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OKOIIOB n. TXSPHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this fith day of February. 1S9I. ( SIO.VL. ) N. I" . FIC1U , Notary Public. The progress of the tariff bill through the senate Is likely to resemble nil old- fashioned log rolling bee inoro than anything else. Borne of the patient and long suffering olllce seekers In tills state should KCIU ! the pesldent a marked copy of a map of Ne braska. Whisky has gone up 2 cents a gallon by a decree of the trust. For this evidence of better times the democratic party can truth fully claim credit. Senator Allen IB bound to push to the front. Ills desk has been changed from the fourth row to the second row from the vlco president's platform. The very many and very much disap pointed democrats In Nebraska are learning to their sorrow that a cabinet office Is an expensive luxury for them. The number of trusts which are not going out of business as the result of the energetic policy of the attorney general of the United States Is Increasing every day. The cables continue to reverberate with the detonations of the bellicose threats of the warring factions at Illo do Janeiro , but the fatalities are few and far between. The Interstate Irrigation convention to beheld held In Omaha next month to bo successful must receive the support of every "organiza tion of business men whoso object Is the upbuilding of this state. If Senator Hill decides to send President Cleveland a Valentino wo may bo sure that It will not take the form of a vote In favor of confirming Mr. Pcckham as associate justice of the supreme court. It will be a cold day when 'tho astute lawyer Is unable to find a few Irregularities In a special tax levy that will give him a plausible excuse to take a case Into court In order to resist Its payment. If fire losses Iri Omaha are made the basis for the advance In Insurance rates , why Is the advance extended throughout the state ? This trumped-up claim of Insurance man agers Is too absurd for serious consideration. Omaha Is promised a handsome now build ing In the pla'co of that .destroyed by fire last week. Every one likes to BOO this kind of spirit In our citizens. The energetic business man Is not to bo downed by any thing like a destructive visitation of fire and water. There Is ho occasion for perturbation over the proposed repeal of the federal elections bill. The ballot box has a convincing method of punishing any of Its assailants , and sooner or later the men who deprive It of the protection it Is entitled to will bo * re tired to private life. . * If Omaha Is to secure the location of the Indian supply depot nemo earnest and well directed effort must bo put forth to that end. Wo have the advantage of location that no ether city possesses or can over possess and wo should leave no atone un turned In cur endeavors to win the prize. Senator Platt wants to reorganize the re publican party In New York and put none but young Generals In the Held. Ho has caught the spirit of the hour. He knows that the young men of the party have tired of the blunders and misdeeds of the democ racy and are In the proper frame of inlnd to administer a stinging rebuke. So It is in Nebraska. A great many applicants for postoftlces In Nebraska are now realizing that they would have done bettor to have postponed their ambition until next winter and then run for United States senator. Under ex isting political conditions' Nebraska It would doubtless bo easier to secure n scat In the United States senate than It would to receive the appointment to n postofflco. The democracy of Kansas Is to bo resuscitated A state mooting has boon called that the leaders may reconnoltor and learn where they uro at. They have oven Rene so far as to propose that a straight ticket bo put In the Hold this year. Kansas democracy seems to bo about In the same condition as that of Nebraska , Just what It sees In the signs of the times to call It Into active business again surpasses all 1111- flcrntandlnK. The extensive Dwindles that are being perpetrated upon the thousands of poor settlers tlors who urn Hocking to ( ho Cherokee na tion under the Influence of glittering Iiromlio ? held out by the land speculators liavo been comploti'ly exposed , but the ex posures como too latu to nave A great many men from thu hardships occasioned by their removal to the Indian territory , There ought to be BOHIO way of preventing the per- l > 'ratltm ol Huch outrageou * mvlndlei. TO tltOT.lSII INJl'Xl'TtOX Atlt'SKS The lest few months have given to the people of this country a scries Of decisions by federal cottftn granting restraining order * to prevent railway employes from itrlklng , which have practically revolutionized the at titude of the courts toward controversies be tween employer and employe , Ucglnnlng with Jtidgo Hicks at Toledo , closely followed by Judge Jenkins at Milwaukee and Judge Dundy at Omaha , Injunction after Injunction has been Issued forbidding the employes of railroads which hnvo been put under the con trol of recolvera appointed by the United States courts to simultaneously quit work with n vlow to hampering the operations of the road. These orders have been variously Interpreted by the partisan * of the receivers and of the labor organization ! ) . On the ono side It is argued that they make punishable as contempt of court every Instance where two or moro persons rcnounca their Bervlco to the railroad In a way calculated to Injure the cfllclcncy of the line. Others maintain that being directed to the officers and mem bers of labor organizations they simply pre vent the catling of a general fitrlko In the name of the organization , Whllo the Individ ual members are left to continue ! or to cease work as they may please. Yet whatever bo the difference ; ! of opinion ns to the exact Interpretation which the court might llself put upon the restraining order , the language em ployed In the writ Is sufficiently broad to make the Inauguration of n strike upon any of the roads In question a very serious matter. Senator Allen has evidently come to the conclusion that legislation offers the shortest way out of the Injunction dilemma and has Introduced a bill Into the senate "to prevent the abuse of the writ of Injunction. " This bill sacks to make It unlawful for any United States court to Issue any writ of In junction , mandate or restraining order against any labor organization , Its officers or members , In any manner affecting their full freedom to peacefully and quietly quit the sorylco of any person or corporation at any tlmo they may see flt to do so. From a political standpoint the populist BCnator has undoubtedly madg a shrewd move. Hy the Introduction of this measure ho sots himself up as the especial champion of the labor organizations in the senate. The bill must call attention of the army of railway 'em ployes to the populist representatives In congress , and whether It succeeds In accom plishing the desired object or not It shows that Senator Allen's sympathies llo with the worklngmen as nga'nst the corporations. As to the policy of legislative Interference with the Jurisdiction of federal courts In order to overturn specific decisions there is much room for debate. Yet conceding the wisdom of the policy , another question arises ns to the power of congress to act. The authority of the courts to Issue writs of Injunction Is derived not from congres sional legislation , but from the constitution Itself. Although the constitution leaves It for congress to establish the various tri bunals inferior to the supreme court It or dains that the judicial power shall extend to all cases In law and equity arising under the constitution , laws and treaties , or affecting designated persons or subjects. Having once secured legal jurisdiction over any mat ter In dispute the courts must bo unlimited , except by the constitution , to apply such legal or equitable remedies as are applicable to the case. Never hav ing conferred upon them the right 10 Issue an Injunction It may bo contended tmt | congress has no power to take that right away. It Is quite different , however , to deny that the federal courts have any constitutional right to Interfere as they have done. Dut an appeal to the supreme court is the only way to establish- this point. Senator Allen's bill tacitly assumes that the courts Iiavo thus far been exercising tholr rightful powers. FlllK AND WATER. Mr. John Uoslcky appears to have a griev ance against the water company , and we cheerfully glvo him the use of 'our columns to air It. His rantankorous assault all along the line Is , however , entirely unjustifiable 'rom any point of vlow. Ho starts out by charging the company with violating Its contract obligation to nuintaln fire hydrant pressure that will .hrow a certain number of streams of water nt given points to a given height , and as serts that while the city has been increasing ts fire force and apparatus the water com pany has decreased the hydrant pressure and thereby caused the destruction of every argo building that has burned up In this olty within the past two years. "And yet , " exclaims Mr. Hoslcky In an apparent rage , "wo do not hear ns much' complaint In public against the water company - , pany as against the electric lighting com pany. Wo do not hear that Its bills were vetoed on that score , although the lack of water pressure is the cause of Immense ossos by conflagration both to citizens and nsurance companies , and ontnlls tremend ous loss upon policy holders on account of ncroased rates. "Why this tenderness toward the water company ? Are they perhaps liberal In any llroctlon ? God * save the mark ! " Now , wo are not required to explain why the mayor has failed to veto the water com pany's bills , although wo think the 'slur Is as much uncalled for as regards Mayor 3omls a's It Is regarding this paper. The 'act ' that we print Mr. Iloslcky's screed In 'nil affords ample proof that his Innuendo Is wsoloss. The Boo pays Its water bills without rebate regularly when they are pre sented. The aggregate paid to the water company for water used In The I3eo-building ast year exceeds $800. In dealing with the water company the city has n right to exact compliance with obligations that can bo fulfilled , but It has 10 right to nsk what Is Impossible. The contract requires the company to maintain water pressure of a given force , and every line the tests have been made they have icon up to the required height and standard. When the contract was mndp In 1881 Omaha covered an area of less than fifteen square nlloa. Slnco then wo hnvo extended this urea to cover twenty-five square miles , ex clusive of South Omaha. Suppose wo had extended the area to fifty square miles ? -ould wo expect the water pressure to bo ho same as It was when the city covered fifteen square miles ? No city of over 100,000 population and covering an area of over twenty miles do- icnds entirely upon hydrant pressure. Chicago cage , Cleveland and Milwaukee own their waterworks , and yet they have flro engines to supplement the hydrant pressure. No rational person will contend that a ilnglo one of the largo buildings destroyed In Omulm during the past year could have been Bavud , no matter to what height the water could have been thrown. Every ono of these buildings was no better than a tinder box and In every Instance the flro was checked before It made much headway beyond the building In which. It originated. The Sblverlck and Orchard buildings wore full ot combustible * , and BO was the lloston otoro and adjacent storei. Each of these buildings w s completely enveloped In flame from cellar to roof In teas than ten minutes , n'nd twenty streams ot water 1 ! > 0 feet high could not have saved these ntructures or their contents , The old Iloyd theater WAS doomed just as soon as the fire ran through the flics , Uropklyn has' cnrtalnly a gooJ flro force and an ample water supply. Hut wo remember how 300 people were roasted to death In n Drooklyn theater a few years ago ami the building was n total ruin. The Bamo la true of theaters and opera houses In a dozen larger cities than Omaha , where flro protection la ample. The best proof that the lack ot water pressure has no bearing upon the raising of Insurance rates Is the fact that rates have gone up In every city In Nebraska within the past six months. Wo do not attempt to defend the water company for excessive charges. The con tract fixes the scale for private consumers , and If the company exceeds these rates parties can recover In the courts. One fact must also be borne In mind , and that Is that the water company Is now in the hands of a receiver , and the city can' ' no moro force It to enlarge Its works than It can force the Union Pacific to finish Us depot - pot so long as It lacks the necessary funds to complete the building. There will a tlmo como when the city will own the water works , Viut until then we can only exact what Is reasonable. ItKl'KAti Ol" VEDfUAli KLKCTIOX TiAWS. Hy n vote of 38 to 2D the United States Konato yesterday repealed the federal elec tion laws. There Is now only wanting the signature of the president to the measure , which undoubtedly will be promptly at tached , In order to complete this part of the democratic policy. The repeal of these laws was demanded by the national plat form of the democracy and was made n side Issue In the national campaign. Very few people outsldo of lite southern 'states , however , paid any attention to It ns an Issue , yet iono the less the democratic party proceeded to wipe these laws from the statute books on the assumption that It Is a popular demand , adopting the same theory with reference to this question as It did re garding the tariff. As was said in the report of the minority of the senate committee on privileges and elections , the laws which it is proposed to repeal were enacted largely for the se curity of elections In northern cities. They were passed chiefly In consequence of frauds and crimes which had been committed by the democratic party In the city of New York , under the leadership of Tweed and his associates. In their operation they have nowhere prevented the casting and counting , freely and fairly , of the full democratic vote of the country. The strong est evidence of this Is to bo found in the last presidential election , when the demo crats obtained control of the presidency and both houses of congress without any com plaint of having been unduly Interfered wither or obstructed. But the demand of the party In national convention that these laws should bo wiped out had been made , the democratic organization of New York City against which they were chiefly di rected when passed , with the whole south ern element of the party , insisted that the platform pledge should bo carried out , and so far ns the representatives of the democ racy are concerned they have compiled. It Is not doubted that Mr. Cleveland will respond with equal alacrity. That accom plished all national authority over federal elections , so far ns the protection of voters Is concerned , will bo at' an end. Then Tammany will be free to exercise Its pe culiar methods without restraint and the democracy of the south will be moro cer tain than ever of maintaining the political solidity of that section. N Off TJlfl DKCLUfE. * Official statistics show that there was a falling off In Immigration last year , as com pared with 1892 , of over 54,000 , the total for the year from all countries being 448- 775. This was expected In view of the financial and business conditions , and It Is highly probable that the decline for the current year will be still moro marked. In the classification ot the immigration by countries , Germany and Poland show a great decline In the volume of Immigration to the United States , while Italy , almost alone of all European countries , sent evermore moro of her people than ever , the obvious explanation of this being In the financial , Industrial and political crises in that coun try. It Is noted ns a curious circumstance that while Austria-Hungary as a whole records a decline , from Austria outsldo of Bohemia and Hungary there was a decided Increase in the Immigration , and It was nearly all concentrated In the last six months of the year , Indicating that the people - plo of Austria did not know of the business depression hero or were In such' straits at homo that they concluded they could bo no worse off by coming to the United States. There was a largo decline In the Immigra tion from Poland and also from Germany , the figures for the latter country being 89- 003 in 1893 , against 118,278 in 1892. There was a very slight falling oft from Russia and not much ot a decline from Sweden and Norway , while the United Kingdom sent over just about the same number as In the year before. The Immigration of last year was largo as compared with that during 1885 and 188G and 18S9 and 1890 , but below the average for the other years from 1880 onward. It Is to bo observed in connection with this sub- led , also , that this Immigration does not represent an actual Increase of the popula tion from foreign sources , for there must bo subtracted from It nn emigration of at cast one-third the number and perhaps more , There has been an extraordinary movement to Europe during the last few nontlis ot former Immigrants , some of the steamship companies reporting that they carried back more of this class than they wrought over. Thus far In the present year mmlgratlon has been light , and there Is reason to expect that It will continue to bo during the rest of the year. THK DKl'llKSSlOtf A1IUOA1) . The returns ot the British Board of Trade for 1893 , Just made public , a London dis patch saya have produced a profound 1m- iresslon throughout the country and deep ened the gloom caused by the commercial depression. A casual study of these re- .urim will show that tltu'o Is good reason for this. For last year the value of British Imports fell oft over J78.000.000 as compared with 1892 and over $102,000,000 as compared with 1R91 , In exports * there was a fulling oft In value In 1893 as compared with the preceding year of oyer $40,000- 000 , leaving n largo apparent trade balance against Uio country. It has been argued In congress by those who advocate the Brlt- sh economic system that the adverse trade balances shown for several years by the dlt- 'erenco between Imports and exports are nercly apparent and have no real effect upon the prosperity ot the country. This Is not the vlow ontorlnlnod In England , where the latest trade returnstcAllcd out the declara tion that "our niifcMvauntod free compe tition 1ms over-rejjjfip l Itself. " The fact Is that Urn commercial depression In Great Britain , which hasifcxl.'fted for several year * , has convinced n vor ? largo liody of the people that the erpmjmc , ! policy of the na tion In unwise utiJj It. Is not surprising to find the opinion ncprfisscd that the latest developments as ttrnde conditions would have n tendency to advance llic cause of radicalism and republicanism there , The obvious fnctijsUliat free trade Eng land Is not holding her own In the mar kets of the world < 'fcsplto ' | | of the fact that her manufactuTortft'hai'o ' free raw material , and this very Instructive ICSBOH ought to bo carefully pondered by American advo cates of the English economic policy. She has evidently lest ground In competition with the other Industrial nations of Europe and It does not militate against tills vlow to say that those nations are also Buffering from depression. They are no worse if so badly oft as England In this respect , and It Is to be remembered that the latter has had the advantage ot many moro years effort In securing the world's markets , be sides which Is the further Important con sideration that the Industries of England do not have to bear the heavy burden of Internal taxation which those of Germany and Franco bear for sustaining enormous military establishments. It would seem that the only hope of the Industrial Interests of Great Britain Is In the SUCCCBS of the democratic tariff plllcy In this country and whatever benefits they derive from that must be at the expense of American In dustries. That the British manufacturers are eagerly hoping that this policy will pre vail Is well known and there nppqars to bo no doubt that they will bo gratified. It Is Impossible to say how great the bene fits from this policy will bo , but It is cer tainly counted upon to Increase largely the Incomes of British manufacturers. In view of the fact that England , with free trade and a much lower average of wages In manufacturing Industries than prevails In this country , Is not maintaining her po sition In the markets of the world , what becomes of the theory that the United States can acquire n larger foothold In those mar kets under the proposed democratic tariff policy ? Is It not clearly apparent that the effect of that policy will be to surrender a largo share of the home market to our com mercial rivals without any compensating re turn In the foreign markets , already fully occupied and where wo will not be permitted If those who possess them can by any pos sibility keep us out ? The returns of Brit ish trade furnish nn interesting and Instruc tive lesson which ought not to be lost on American statesmen. The city Is advertising for proposals to furnish electric arc. lights for street lighting purposes for a period .of three years , com mencing March 1 , 1894. The Invitation for proposals Is adjusted t 'tho ' basis of voltage , for which .the locai electric lighting com pany has been clamoring for some tlmo past , and this Innovation will be welcomed If It serves to end thq , , se'emlngly Interminable disputes over candle power and to enable the city to bo sureHhat'lt ' Is getting exactly what It Is contracting for. But In other re spects the advertisement leaves several things to bo desired. If there Is any ad vantage In making a''three-year contract Instead of a one-year contract the citizens should know the difference. This could be readily ascertained' 'Dy ' 'asking for bids for ono , two and fhrod"yoars1' respectively , and making sure that some concession In price was being made for the longer term. It Is Idle to expect competition in the matter'of furnishing the city with electric arc lights , as there Is but ono company In a position to supply the service. That company now has a contract for 100 lights that does not expire until November iiext. Letting a con tract now for three years gives It a vlce- llko grip upon the city and enables It to force a renewal of the second agreement so soon as it terminates. There Is no reaoon why the city should bo bound by two or three contracts for electric lighting expiring at different times. Were all the lamps brought under a single contract the city would be nblo to demand bettor terms. As It stands now there Is no possibility ( pr It to throw oft the yoke of the electric lighting company , because , although one contract might bo dropped , the other will contlune the company In power. Henry George Is again enthusiastically ad vancing his pot project of the single tax on land values as the solo remedy and general panacea for all the economic Ills which man Is heir to. Ho must derive his encourage ment for this now agitation from the passage - sago of the Wilson tariff bill by the lower house of congress and the prospect for con stantly recurring deficits In the yearly rev enues of the federal government. If every congress should bo compelled to scrape around for money to defray the expenses of the government , Mr. George might possibly find ono In the not far distant future that would be willing to glvo his plan a trial. And llko all the owners ot patent medicines , ho Is himself convinced that "after ono trial you will use no other. " Up to this tlmo Mr. George has boon content to preach his doctrine ns nn economic principle. Politics have been Incidental only. Now that a bill embodying his vlows has found Its way Into congress and several advocates ot the single tax have vented tholr vlows on this question on the floor ot the house , It will bo quite possible that the Idea of a single tax party may bo again put forward only to fall from 'avor as soon as Industrial prosperity re turns. A letter to ono of the Now York papers calls attention to the .fact that the recent special congressional- elections in that city cost the taxpayers'U s\lm in the neighbor hood of $100,000. These elections were re quired to fill vacanblcn1 caused , not by the ' ' deaths ol the prece'dl'fig1 incumbents , but by ; he resignations of'fw'o Tammany congress men , who were suiilino'ned to fill moro lu crative offices und fj'tho local government. To glvo thcso two nvjn soft berths It became necessary to Hot all'itha ' election machinery n two congressional1 ; districts In motion. This machinery Is n [ Tammany hands , so that Tammany got the money expended , and that was what Tanfmajiy wanted , oven at the cost ot ono congressman. xiinn MK t .1 , v.vttMt isit.tftn. Burglars blew the ftafc In the D.iykln post- office to pieces ami secured $12 In rash nnit $200 worth of stumps , After wearing hnrself out nurBliiK her huftlmnd and children through attack * ot typhoid fever , Mrs. Milton Booth of Tlldcn Riiccumbed to an attack ot the grip , The hardware sloro of Ncsblt & IlogerH ot Fremont has been closed by creditor. Alliance celebrated the oponlni ; nf the consolidated land ofllco nt that place by a banquet and ball. Representative ) * were present from many towns in northwestern Nebraska and Wyoming. The Iowa and Nebraska division of the Treubttnd has Just held Its grand lodge ses sion at Plattsmouth , winding up the meet ing with n grand masquerade ball. Dele * gates were present from lodges nt Omaha , South Omaha , Council Bluffft , Mncoln. Dcnl- BOH , In. , Olinrlton , Charter Onk , Wllhelm , Mlndon , Underwood. Norfolk , Madison , Ger- inanln , Pllgcr and Fremont. Away back In 1SCO thirty-three years ago 'Squire Oailoitnn of Brayton lived In Nova Scotia and bought eighty Bhares In the International Coal Mining company of Cape Breton , Nova Scotln , nt $50 n share , snyB the Greeley Herald. Two years nfter- wardH , in 1SR2 , the company failed and the 'oqulre put down his Investment as a dead lofB and soon thought no more nt It. In fact , ha had almost forgotten the trans action entirely , when ono day lost week ho received n letter from Capo Breton an nouncing that the coal mines belonging to the company ho mipposiod defunct hnd been sold for $1,000,000 , anil nuking him to send on proof of posiinsston of stock , and Intimat ing that It would bo paid In full with In- toroBt. The 'ftqulro , naturally , lost no tlmo In replying to this letter , and may have to make a trip to Capo Breton to close up the inaUor. Wo congratulate Mr. Cadcgan on his good luck and pray that ho may live many years to enjoy the unexpected little fortune , The South Park Baptist church of Platts- mouth hi torn and almost disrupted ns the result of a festival given several weeks ago. After the function was over It was discovered that a portion of the provender , consisting of a pair of yellow-legged chickens and some pieces of chlnawaro , had been stolon. The strange disappearance of the fowls an 1 dishes naturally caused an Investigation , and ono of the lady members of the congrega tion was Rusplcloncd as having appropriated the missing property. A church trial fol lowed behind locked doors , which resulted In the accused being cleared of the charge as far as one chicken and the dishes were concerned , but guilty of taking ono chicken , which was not looked upon as a serious offense. The other night a business meetIng - Ing was held to consider the matter of having a special ofllccr at the church to preserve order during service. Whllo this mat.ter was being discussed pro and con the woman who was mixed up in the chicken case brought up that topic and Insisted on being heard. An attempt to call her to order resulted In naught but confusion , In the midst of which the woman continued to talk , and everyone else appeared to be doing the same thing. Finally the woman's hus band came to the rescue and Induced her to keep silence. But the disturbance had the effect of bringing the meeting to a closp , and now the congregation Is badly divided , with poor prospects of a reconciliation. A Fool'B 1'iirnctlflo. Cincinnati Knqulrer ( ilcm.t The scene In the house of representatives yesterday upon the conclusion of the de bate on the tariff bill was hysterical In the .extreme. The concluding speech was made by Mr. Wilson , who occupies the bad emi nence of the authorship ot the bill. The press report says : "Members threw papers and records Into the nlr and cheered , Indies In the gallery waved their handkerchiefs , and amid the excitement Mr. Breckinrldge of Arkansas rushed up to Mr. Wilson and put hlH arms around his neck. This excited tremendous enthusiasm. "Messrs. Tucker , Bryan and Williams lifted Mr. Wilson on their shoulders and carried him down the aisle to the demo cratic cloak room. " If Messrs. Tucker , Bryan and Williams had the slightest conception of the public sentiment concerning this absurd measure they would have been otherwise engaged than In carrying Mr. Wilson on their shoul ders clown the aisle of the house. If the senate should pass the bill. Messrs. Tucker , Bryan and Williams would be able to carry on their phouldcrw all that would bo left of the dc'mocrntlo party -when the polls close on election day next November. The noise that this mutual admiration so ciety were able to make over one another In the house Is mistaken by them for pop ular enthusiasm. We commend them to the refrain of the song , "Oil , what a dif ference In the morning. " Qulgg'fl HcrriiU-im Tusk. M'a-Mn ton tar. The builders of the Wilson tariff bill now await with no Inconsiderable amount of trepidation the appearance in the congres sional arena ot Representative Lemuel Ell QuIgK. Among many things promised by Mr. Qulgg In the course of his successful campaign was the smashing of the Wilson bill. When or how or where or by what means the promise will be made good Is the present mystery and the cnuso of much tariff-reform nervousness. The complete destruction of a measure that went through the house by n vote of 201 to HO , and Is therefore out of Mr. QulKB's domain for the present , IH a contract of tremendous mag nitude large enough to affright an experi enced legislator but Lemuel will not shrink from the task he cut out for himself. Keep vour eye on the only strnlghtout repub lican elected to congress by a New York city district In ten year3. Roform'x l-'also 1'rolonso. > Ac' ' I o It Mm The rnndld supporters of the Wilson bill acknowledge that it will be detrimental to that grout section of our working popula tion which Is employed In manufacturing' Industries. They claim , on the other hand , that the measure will signally promote the welfare of the American farmer. If they are really noting In his Interests , they are In duty bound to cut out of the Wilson bill those provisions which admit , duty free , many of the natural products of Canada , whllo largely reducing the dutlcB upon others. Most of those provisions are strokes levelled , not at the manufacturers , but nt the farmers ot the United States. They nre , therefore , anomalies. Inconsistencies , excrescences , that can not be reconciled with the professed purpose of the bill , I.eitvo tlio Judiciary Alone. ( t. I'rtilf Glnlie , The proposed amendment to the consti tution , which has been favorably considered by the house committee on Judiciary , limit ing the terms of federal Judges to ten years , will not commend Itself to public favor. Much of the esteem in which our federal courts are held Is duo to the per manent tenure of olllco of the Judges , who are thus removed from political and mer- rennry Influences , and , being compelled to take no heed for the future , can devote their entire tlmo nnil their undivided tal ents to the work of the courts. Any change that would tend to make politicians of our judges would be n change for the worse , uiul tend to degrade the Judiciary In the public estimation , Jiiilgolloliiiiui 1'artly lllght. G'diclmiutf Knqiiircr ( iltm ) Congressman Ilolman says the income feature Is one of the good things ot the tar iff bill and that It will give the bill the sup port of some western republicans and the liopullsts. Judge Ilolman may be right In part of his proposition. The Income amend ment has the moral support of nearly all the republicans in the house eastern us well IIH western not on principle , but as u means of mnklnir democratic legislation as odious as possible. No doubt , rather than sec the income amendment fall , the republi can managers will contribute a wood many votes to It. They would prefer to keep quiet , but will bo on hand If needed. Ambition. Who would have said ten years nijo that John O. Carlisle would Imitate oilier secre taries of the treasury and use the olllco as n stepping stone to the presidency of u. mtlonul bunk ? Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ; .ir.V J'.ITIi. . . . . Trnmciidiitii l'rr iuro lUrrtiMl for III * Conllriimtlon. The Washington r-orrcopomlont of the Chicago cage Times , under ( Into of the Gth , thus pic tures the KtrtiRRlo between the Cleveland and Hill force * : Senators I'ugh nnil Hill nre busy rending all kinds of damaging inlnslvcs to the coni- mltteu Of and concerning this would-be Judge ( Pcckham ) . There Is n tremendous battle going on behind the sonatn curtalnx. It Is Cleveland against Mill. Pccklmm , who might make n doubtful justice of the pence , uiitl who In all respects save that of a cranky mugwump linn but Indifferent fame , Is not In his utitltiiess being considered at all. Nor has the vacant chair on the supreme premo bench entered Into the dlHcuislon. Tlio subject Is merely that of Cleveland against Hill , and the conic * ! Is being waged on purely ward caucus lines. This Peckham affair , from any point Of vlow , Is u dis grace. It ought to glvo the correct nsaay of Cleveland , nnd teach n befooled public that ho won't run ( en ounces to the ton , "It doesn't look tonight as much llko beating Pcckhnm as It did. Dumped Into the Dcnnto llko n load of white house garbage , this Kad-odorcd nomination would have been cursed and damned by senate disapproval In n moment. But the Horn- blower defeat taught Cleveland the neces sity of effort. Ho learned that ho couldn't qultn cinch a saddle on the senate nnd rklo It as ho chose Now ho has started In openly nnd without n blush to buy enough voles to confirm Pcckham. Today ho named Cockroll's brother-in-law , John Waller , to bo United Stales attorney for tha west Missouri district. Ho also offers the mnrslmlshlp of the same district to that confederate hard rider. General Joe Shelby. These two names are expected to purchase the two Missouri senators. To day's list shows a plenteous remembrance , of Iowa , Illinois nnd Indiana In n postolllco way , nnd marks how the white house lariat Is whirling In the horned vicinity of such shaggy leaders of the senate herd as Al lison , Palmer and Voorhces. It Cleveland can buy or bribe Pccklmm's confirmation with patronage ho will do It. And It looks gloomily as If ho might succeed. It Is about as barefaced and villainous display of white house Interference with the senate as has yet been shown. " IIKHK J.VJ > TIIKKR. Notwithstanding reports to the contrary Gladstone seems resigned to his Job. The cohesive power of Italian politics enabled Minister Crlspl to accumulate $1- 000,000. Da Gama's demand for nn "absolutely civil government" was courteously responded to with shot. Blue-Eyed Billy Sheehan essayed the czar act In the Now York senato. A Saxon col lared him and the Celt went down. Ochono ! The Chicago Times has diagnosed the case of the New York Sun and pronounced It "sen- llo gangrene. " Harmony blooms apace. The original ghost dancer at Walker's Lake will doubtless Improve the opportunity of turning that Nevada meteor to his own account. Ills business has languished for some time. Major Allan Wilson , who was slaughtered by King Lobengula , was a tall , powerful fellow of military build and bearing. Though only 35 years of ago he had seen sixteen years of hard service In South Africa. Mayor Hopkins has discovered that Chicago cage Is being robbed by office holders , and a reduction of salary must be had. There appears to be no obstacle to the mayor re turning a portion of what he has already drawn. The Detroit Free Press gravely announces that the Omaha Bridge and Terminal struc ture "crosses the Big Muddy at Topeka. " The writer's amazement at the length and weight of the "draw" Is excusable under the circumstances. The appearance of a legislative Investi gating committee In New York City coin cides with a , sudden impairment of the health of Boss Croker. Ho has started for the Pacific coast to recruit and avoid Inquis itive annoyances. Ward McAllister , king of Gotham's 400 , hurls a cold , clammy stare at Congressman Bryan because the latter ridiculed his royal prerogatives during the Income tax debate. Ward points to his revolutionary ancestry and Intimates that reflections on his patriotIsm - Ism are the emanations of conceited ploblans. George C. Hunter ot Oakland , Cnl. , has just como out ot the surgeon's hands with out a memory. His skull was fractured by a flying bolt and the brain was injured. Al though he is now otherwise perfectly well , he cannot remember his wife or his mother. Although ho had a good education he can now neither read nor write. Mrs. Clara Mlndoch Is ono of Uncle Sam's lighthouse keepers who has been retained for many years in splto of nil political changes. Her husband was appointed keeper of the Rondout light during Presi dent Plerco's administration. He died after ono year's service , nnd since that time Mrs. Mlndoch has attended to the duties. In Chicago tlio ether day Colonel R. G. Ingersoll was asked what ho thought of the Income tax bill. "I think It's a tax on brains , " ho replied. "I don't wonder Cleve land favors It. Why , there is no moro sense for the democratic party to tax Incomes than there would bo for the republican party to tax Cleveland because ho la fat. An income tax Is a fight against nature. Nature gave some men moro brains than others. To tax a man's brains Is to try to combat nature , and In the history of the unl- verso that never yet has been permanently accomplished with success. " TO t-'iai > nut XKWS. ( . 'ompiirUon llrt\rcrii Tupem I'rlnlril Vrnti'r- < luy \ > f Tim lire nnil Would-lln Hliul . The dally comparison between the amount of rending matter , excluMvo ot commercial Mown nnd advertisement ! , printed In The Bee , \ VorldHeratdnnd Mncoln Journal , gives llio following II R urea tot * yesterday : MornliiK Itei' , lontr > wldo columns 37'i MorningW.ll. . . short narrow columns. , 27M Lincoln Journal , nhurt , narrow columns KvenliiK Ileo , long , wldo columns , . , , . , . , .15(1 ( Evening W.-H. , short , narrow columns. 31 ItKKX JilHnXON. w Dallas NCWB : 8lze ranks merit when they come to blown. Albany Press : A nlrl may bo nlmost par doned for throwing herself nt n man If he Is u good ditch , Minneapolis Times ; If imnn gets tip when the dav breaks can he be said to have a whole day before him ? Truth : "Old llrown Is dead. " "I'm not surprised. More than forty yenrs ago he told a girl that If she refused him ho would die , nnd she did refuse him. " Inter Ooenn ! "Cloodluck has hnd hlw snl- ary raised ; was It for extra work ? " "Vest ; he nlwnys listens when the proprietor tells his baby's smart sayings. " Detroit Tribune : "You nro charged , " said the justice , "with voting twice In one day , " "I know It , your honor , " replied the cul prit , meekly , "but hit wur lliu best I could do. I onn't vote fast ns 1 useter , 'count o" the rheumatism. " Somervllle Journal : Wing Dobson nnil Wnde nro half brothers , did you know It ? TyiiR No , I didn't know that ; but I al ways knew he wasn't moro than half a man. Puck : Mrs. Funnyman John , when was the first Joke on the mother-in-law made ? Mr. Funnyman When Noah went Into the nrk nnd left her out. Detroit Free Press : Judge I shall sen tence you to twenty years for wrecking that tftxln Prisoner I presume , judge. If I had wrecked the whole road you would huvo boon glad to huvo dined with me nt my palatial residence. Harper's Bnznr : "When I last met you , If I am not mistaken , you had an exceed ingly heavy board. " "Just so Just so ; hnd It cut oft four months ago and made Into a shoulder caps for my wife. See ? " Washington Star : "What do ycr think of the Income tax ? " asked Plodding Polo. "I ain't got no objections to It , " replied Meandering -Mike. "Only It does seem ter me thet the government might go the whole length ov the strlm ? an" pervldo every man weth an Income ter lit It. " ' SECLUSION . Cleveland I'lnln llmler. HP sat In the gloom nnd silence alone. While the wild wind o6ntlnued Its whistle , And he snm ; to himself In confident tone For his heart was ns light ns a thistle. The wind not alone did the whistling that night Whllo the youth In the gloom was abid ing Ono whistled without , In n sorrier plight. The collector from whom he was hiding. o TOO man i'oii ii.inr. Latest /'Diilir ] ( Snug. Though the world all its beautiful treas ures may bring. There's nothing too rich for the baby. He sits at the table and rules like a king. There's nothing lee rich for the baby. When the turkey Is carved 'till Its frame is a wreck You had betler believe that the child Is on dock , He Kets all the white meat , while yon get the neck ; There's nothing' too rich for the baby ! And nt night they give "Tootsle" your side of the bed. There's nothing too rich for the baby. He stakes out his claim from the foot to the bend , .There's nothing too rich for the baby. And at midnight you waltz on the carpet a spell , Either dangling n rattle or Jingling a bell. He clings to your hair with u wild-west show yell , There's nothing too rich for the baby. I 'buy costly playthings and toys by tha score. There's nothing too rich for the baby , He pulls out their works and keeps crying for more , There's nothing too rich for the baby. Ho chokes the life out of a ten-dollar pup , Ho bites out the side of a beautiful cup. And my diamond set shirt stud , he gobbles that up , There's nothing too rich for the baby. When the minister's calling they bring the kid In , There's nothing too rich for the baby. Of course he shows oft his original sin , There's nothing too rich for the baby. He sticks his dear foot through the clergy man's hat , Ho climbs on his collar and mashes it flat , He spies a bald head nnd he sneezes at There's ' nothing too rich for the baCyl s Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry for , Pitcher's Castof ia. Tlio larirost manors ami aaltora of flno clothes 011 Earth Your mouQy'a worth or your monay The Fire-Fiend Has again got in. his work and did it with a rapidity that is only equaled by the racehorse - horse pace with which 1 wo are disposing of our r r magnificent stock of men's suits and over coats. The out is gen eral all over the store. More particular attention is called to our men's $12 suits that go for $8.50. The suits we are selling now for $16.50 were formerly $20. You can buy a $ b pair of trousers for $4.50 or a $3 pair for $2.25. Those who have patronized us in the past know these to bo more than ordinary bargains and v/eli worthy of your inspection , No matter how low the price , the quality is just as good as ever. BROWNING , KING & CO. , x W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts , , uuyay Aik'Lai ,4C