Hcnslllvi ) In bnr cslhcilu laatcs. "
"Yen , Indeed. Tlio other day slui wont to n
pink breakfast null afterward lo a lilac lunch-
con and n yellow lea. The poor girl's slclc-a-
bed still. "
Philadelphia Lodger : A down east crema
tory company Is In financial dlllluulllcs. If a
croimitory rulort Is permissible , the Urn ,
which la theoigan of that Inlurojl , should
make n good rocolvor.
Indianapolis Journal : "Vour great mqn
seem to carry thulr honors most easily , " said
the observant foreigner. "I have noticed several
oral of your senators , nnd they seem Just an
common us any ono. "
"That may bo the case with senators , siila
the citizen , "but you ought to moot a newly
elected justice of the peaco. "
CALAMITOUS.
\VasMmjlun \ Xcwi.
E'oncan the plumber
Of the limes complain ;
Tno wimtlior'smiiiiiiior , >
And foi-onco In ruin
Ilu pray.s for Imrstod
And congealed main ;
Always ho lias been busy ; now ho 8 dumb !
liuliolcl the festive plumbjr's lost his plumb.
Somtrvlllt Journal.
Bitting hy the window , dreaming ,
WruuDud up In u study brown.
While the window pane was steaming
With the warm rain pouring down ,
Musingly I sat ono morning ,
On u clmngof nl April dny ,
Books und frluiuU logethur scorning ,
Pushing all tl u world away.
For homo now.s I had expected
To receive had not arrlvod ,
Bo I sat there , quite dejected ,
Till u little child contrived ,
Somehow , to creep shyly near mo
And , nulto IhouKhllussly no doubt ,
Urlghtly said , us If to chuor mo :
"Soo , the sun Is coming out !
Sure enough ! The clouds were breaking ,
And the sun was shining through.
All ntonco my heart stopped aching ,
All the world Boomed bright and now ,
And from then till now I'vo only
Had to think to sol things right
When the world suoinod dirk and lonolyt
"Look around for M.IIIO thing bright. "
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Tliolarceat m.iKora anil aillorj of
Uno clothes on HartU
Your money'a worth or your moaay hacfr.
t
Foreign or Domestic.
It makes but little difference to the purchasers ,
but when the Lewis full fashioned
| T" | underwear , that sells never for less
than $3.50 to $4.50 a piece , goes at t
a straight $2 a garment ; or when
Dr. Warner's well known health
underwear that retails for $5 and $6
f
IT a suit . goes for only $1.50 a
garment then it does make a dif
ference. We won't do it long , be
cause we'll be sold out then wo
won't buy any more can't afford to sell such fine t
goods and sell them at such ruinous prices for any
I length of tlmfc. Also some awfully low prices on
T broken sizes of other underwear. Wo will , also , give
choice of a fine selection of our $1.50 and $1 neckties
'
! at 50o a tie. As drawing card we have put in all our
50o four-in-hands and teoks at a quarter a tie. You
know when wo say double value , it's so. No such
chance again. You may bo too late if you wait ,
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
I S. ff. Cor.l5th and Douglas Sis.