Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMATTA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 3 , IflOl.
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nated Admiral Utiiltam for the p residency.
And lie 1 a practical protectionist , too.
Tlio nnthrncllo coal comblno In Chicago
lias adopted liorolo measures to Keep up
prices. Itlll simply refuse to liaul anymore
moro coal Into Chicago until the wabbling
prlco lists become tinner.
Chairman Wilson's coup d'etat In swing
ing round to the support of the Income tax
after having so vehemently antagonized It
must have been u most graceful exhibition
of Individual sacrifice for the sake of
party harmony.
Mrs. Cleveland's presence In the gallery
of the homo during the vollng on the Wilson
bill may account for Its unexpectedly largo
majority. It must have been n hardened
democrat who could withstand the entranc
ing smites ol the mistress of the white
liouso.
Statv V'ntlng ' contracts scum to have been
let on u fair and equitable basis this year.
The cxposmo ° f 'lla'car's ' ' combination
scents to lm\c had n silutary effect upon the
men who ha\o m.ulo n practice ) of mulct
ing the stuto treasury on the state printing
contiacts ,
Speaker Carlisle called another member of
the house to preside while bo took the lloor
in support of the Milts bill just before tbat
measure passed that body , but that did not
prevent the bill from falling In the somite.
Speaker Crisp's exertions In behalf of the
"Wilson bill constitute no Infallible assur
ance of Its final enactment Into law.
Perhaps DOSB Crokcr's recent visit to
Washington had something to do with In
ducing Ilourko Cockran to vote tfor the
AVIIson revcnuo bill , Income tax feature
and all , Cockran appears to bo having an
oxtrcmoly dllllcnlt time of It trying to keep
In touch with the president and with tbo
Tammany machine at ono and the sanio
time.
In closing bis eloquent appeal to his fol
low democrats summoning them to veto for
the bill bearing his name "In the name of
honor and In the name of freedom , " Chair
man Wilson omitted the most potent spell.
"In the name of prospective federal patron
age" might ! m\o brought o\ur those seven
teen democrats who stubbornly stood out
to the ond.
That now waga schedule for the Union
Pacific Is now called an equalization Instead
of a reduction of wages by these who prefer
to mention It In the most gentle terms , It
Is strangely noticeable , however , that It
equalises down In every branch of the ser
vice affected and In no case equalizes up.
Such being the case squoamlshness Is un
necessary. Gull It a reduction and have an
end with mere vvoids.
The vaunted dispensary law of South Car
olina has resulted In a system of private
osplonago moro disgraceful oven than the
ono In vogue In Iowa. The law Is obnoxious
to the people of that state , and so long as
It Is looked upon with disfavor It will not
bo possible to enforce It. The states that
have experimented with prohibition In Its
many forms will eventually return to the
high license plan of regulation.
The Nebraska delegation In the lower
hotiHo of congress split oven , throe and
three , on the final vote on the passage of
the Wilson bill. The Income tax bait
worked lIKe a charm upon the populist
members , who wore led right Into the dem
ocratic camp alongside of Homo of the most
rampant gold bugs to bo found anywhere.
It may take the populists some Itmo to ills-
co\or exactly "where they are at. "
It Is encouraging to see the building con-
tractora and carpenteis got together this
early In the season and voluntarily adjust
their differences as to hours of work and
wages. There Is no reason why the various
unions representing the numerous trades
vvhoBO activity U Interrupted during the
winter months should not state tholr wants
lit advance of the bidding for work , so that
contractors may know exactly vhero they are
to Btand. The example of the carpenters Is
ono to bo rommended to workers In all the
allied brandies of Iiuhutry.
Senator Hill probably suffered no com
punctions In presenting to the aenito
series of resolutions adopted by the repub
lican legislature of his state arraigning the
president for what It terms his unpatriotic
policy In connection with Hawaii. Had the
resolution been ono condemning Senator
Hill's proposed federal Inheritance tax bill , ho
would no doubt Imvo thrown It Into the waste
basket , and had It ventured to Instruct him
to vote for the confirmation of I'ecltham ,
lie would have indignantly denied Its author
ity , The case of Hill vs. Clo\eland now before -
fore the senate la Just beginning to get In
teresting. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Interstate commerce commission has
always been In disfavor with the rallruada
niul consequently the report that the. Hall-
vay Ago Is preparing for a warm assault
upon that body for Its recant fa\ arable report
port on the rallrotds la not likely to excite -
" cite surprise. The report Include : ) the oper
ations of the railroads for the year ending
June SO , 1893 , Tim general depression In
railway circles had not set In at that dale
and consequently It U not to bo expected
that tho. report could bo as unfavorable as
later circumstances would seem to warrant.
The Interstate commerce commission ma ;
not accomplish all that Its designers hopsj
to accomplish , but It was a step In the right
direction , and It will hardly bo repealed at
the demands of tbo railway managers.
A MUXOl'UIA' V/t TOKV.
The decision of the federal court nt Phila
delphia favorable to the Sugar trust In the
case ItiHtllutcd by Attorney General Olncy la
rcfcrreJ to At another example of the Impotency -
potency of the federal anti-trust law. The
proceedings were brought against the
steps by which Philadelphia refineries were
transferred to the trust , It being held that
the absorption of these refineries by the mo
nopoly known ns the American Sugar Refin
ing company was In restraint of trade 01 of
Interstate commerce. Judge Butler of the
United States court decided that as far ns
the sale Is concerned It Is within the pur-
vlowof state law nnd that there was no evi
dence that the transit or sale of sugar
from state to state 1ms been affected.
Ho held tlmt the mere absorption of
the Philadelphia refineries by the trust
did not In Itself constitute u restraint
of trada or of Interstate commerce ,
for capital win Apparently ns frco to go Into
the business ) after the absorption as before
and under us advantageous conditions. Obvi
ously If thlH decision shall stand and It Is
to bo presumed that the attorney general
will take the case to the supreme court the
federal anti-trust law will bo rendered prac
tically nugatory. So far as that statute is
concerned , granting the soundness of Judge
Butler's decision , It presents no obstacle to
the policy of any monopolistic combination
In breaking down competition by the absorp
tion of competitors , regardless of the condi
tions under which such absorption may be
effected.
The trusts ask nothing more than the
unrestricted privilege of suppressing competi
tion , and If doing this Is not a restraint
of trade It Is not easy to conceive what
would bo. When tbo Sugar trust absorbs
a refinery or the liquor trust a distillery
and closes It the effect Is clearly In restraint
of trade , and this Is not altered or affected
by the fact that capital Is as free to go Into
the business after the absorption ns before.
The manifest purpose of every transaction
of this kind Is lo keep the trade of the com
bination making It within certain limits and
to prevent Its expansion nnd growth under
thu stimulus of competition. This Is re
st ! alnt , and the fact that capital Is free to
go Into the business thus affected does not
lessen the obnoxious character of the re
straint , us far as the Interests of the pub
lic nro concerned , so long ns the combina
tions have the unrestricted privilege of
suppressing competition. The public may
gain temporarily from the conflict of capi
tal , but with the success of monopoly , as
sured It the principle laid down by Judge
Butler Is sound , It must ultimately suffer.
The federal anti-trust law was framed
with great care nnd deliberation. It has
been endorsed by some of the ablest lawyers
in the country ns making ample provision
for the suppression of trusts and all forms
of monopolistic combinations. But every
attempt thus far made to enforce the law
has been defeated , and In view of tills It
would seem to bo necessary to admit that It
Is not adequate. Whether a general law
can bo framed which will bo effective
against monopolistic combinations Is a ques
tion to which the present congress ought to
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glvo attention. Perhaps the surest pro
tection against such combinations will bo
found In state laws , though the legislation
of HOIIIO of the states in this direction has
not been entirely successful. There must
bo a way , however , to guard the public In
terests and welfare from the dangerous
encroachments and the oppressive exactions
of monopoly , and the representatives of the
people In congress and In the state leglsla-
tuics have no more Important duty than
that of finding the way and applying It.
JVO Tiff IIOHX ( JlIAlilTY.
The Bco Is not Influenced in Its views on
any public Issue by newspaper rivalry.
From the day this paper was founded It has
advocated what It believed to bo right and
opposed what It considered wrong. It has
consistently championed every measure
which In Its judgment was calculated to
promote the public welfare , and opposed
every project or movement that It deemed
pernicious or Injurious to the community.
The Bco has never been a weather cocker
or trimmer. It has never played fast and
loose on any Issue , has never catered to
popular prejudices nnd never shifted from
ono sldo to the other to appease popular *
clamor. The Boo has never disparaged good
deeds by whomsoever done , nor sandbagged
any enterprise because It was favored by
another paper or by an enemy. But The
Boo Is an unrelenting fee to fraudImposture
and sham. It has no sympathy with charla
tans , quacks , hypocrites and pious cheats.
It does not bollovo In men who say tholr
prayers In public places at the top of tholr
voices , and takes no .stock In men
that parade tholr benevolence through the
town crier. Cheap John methods of self
praise nnd self advertising with other pee
ple's money nnd other people's contributions
are to bo deprecated. Tholr tendency is to
lower the standard of public mqrals by forc
ing people to contribute who are scarcely
able to pay tholr current grocery ami butcher
bills , and by stimulating beggary among the
least deserving class.
No man , woman or child In Omaha should
bo allowed to suffer for want of fuel ,
food or clothing. But these who nro en
titled to relief should bo cared for syste
matically. To this end the work of relief
should bo steady and not spasmodic. Wo
repeat there should bo neither feast nor
famine.
HUT KOT
Nothing but the most urgent necessities
of the treasuiy would have been able to
move Secretary Carlisle to the Issue of bonds
under authority glvon by the old act of
1875. Admitting this nnd conceding that
no other courao lay open to supply without
delay the gradually Increasing dnllclt In the
national treasury , ovcry patriotic citizen
must rejolco that the bond policy has
boon successfully carried out BO far as necur-
Ing bids at the upaot premium to the extent -
tent of the ontlro offer of $50.000,000 Is con-
corned. Had the bids fallen short of the
amount asked , the secretary would have
been compelled to rc.i'lvnrtho \ a lower min
imum prlco and this In lUolf vvouM lav'o
been a confession of weakness from which
the public cruillt could not have escaped
uninjured. A government that has been
able to borrow without dlfllculty at tl per
cent and oven HO low as 2 per cent could
not bo forcoJ to sell bonds bearing more
than 3 per cent Interest In time of peace
without suffering from an unfavorable com
parison.
That the success of the now bond Issue
has been Insured only by the aid of the New
York bankers , who have subscribed for the
bulk of the loan without any expectation of
deriving the usual profit from the transac
tion , muat bo confessed oven by the most
determined opponent * of the so-called Wall
street money power. The Now York bank
ers hung back with their proposals until the
last possible moment , and then made bids
for liberal amounts < mly after a phonal
conference with Secretary Carlisle , In which
ho Is said to have appealed to their patriotic
instincts to come to his aid. However much
they may have pouted over the fact that the
Mcrotary refused to float the loan through
a single sol of agents , as they had originally
desired , they got over tholr sulks In time to
make amends for their previous attitude ,
and for this are. certainly entitled to some
small measure of credit.
The most significant feature of the new
bond Uaue and one which was apparent for
Rome time before Iho opening of the bids
la Its practical failure as a popular loan.
The conditions laid down by the circular In
viting proposals wore alt calculated lo secure
a wide distribution of the bonds among people
ple of moderate means , who might desire
a perfectly safe Investment for their sav
ings nt an Interest rate equal to that given
by the greater number of navlngs Institu
tions. Par this rc.inun the bonds are to bo
Issued In denominations as low as $ . * 0 , to
be registered or coupon bonds nt the option
of the purchaser , and to bo sold directly to
the bidder without commission or the Inter
vention of brokers of any description. And
while the minimum price to be accepted
was fixed Iri advance , the secretary promised
to make a proportionable allotment among
all bidders offering the same premiums , so
that each should bo nblo to secure his
quota of bonds. The solo object , of
thcso regulations was to make the
loan a popular ono and to oncour-
agc Individual cltlrcns to subscribe. These
efforts on the part of the secretary to make
the loan popular appear to have had very
little effect. Instead of bccurlng a tu\ \ ) -
scrlptlon to the Issue several times over , as
often happens In the cases of Trench popu
lar loans , the subscriptions of this character
have been of Insignificant Importance. Over
40,000,000 of the 51,000,000 bid for are to
como from the large banking and trust In
stitutions of New York. A great share of
the remaining offers como from similar
Institutions In other cities of the east , while
the popular subscriptions would scarcely bo
missed were they withdrawn.
Perhaps wo may ascribe n part of the
failure of the new bond Ibsue as a popular
loan to a failure of the people to grasp the
moaning of a C per cent bond commanding
a premium reducing the rate of Interest to 3
per cent. A demand for a premium of 17
per cent has rather n repelling Influence on
the average small Investor. But this Is
not the whole explanation. No popular
loan of the national government has ever
achieved a signal success In this country.
The present Instance forms no exception to
our general experience.
HAWAII AY TllK 110USI1.
The house of representatives has enlered
upon the discussion of the Hawaiian Issue ,
and from what transpired yesterday "it
promises to be a heated and acrimonious
debate. The advocates of annexation seem
disposed to make their fight against the ad
ministration ns bitter ns possible and the
supporters of the administration appear to
bo prepared to meet the attack In a like
spirit. This Is unjustifiable and unfortunate.
There ought to be no partisan feeling In the
discussion of this question , and these who
allow themselves to bo guided by such a
feeling will not have the approbation of the
better elements of the American people.
There Is n most Important principle In
volved In this Issue , which has nothing to
do with partisan politics , though It vitally
concerns national policy. It should bo dis
cussed dispassionately , earnestly and patri
otically , with a view to determining , so far
as any action congress may take can deter
mine , what Is the best judgment of the coun
try upon the proposition to annex remote
territory to which wo linvo no claim cither
In right or necessity. Criticism of the last
and the present administration is to bo ex
pected , but abuse of cither cannot bo Justi
fied. The fair presumption Is that each
acted according to Its best judgment of what
was wise nnd right , equally desiring to pro
mote the Interests and welfare of the coun
try. Though ono was wrong In Its policy ,
It Is only fair to believe that both wore
actuated by the highest sense of duty and
the purest motives.
The latest advices from Honolulu report
that the parties there are anxiously await
ing the action by congress. The provisional
government maintains the military prepara
tions for resisting any attempt to drlvo It
from power , and In a letter to the American
minister complains of the popular terrorism
and the expense Incident to this condition of
affairs. Manifestly this Is a matter with
which the government of the United States
has nothing to do. The provisional govern
ment has been plainly informed that while
It cannot hope for the annexation of the
Islands to the United States , nt least dur
ing the term of the present administration ,
there will bo no Interference with It on the
part of this government. If It can maintain
Its position It will bo allowed to do so. The
administration has no further Interest or
concern In the restoration of the deposed
queen , and can do nothing to put her back
on the throne moro than has been done
without the authority of congress. It Is absolutely
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solutely certain that no Mich authority will
over bo granted. The provisional govern
ment has no reason , therefore , for maintain
ing military preparations from apprehension
of Interference on the part of the United
States , for none Is contemplated.
All that congiess can do In relation to
this question Is to resolve that It Is the pol
icy of the government not to Interfere fur
ther in the Hawaiian affairs , leaving the
people of these Islands entirely fieo to do-
cldo for themselves what form of govern
ment they will have , nt the same time warn
ing foreign powers against any Interference.
This Is all that Is required of congress , and It
In a simple duty that need not bo preceded
by a prolonged and tlmo-wastlng discussion.
The politicians may fancy that they have
In this Issue a means of making party capi
tal , but the people are very tired of the con
troversy and will not feel moro friendly to
the party responsible for unnecessarily ex
tending It , to the exclusion of moro urgent
and vital questions relating to the Immedi
ate Interests and welfare of the American
people.
LA Ml' KXl'l , . I A' . ITIOXK.
Members of the council who voted to re
ject the nomination of City Electrician Cow-
glll have been Interviewed by our reporters
nnd asked to glvo the reasons for their ac
tion. Of the fourteen councilman who voted to
reject Mr.Cowglll cloven have ventured an ex
planation , Ono of those members declares
that ho did It because It pleased him to dose
so , and another because ho expected the
mayor to appoint a personal friend If Cowglll
were rejected , The explanations of the
other nine are decidedly lame. One of them ,
who dies not know the difference between an
clcctro-magnot and a horseshoe , declares
that ho believed the electrician to bo Incom
petent over since ho made the report on the
candle power of the arc lights and Council
man Wheeler had proved that ho was
wrong. Everybody knows that Mr. Wheeler
Is an expert on pumpkins , China Poland
pigs and Durham bulls. He was for many
years secretary of the State Board of Agri
culture , but nobody has over suspected that
Mr , Wheeler was posing as an electrician.
Another councilman declared that he
voted against Cowglll bccauso the mayor
nnd the newspapers hud roasted hlnf ( the
councilman ) In connection with his course In
relation to the electric lighting bills. Ho
also declared that any man who claimed
that ho could teat electric lights with a
photometer must be Incompetent. This will
bo startling now a fir the electrical engineers
of the country , but taxpayers of Omaha , who
don't Know much about electrics , will look
upon this extraordinary opinion as an In
spiration from Mr , Wiley.
Still another councilman , who considered
Mr , Con gill Incompetent for the position ,
was llnally forced to admit that "he
guessed every one knew that Covvglll was In
competent " All the republican cauncllmen
but one had voted against Cowelll in the
caucus on the joumd : Of Incompolcncy , i
which , according to this conscientious j
tribune of tlio people , was shown by Cow-
gill's report that lS\aro | He'it ' * were not
equal to 2,000-caniHo power. Hero was the
real milk In the QJhsjjll cocoanut.
By nil odds the most extraordinary of the
explanations was given by one of the newly
elected member.of the council Ho voted
to reject Cowglll because there was too
much quarreling between the electrician nnd
the electric lighting contractor. Ho wanted
a man who -could get along harmoniously
with Wiley nnd lUs company. That Is ] tist
the kind of n man Mr. Wiley has boon lookIng - |
Ing for since the oJJ\c.ppf city electrician was
created. Taken all In nil , the explanations
are unique. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Cox bill for the unconditional re
peal of the tax on state bank Issues was
beaten In the house committee on banking
and currency jtsterday , three of the demo
cratic members of the committee voting
with the republicans. While Uicro Is scmo
encouragement In this for the opponents
of repeal , It docs not amount to much
In view of the declaration of Mr , fprlnger ,
chairman of the committee , that a bill to do
away with this tax will get before the house
In Rome form. In that event It Is highly
probable that such n bill will bo passed
by the house. The repeal of the tux on
state bank Issues Is vvanlcd by the south and
It Is recommended by the democratic plat
form. The fact that the house adopted
the Income tax proposition and made It a
part of the tariff bill , notwithstanding the
vlgoroua opposition of the eastern demo
crats , Illustrates the Influence of the south
ern representatives In the house and war
rants the belief that they will be successful
In putting through a bill unconditionally
repealing the stato- bank tax. There Is
undoubtedly at present a considerable demo
cratic opposition to the proposal to do this ,
but probably no moro than thcro was to
the income tax , and when the final test Is
applied most of It will disappear. The
south Is firmly In the saddle In this con
gress and with a perfect appreciation of
Its opportunity it proposes to get everything
It wants. It has been successful thus far
and there Is no reason to doubt that It will
continue to bo.
It Is Interesting to note In connection with
the rumored resignation of Mr. Gladstone a
peculiarity of the British constitution which
Is not generally understood by people In
this country. While any member of the
ministry Is permitted to retire from tbo cab
inet and to glvo up his executive position ,
or rather Is bound to retire so soon as he can
no longer conscientiously support every
measure proposed by the ministry us a
whole , there Is no provision by which he
can resign his scat In Parliament should ho
co desire. Not only Is thcro no one author
ized to accept such a resignation , but It Is
doubted by the best authorities whether a
member can on his own motion escape the
duties Imposed upon him by election to Par
liament. Ho may , however , bo appointed
by the governmentjto the stewardship of the
Chlltcrn HundredsVor of the manors of Cast
Hcndrod , Northstead "or Hempholme , or to
the cschcatorshlp of Minister , and It he ac
cepts the ofllco he thereby vacates his seat.
Ho may then , If ho desires , resign the ofllco
and thus free himself from public duties.
Mr. Gladstone might possibly Induce the
queen to ralso him to the peerage , which
would accomplish the same results. Other
wise ho would have to taKe the usual course
of applying for ono of those meaningless
ofllces. The stewardship of the Chlltern
Hundreds cannot offer Mr. Gladstone many
attractions as an ofllco In which to close his
long official career.
The moro possibility that the Nebraska
supreme court inay"tfe"cldo that the law re
quiring the .Investment of tho'ldlo educa
tional funds In state warrants Is unconstitu
tional suggests the absolute necessity for
an amendment to the constitution giving the
Board of Educational Lands and Funds moro
discretionary powers In the Investment of
the school moneys' . At present the board
can only purchase registered county bonds ,
state bonds nnd United States bonds. The
latter class of securities command so high a
premium that tholr purchase seems almost
entirely out of the question. There Is
small likelihood of any Increase In the bonded
Indebtedness of the state and a largo pro
portion of the state debt will bo paid off In
another year , thus largely augmenting the
idle educational funds. County bonds are
becoming scarcer every year and In many
Instances command n premium which places
them boyontl the reach of the board. In
the meantime the educational funds are
already mounting to the vicinity of the mil
lion mark and are Increasing every year.
Within live years the funds will amount to
moro than ? 2,000,000. This fund will
always bo at the command of the state
treasurer unless ways and means nro do-
vlscd for Its further Investment.
In JTo tliirortiiln Tones.
liult < inui > uUi Joninal.
The Bell Telephone company thinks that
about ? r > 0UOO,000 would put It ill good lightIng -
Ing trim. In these days It Is money that
talks In Iho commciclal as In the llstlo
vv orld.
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What n Cliiingo Wrought.
AVm J in /frcontu. .
In four veiirH under Ilanlson $ ,16.1,000,000
of national debt was wiped off. In out ;
year under Cleveland $30,000,000 of new na
tional debt will bo cieated perhaps more.
Wo wanted "a change , " did wo not ?
rromlnci ami INirfoi uiiiiu-o.
( Ilubc-Vemncnit *
It Is said that at the famous A'lctorla
hotel dinner ( luting the campaign of 1892 ,
Cleveland promised that , If elected , he
would ilo nothing to Injure the democintlu
oiganlzntloiiH of Now Yolk which ho Is now
blttcily antagonizing. Another illustiatlon
of the old ad.igo about vows made in
Htoims to bo foi gotten with a change of
weather.
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Iowa mid Piolilliltlon.
It Is to be hoped the Iowa lavv-makera
will not overlook the patent probability
that in u majority of mich cases U Is not
the law of prohibition , but thu olllcluls In-
ttustcd with its enforcement tlmt have
fulled Cotiupt or nvulfccnt local and mu
nicipal authorities are responsible for much
of the evasion of the law- that Is to bo ob
served In thu larger liver towns. The in
ference which mnujvit the legislators have
deduced fiom this is .that while It Is pei-
fectly possible tp' . enforce prohibition
there is no authority 'to compel Its en
forcement by thoi * who nru ofllclally
chaiged with tlmt djitv.
Hence It Is that among the most popular
plans now under cousJd.uutlon by the leg-
iHlutuie | B one piovJiilng for local option
In certain specified , 'qountles , the original
law leinalnlng In 6lr-r as to alt counties
not thus exceptcd , ' It seems not Improb
able that such a mnasuro would commend
Itself to the lurgixuiumbor of piohlbltlan
leoplo ' in Iowa as lieliu ; at least superior to
lccmm or any otlieiTsyHtl'in looking to thu
complete abrogatltyH" qf tlje prohibitive
enactment.
OTlir.ll I. IMMf Tit I.V tn'HS.
U might not have been policy that lei
the joung kaiser to seek and to accom
pllsh the rcconrltlatlon with Blxmarck wlilcl
has been effected. Ho may only have
obeyed an Impulse of his heart nnd o
his concclenco. But however that may
be , ho cotil.l not have done anything moro
popular , could not have done anything moro
certain to strengthen his government a
homo and abroad , than ho did last week
In bringing about tbo Berlin meeting. There
In , as was natural , much speculation as to
tlio possible political results of the now
historic Interview , nnd that pome such ro
suits will follow Is likely enough , Bis
marck will hardly bo asked to resume of
flee. His vears are too many and his
bodily Infirmities too great for that. Bu
It Is reasonable to suppose that during the
remainder of his life his advice will besought
sought , ns It 1ms not been for four years
This may have Important Issues In view
of the threatened disruption of the
Drolbund through the weakness of Italy
( is Bismarck 1ms always favorot
tliocultivation of friendly relations Vvltl
Russia , and now beyond question favors It
moro than over , In view of the menace em
bodied In n Frnncu-Hussia alliance. It cat
easily bo seen , therefore , how the reappear
ance of Bismarck as a political factor ma >
affect the politics of Hurope. But to Wil
liam II. the most Important consequence o
his well considered magnanimity will be a
great accession of popularity at homo. Uvet
an emperor can not get along comfortably I
the people over whom ho rules disapprove o
him , nnd William has had to endure nnd to
overcome much that was disagreeable , which
thu uninterrupted friendship and support of
Prince Bismarck would have spared him
The German emperor Is not , as the present
kaUer seems at first to have supposed , at
Irresponsible autocrat. Ho Is a constitu
tional sovereign , the head of a limited nioti-
nrctiy , and If ho defies public opinion ho Is
going to have trouble. William II. has evi
dently learned a thing or two of late.
* *
Rvpnts In Uuropo point to the possibility
of a recasting of European alliances. The
Triple Alliance was Prince Bismarck's
bchcnic , and It has been chiefly usefu
to Germany. Ho began his career ns for
clgn minister by humiliating Austria will
the consent of Russia. Then ho crushei
Franco with the help of Russia's neutrality
and Austria's Inaction. His obligations to
llussla were met when Germany allow ecHlul
garla and Armenia to bo Invaded , Austria's
neutrality having been secured in advance
by a secret understanding respecting
Bosnia and the Herzegovina. Franco was
rendered hostile by defeat , and llussla , din
contented with her gains In European
Turkey , was disposed to blame Germany
Prince Bismarck In the Triple Alliance defended
fended Germany against the resentments
which ho had Instigated. It has been a
diplomatic partnership from which Ger
many has derived the largest meas
tire of material advantage , while
she has ostensibly been keeping the
peace of Europe. Now that the Austria !
nnd Kalian partners are weakening am
breaking away , Germany's natural policy Is
to detach Russia from Trance and to make
a now combination with St. Petersburg and
Vienna. That is what Piinco Bismarck as a
practical man of business would bo likely
to do If ho were chancellor. His advice , 1
It bo sought by the German emperor , wll
unquestionably favor a policy of couclliatloi
toward both Russia and France. Grea
Britain , whoso Interests have been promotci
by the Triple Alliance , can hardly fall to
suffer from any now combinations whlcl
may bo formed. Russia Is the enemy whose
rivalry as an Asian power she has cause to
dread ; nnd the French government with
European diplomatic support may make
Itself very offensive In the Egyptian ques
tion. The now alliances will inevitably be
colored strongly by Russian influence and
ambition , and Great Britain has more to
dread from them than any other European
pow or.
* *
A trial of great political moment to the
government of Austria-Hungary Is drawing
to Its close In the city of Prague. Not less
than seventy-seven young Bohemians are
before the highest criminal court of that
city charged with the crlmo of treasonable
conspiracy. The secret society called the
the Omladlna and the party of young Czechs
aimed not merely at the overthrow of the
existing dynasty , but at the establishment
of a socialistic commonwealth. What gives
Increased Interest to this trial Is the dis
covery of the Intimate connection between
the Omladlna and the party of young Czechs
In the Bohemian Parliament. This treason
able association has long been suspected by
the authorities of Austria-Hungary , but
proofs have hitherto been wanting. They
seem now to have boon furnished In sufficient
abundance In this trial. All tlio accused
inciuboia of the Omladlna belong also to
the party of young Czechs. When the ar
rests were made some lawyers of the
young Czech party eagerly volunteered for
tholr defense. But when the revelations of
treasonable conspiracy 'were ' unfolded in
the courts the volunteer counsel took alarm
and most unprofesslonally left tholr clients
In the lurch. As this trial In Prague
progresses It becomes moro nlanlfest that
the government of Austria-Hungary la In
presence of a widespread political conspiracy.
Although the elements of this combination
greatly differ , they Iinvn ono common ob
ject In the overthrow of the omplro. While
tlio joung Czechs dream of the unity of the
Slavonic race nnd of Its ultimata domination
over Euiopo , the socialists Indulge In visIons -
Ions of the speedy coming of the universal
commune. The Omladlna appears to bo
only ono of the least Important branches
of the extensive combination which tliioat-
ons the omplro of Austria-Hungary. By
their barking the whelps of the Omladlna
Imvo put the government on the track of
far moro dangerous enemies.
The great Siberian railway which Russia
Is building will have a length of about -1,700
miles ; and It will bisect tlio fortllo zone of
Siberia , which will extend on cither side of
the line a distance of probably 100 miles.
This enormous area , exceeding In length the
whole of Central Europe , lies within temper
ate latitudes ; and as regards soil , climate
and mineral wealth It possesses all the
qualities favorable to the development of
a great agricultural and Industrial population.
Hero Is a largo area , absolutely unoccupied ,
which In time will Invite the enormous over
flow of eastern and central Europe.
A new nnd rapid trade route , which
will connect the 100,000,000 Chinese
and the 35,000,000 Japanese with
Euiope , cannot fall to have farroachlng ef
fects upon the commercial equilibrium of
the world. How great an effect It may
exert will appear from the statement that
at present the Journey from Shanghai to
London , via the Suez canal , occupies forty-
llvo da > n ; the Pacific and Canadian route
Involves n Jouvney of thlrty-flvo da > s. From
Shanghai to Vladivostok , and thcnco via
the Grout Siberian railway , the journey
would occupy only eighteen dn > s. It Is
scarcely doubtful that u largo proportion of
the International trade of eastern Asia ,
amounting to moro than $ .133,000,000 per an
num , would bo diverted to the now route ;
while tint densely populated and hitherto
Inaccessible Interior provinces of China pre
sent commercial possibilities without limit.
Triilllcklng la Spolla.
ainl > elitmotnit.
It Is bad enough to have the eveilasting
New York factional quarrel taken to
thu threshold of thu supreme court.
Another bail feature of the rumpus
Is that It furnishes tlio Homite nn op
portunity for trailing off thuV llson bill.
liTToinpnrlson with parceling out thu pat
ronage , party principles are matters of
\prv- small Importance in "the most august
deliberative body In the world. "
Highest of all in Leavening Power. ' Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
III ! WILL BROOK NO DELAYS
Chairman Voorhces Will Rush the Tariff
Through the Senate Committee ,
HOPES FOR FINAL ACTION EARLY IN MAY
Dumm nils Do Not Cure tn Hear front In-
torcHtt'il Industries mid lc ( > pilbllians *
Are Anxious to Sol tin the
1'rraciil Unit-nullity ,
WASHINGTON' 1JUIU3AU OV TIHJ UI3C ,
G13 Fourteenth Street ,
WASHINGTON' , Kcb. 2.
U la expected that Chairman Voorhces
< \lll back clear out of his proposition to
glvo hearings to persons Interested In In
dustries which arc to bo affected by the Wil
son tariff bill , and that the committee of
finance wilt report the measure to the en-
oto within two or thrco wcoks. Chairman
Voorheos has received a sufficient number
of responses to his requests for expressions
of opinion and advice upon the Wilson bill
to make him believe that fair hearings
worth ! not only load to prolonged delay In
final action Upon the bill , but likely Imturo
Its ultimata defeat , lie will , there
fore , when the committee meets on next
Tuesday advocate n policy of haste. Ho be
lieves the bill ought to be before the senate
within thrco weeks , and that It should be
forced Into law early In May. The demo
crats have n majority of six In the senate ,
and It Is said that all of the three populists
after demanding certain amendment1) ) , which
they will not secure , will vote for the bill ,
so that It will bo necessary for the demo
crats tooto against It In order that it
may bo defeated. It Is not likely that ono
democratic senator will \oto against the
bill. The amendments which will bo made
to It will be In the direction of free trade ,
and will not Improve Its character In the
way of protection to home Industries.
The republicans In the senate arc as
nnxlous to ha\a the tariff disposed of as are
the democrats They reallro that conditions
cannot lmpro\o until the unsullied state of
affairs Is confronted with the now tariff law
The republicans would bo held accountable
by unemployed labor and suffering commer
cial men If they wantonly delayed action
upon this legislation Therefore they will
not hold the bill In the llnanco committee
room simply for delay. When the measure Is
reported to the senate they do not propose
to retard action and prolong the dcbato for
the simple purpose of making political
speeches for deferring the day when the bill
Is to become a law. The republicans simply
want the country to fully realize the m.ig-
nltudo of the destructive Influences of this
measure before It becomes law. They bo-
llevo that If the Interests Involved realUetl
the vicious and malicious character of the
bill there would bo such a howl of dlssap-
proval and storm of protest against It that
It would bo defeated , and they further de
sire enough time In the consideration ( o cn-
able them to force upon the majority popu
lar amendments which would tend to miti
gate the destructive Influences of the bill
should It bo finally passed
PROMISING THG PLUMS.
Secretary Carlisle Intends to devote him
self for some time to filling the thirty-one
customs offices now In the hands of republi
cans , whoso commissions have expired , and
It Is expected that as soon as the senate has
disposed of some of the largo number of
nominations before It a number of prominent
treasury nominations will bo made. Among
the customs ofllces In the hands of republi
cans whose commissions have expired are
those at Omaha , Lincoln , Council Bluffs and
Dubuque
Fourth-class postmasters appointed today :
Nebraska Platta Center , Platte county , M.
E. Clother vice Robert I'lnson , removed.
South Dakota HartfordMlnnehaha county ,
Prank Glllen. vice John Miiiult , removed.
Utah Illuff , San Juan county , J. M
Redd , vice J. P. Uarton , removed , and Mrs.
Alice Whlttakor at Snowvllle , Box Elder
county , vice William Cottom , removed.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Corporal Tanner , the footless ex-commis-
sloner of pensions , has been for some days
suffering the agonies of death on account of
Inflammation aggravated by the wooden feet
upon which ho walks , and It Is said that U
will be necessary to amputate a considerable
portion of both the stumps of his legs.
Henry T. Oxnard , tlio well Known beet
sugar manufacturer of XobrisKa. l-av gcno
to Louisiana to visit 'ils l < rjthas Il ac
companied Senator nnd Mrs. A'\n l > 'rson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. P. Thompson of Cedar
Rapids are at the Rlg s.
Mrs. Joseph M. Oar iy , wife of Senator
Carey , of Wyominc , held one of the Urgent
sanatoria ! receptions at iho day nt the Ar
lington. Most of this season Mrs > . C > ry
has spent In Philadelphia , where her san
Is at school , nnd only retmm > d \Vitshlm- ; -
ton a fortnight ago. &ho rocelvil In the
parlors on the Vermon avenue side of the
hotel and the largo n'lmbjr of oaliorj almost
transformed the affair Into un ov.ituuu The
pallors were decorated wlht palms and cut
( lowers disposed to advantage. Light re
freshments were served from table
In the central parlor which was at
tended by a circle ut voting ladles. Mu.
Carey wore blue s-atln. anJ amen the
ladles with her wore Mrs. Prank
Aldrlch of Chicago. .Miss AlinaVileo \ . Mrs.
Hare , Mrs. Williams , Mrs. Dlalr. Mrs.
Carr , Mrs. Pitt OooKo nnd tl.o Misses
Hutohlnson. PUllRV S. HCA3U.
rev / > run .v n.s.
L'oiupiirUiia Itelvrpon I'liprrn Vt , . . . , „ . ,
iluy liy'I ho Ili-u and Would | | Itlviiln ,
The dally comparison between the amount
of reading matter , exclusive of commercial
news and advertisements , printed In Tbo
Ile , World-Herald and Lincoln Journal ,
gives the following figures for jestcrdny :
Morning HPO , long , wide columns . . . ,3f > 4
Morning \V.-H. . abort , narrow columns 2914
Mu col n Journal , Bhort , narrowcolumns. . 27 V4
Hvcnlng lleo , long , wide columnn , 2
nvcnlng W.-II , , short , narrow columns 29
The best Is the cheapest ,
e '
r.tiTi.i : .
Philadelphia Times ! Another pi oof that
life li n conundrum Is that everybody
eventually give.It * up.
Buffalo Courierninki Was Smith's pur
pose of whipping the editor entiled out ?
bunks-No ; but Smith was ,
ntmlrn Gazette : Yes , Mlnervn , thcto In a
illffeionce between tu ! > cooing of lovers nnd
pigeon English , but it's mighty Blight.
Yonkcrs Statesman- | q not necessary
to call n nnn down who | q boasting ubotit
his invention of n living machine. He'll
come down quick enough
Rochester Democrat Mrs Jut Icy says
that her husband Is n commercial tiuvulur ,
ami as such Is one of the most prominent
Hcctitcro of trade in the countij.
Alton Democrat"Then. . Is some meat
In this poem. " said the poet ns he handed
It to the editor. "Out with III" ciled the
editor. "We ain't had n pound In n week"
Chicago TillmnciMro. riynbout What la
your husbaml's politics ?
Mrs. Ooftcqnont I toally don't know.
He never cm ties anything of n political
nature In nnv of his pockets.
IndlannpollH Journal Mrs Wlckwlre
Wlmt Is the use or standing there and callIng -
Ing the stove H.UIIPH That won't make the
lire burn nnv htltor
Mr. WicKwirp 1 thought that mnjbc If
I could Insult the blunted thing it would
get hot about It.
Somervllle Journal "The top side of a
cloud Is always bright. " but , after all , un
less you nro up In a balloon , that doesn't
make much illlTorence.
Now Yoik PressEthellie hardly
Known mo > et nnd he has proposed Don't
> ou think It stinnge ? Clarissa No. I don't
nee nnvthlng strange In his pioposlng If
ho hardly knows you
Vogue He ( Insinuatingly ) I can not
reform without help. I need some guiding
star She ( curtly ) You wouldn't If you
vvcic not out so much ut night.
A COMMON WEAKNESS
( Detiolt Tribune )
"No costlv shiitt of lettciod stone I crave ,
To stand In gnimletii o'er mv lonclv grave.
If such a thlntj my friends do contemplate
I pray for my decease they will not wait ;
I never cnred for tombstones , anyhow.
And much piefer to have the money now. "
llrjnn'K MUlnroriimtlnti at I.itrgc ,
.1/111110 / 7/PO/fs / / , /l > IIHtl |
Congiessmnn Bryan of Nebraska Is the
militant member of the populist wing of
the ( Icmociatlc party , and jestcrdiiy ho
nlrod his NebiasKa stump speeches In the
house. In suppoit of the Income tax Mr.
Biynn nsscited tint "the people of the
United St.itos who have small Incomes puv
on an nvciatio moio than 10 per cent of
their Income to support the federal govern
ment , while the rich pay a smaller per
cent : why should not this tax be added In
order that tlio burdens mnv be partially
equalised7" Mr. Bivnn mnv deceive his pop
ulist friends In Nebraska by this talk , but
he Knows veiy v\cll that the "heavy bur
den" of federal taxation which he com
plains of amounts to only a little over $5
for each person in the United States , both
customs and intetnnl taxation. The per
capita taxation foi customs duties averages
$ J GO. But this Isn't 10 per cent of any man's
Income nothing approaching It. Mr Bryan
may Tlml men and a good ninny who are
troubled with self-imposed taxation to pay
for llnuor and tobacco , but thete Is no com
pulsion about that.
Snmll Uiisiiirss.
riiiclmm'l rominrrrftil
President Cleveland has nominated two
men for seats on the supreme bench for the
express purpose of rebuking a democratic
antagonist. The nation will outlive all
such narrow-minded bigotry and hate His
tory will take care of itself. In nominat
ing an associate Justice for the Miprema
court a president should rise far abova
disreputable motive * In falling to ilo so
he lowers himself to the very ilepths of In-
fumy. Of cours < e .Mr. Cleveland -will place a
democrat on the supreme bench No one
v\lll question his right to do that , but to
place a man there regardless of his qu.\l-
illeatlons , or even vv tth regard to his capac-
itj. through improper motives. Is UlscreU-
It.ible to the chief executive and a s > tral
upon the bench Itself.
jG .i.vu
Home ntui Country ,
"Luscious maiden , when will you
Let me kiss > our Ups so truer
Let thy lover Know his fate.
Or his heart will busticate. "
With these wx > nls dixl .AMxul
But the inaUlen would uot h < ? xxi.
Covami winsome were her smiled.
"Kill a thousand crvKodllesr *
Po he hunted on the Nile
For the wily crocodile ,
And he slew- the bruteIn piles.
Alligators and crocodiles.
"See , I lay them at your feet :
Let me Kiss jour lips so svsetr
But. al.vs ! the cold AbKxs
Winked her other ej e. s J Wue :
A thousand foes. tlr > t slay for nie ,
And then. Abuad. > ou mas KIs me.
fo he struck n thousand dead ,
To her brought each victim's head.
CO.
Tlio larsost in.iiteri ami s jlljrj of
Uno clotliua ou E irlU
Your uioaoy'a worth or your mouay baa < . '
Nebraska's Ground Hog
On February 2d the ground hog1 will come out and
take a little journey
in the country 'round
about. If in the win
ter sunshine his shad
ow does appear we
ought to take a ball
club and baste him on the ear Como to think of
( , = 2 it there are no ground hogs in Nebraska , but we can
hang1 out a piece of sausage ; that's ground hog , aint
it ? Another ground-hog case is that we will be out
of the famous Lewis' and Dr. Warner's underwear
pretty soon save you $3 to $5 a suit if youbuyno\v.
Just a few left of these $1 and $1.50 neckties at 50c.
For 25o we will give you choice this week of any 50o
4-in-hand or took. This is your last chance a
ground-hog case. We had a picture of a sausage in
this ad , but it was so lifelike that the printer ate it
up , and we had to use the dog another ground hog
case.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
S. W. Cor.l5th and Douglas Sts ,
aSUilWIs. MUls & .U. ' ! t4ttH 1