Nebraska Newspapers

    TIFF OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , MAlim 7. 1891.
THE OMA FIA DAILY BEE.
K. ItOSEV/ATEIl. Editor.
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Republicans are not particularly complain
ing ever tlio outcome of tlio Iowa town
elections. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When will that Inane custom of kissing
tlio queen's hand In acknowledgment of spe
cial favors he abolished by a sensible Eng
lish people ?
The fainting spirits of the democracy In
Nebraska have revived wonderfully since
Tobias Castor took his memorandum book
to Washington.
Curiously enough , the Idea that ( ho two
wings of the democratic party In Nebraska
should consider the policy of fusion seems
to have been overlooked.
The laws on the Nebraska statute books
are written In tolerably plain language ; but
the state has had but very few ofllclals
who could understand thorn.
Mr. Bryan Insists that he U still a demo
crat and will remain with the party. Hut
ho cannot lie a very still democrat even
should 'he remain with the party.
' It has been pertinently suggested that
some of the energy directed at the attain
ment of n greater Now York might bo prof
itably expended In moving for a better Now
York.
Now that Spain nnd Morocco have adjusted
thotr differences by the conclusion of a
treaty , the demons of war are once moro
relegated to South Africa and South
Unerlca.
The health board keeps on adding Inspec
tors of milk and sanitary Inspectors. But
the question , ls what are these Inspectors doIng -
Ing except drawing their pay at the end of
ach month ?
Her majesty Queen Victoria could not announce -
nounco that she parted with her faithful
minister , Mr. Gladstone , with regret , and
dare not say that she parted with htm with
satisfaction , If not with pleasure.
Democratic offlco seekers had bettor prepare -
pare for the storm. The president had luck
against him during his recent expedition
after ducks , and the odds are that ho will
try to got even with the applicants for fed
eral appointments.
The Chicago Herald enumerates twenty-
thrco offices and titles which constitute , the
burden dally weighing down upon the
shoulders of President Harper of the Univer
sity of Chicago. Little wonder that ho Is a
trlflo confused when ho tries to explain
where In the blblo myth ends and revela
tion begins.
Congressman Bryan Is willing to tax
the whole people of the United States to
support a branch mint at his homo town ,
hut ho Is opposed to a policy that will en
able his town or any other town In Nebraska
to support a sugar refinery which would
benefit thousands of farmers. These theo
retical statesmen have some auecr Ideas.
The Importance of the apppllcatlon of the
attorney general to the supreme court for
a now rule carrying into effect the provi
sion * of tlio constitution giving the supreme
court original jurisdiction In civil cases In
which the state Is Itself directly Interested
cannot bo overestimated. Tlio case against
ox-Stato Treasurer Hill and his bondsmen
to recover the money lost In the Capital
National bank failure hinges upon the de
cision of the court upon the application.
Contrary to the general Impression on the
subject of the Influence of hard times upon
births and deaths , the report of the Phila
delphia health board makes out that 1S93
furnished moro births nnd less deaths than
did 1802. Therp Is something defective In
the tlgurca In that the real Influence of hard
times upon the births Is not made apparent
until some tlmo later and tlio absolute
numbers take no account of the movement
of population , If the Inference of the Phila
delphia board Is sustained the sociologists
and economists will have to revise their
thcorle.'i concerning the relation between
hard times and the changes In population.
An Interesting story of how a largo
number of Delaware citizens have In vain
Bought to Induce their tux collector to ac
cept the sums they owe for taxes reaches
us through the Philadelphia Press. It tells
how the collector eluded every effort to find
him until discovered In a Philadelphia hotel ;
how Homo of the citizens followed him up ,
proffered the money and finally loft it on
the floor , only to have the collector kick It
from him. The whole trouble seems to have
arisen from the fact that the collector 1s
n democrat and that the citizens who have
not paid their taxes by a certain tlmo have
their namco stricken from the list of regis
tered voters , The men who have been unable -
able to hava their taxes accepted are of
course republican in politics , whllo those of
tbo same political faith with the collector
have had no dlfllculty In having their money
accepted whenever they have been able to
ratio It. A few more episodes of this
kind ar * . < l the people of Delaware will lusUt
upon divorcing taxpaytug from voting.
run mworrirs' , \sjt \ VKXSIOXS.
The efforts of the democrats to refute the
charge that tlio administration mitt the party
as a whole are unfrlpuilly to the ponaldn
policy ttnfftt- fall , liornusc tlm evidence \ * Incontrovertibly -
controvertibly aRilnit them , Unquestiona
bly there are democrats who believe that the
veterans utinht lo receive BO me en re from the
government , but the mass of the party does
not so think and the dominant clement In
the party Is undeniably hostile to tlm pen-
nloii system. The democrats of the south ,
thorn In not a reasonable doubt , would abolish
ish the Hystem with as little delay ns possi
ble If they had the power. The moro coura
geous ami candid among them do not hcal-
tatc to declare that they would bo glad lo
KCO this done , and they are practically unan
imous In regarding the share of the pension
account coming from that section as a pecu
liarly onerous nnd disagreeable burden. Yet
It appears from a statement made In the
house of representatives Monday that the
contribution from the nouth to pensions Is
comparatively Insignificant. According to
that statement , presumably authentic , the
Foutli contributes less than $15,000,000 to the
revenues of the government , or but little over
\ per cent of the total , nnd the annual dls-
trlbutlon of pension money In that section
amounts to $3,000,000 , or one-third of the
totil revenues derived from It. A republican
representative was not far astray In declar
ing that the south doc.s not contribute a
cent to northern pensions.
The country has not forgotten , nor will It
soon forget , the record of pension vetoes
made by Mr. Cleveland during his first ad
ministration , all with the hearty approval of
the great majority of his party. What evi
dence has ho given since of a change of feelIng -
Ing toward the pensioners ? lie placed at the
head of the Interior department , of which
the pension bureau Is a part , Mr. Hoko
Smith of Georgia , well known to lie hostile
to the pension system , nnd for that reascn se
lected , UK was generally undfrstood , to re
form the system. It Is true that a union
soldier was selected for commissioner of
pensions , but It would seem from his courco
that he was appointed with the understand
ing that ho was to be absolutely subservient *
to the will of his chief. At any rate there
has thus far been complete accord between
them , nnd nobody question : ) that the secre
tary of the Interior Is primarily responsible
for the unjust order suspending pensions
without notice to the pensioners and for the
policy of wholesale rejections that has dis
tinguished the present administration of the
pension bureau. Under a tremendous pres
sure of public opinion the order was niodlflol ,
and there was also a diminution In the num
ber of rejections , but the fact of a deter
mined unfriendliness to the pension system
had been fully shown , nnd there Is not the
least reason for thinking , notwithstanding
the eloquent tribute to Commissioner Loch-
ron as a soldier by his democratic pre
decessor at the liead of the pension bureau ,
General Dlack , that It does not still exist.
Certainly there Is no reason for supposing
that Secretary Smith Is less unfriendly to
the system tha n when he accepted offlco. with
the chief object In vlow of reforming the
pension system as far as possible according
to the southern Idea. Commissioner Loch-
ren could not bo a party to this "reform , " as
It has been disclosed , without Impairing his
claim to be a loyal friend of the old soldier.
The proposed pension appropriation for the
next fiscal year Is , In round numbers ,
$151,000,000 , which fs nearly $16,000,000 less
than the appropriation for the current fiscal
year , ending June 30 next. If this reduc
tion In the pension account can bo made
without doing wrong to veterans having a
Just claim on the beneficence of the govern
ment everybody will agree that It Is most
desirable It should be , made. No one ,
whether an old soldier or not , who Is an
honest man , wishes to have a , single dollar
paid out of the public treasury unless there
is a claim to It of undoubted merit and
legality. Every good citizen desires that the
pension rolls shall bo purged of every name
that obtained a place on them through fraud
and also that the most thorough scrutiny bo
exercised in order to prevent fraud. At the
same time every fair-minded citizen desires
that the old soldiers shall bo treated with
absolute fairness and Justice , and shall not
have their rightful claims rejected or with ,
hold In order to save a few millions of dollars
lars a year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK IMITISII POLITICAL SITUATION.
Lord. Ilosebery Is prime minister of Eng
land. How long ho will continue In that
position It would bo hazardous at this tlmo to
predict. Ho has entered upon the duties of
his great offlco with apparent promise of an
extended tenure. The men who surrouuded
Mr. Gladstone In the ministry seem willing
to continue on with his successor. There Is
dissatisfaction among the radical clement of
the liberal party , but this is not believed to
bo dangerous , for the reason tllat the
numerical strength of this element Is rela
tively Insignificant , whllo It Is thought If
they should fall out of the liberal ranks
their loss would bo moro than made up by
accessions from the liberal unionists. . Other
disgruntled elements seem to create no ap
prehension , Judging from the utterances of
the liberal newspapers. On the surface the
situation appears as calm and placid as If
no change had taken place In the premier
ship , amounting , as ono London correspond
ent expresses it , to the most remarkable
political convulsion this generation has
known. What undercurrents may be at
work or may develop to change the aspect
of the situation It Is Impossible to say , but
It would not bo surprising at any tlmo to see
a manifestation of disturbance inside the
liberal factions which may change the whole
face of British politics.
The generally well Informed London cor
respondent of the Now York Times supplies
iomo light , the authenticity of which ho
poTil Ively affirms , on the political situation
In England which has not appeared else-
whore. Ho states that Mr , Gladstone did
not really wish to resign and hoped up to
Thursday last that thcro would bo such a
spontaneous nnd united demonstration of
liberal members urging him to remain as
would make It possible for him to reconsider
his wavering project of retirement and stay ,
The appeal ho .hoped for was not made , ami
on Thursday ho spoke the final and deci
sive word. In the meantime there s.rang |
into being a concerted boom for Lord Hose >
bory , which It was taken for granted was a
part of Gladstone's program , though this
correspondent says the actual truth is Glad ,
stone desired nothing else so little aa that
Rosobory should succeed him , "It Is ono
of the bitterest of all the regrets which
must bo filling the aged premier's mind
today , " says this correspondent , "that he
Ima to bo succeeded In ofllco by Iloaebery ,
Ills unexpected and , for him , violent attack
on the House of Lords In that painful val <
odlctory speech on Thursday was a last at *
tempt on hla part to hint to his somewhat
Blow-minded party the unwisdom of choos.
lug a poor for their now leader , " The sug
gestion of tills Is that Mr. Gladstone wa&
playing a subtle political game which hU
party were unable to grasp ; but whllo thcro
U a degree of plausibility in this It U not
well Juitlfled by his course. Th" General
opinion Is Hint Lord Honebery wns hln oholc *
nnd that ho recommended him to the queen
IIB his miccesaor.
Dili It can hanlly bo Important to Inquire
as to the concealed circumstances , nnd.doubt-
less , there were Homo In ripnnoetlon with this
change. It Irf mimclettt lo know that It
seami likely to Involve very Important re
forms In the British political system. Nose-
bery has taken the premiership with the dis
tinct , understanding that ho Is to deal with
the hereditary legislators on the lines sug
gested by Mr. Gladstone In his last speech
lit tlio House of Commons , nnd ho will not bo
permitted to evade this obligation. Hn Is no
lens fully committed to the other Internal
policies promised by his predecessor , and
upon which the liberal party must depend
for maintaining Us hold upon the confidence
of the country. The new premier will have
no lack of opportunity to show his ability
as n statesman nnd n leader , of which he has
already given evidence , nnd If ho shall suc
ceed In carrying to a successful Issue the
task devolved upon him ho will take high
rank among British statesmen.
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The police commission has cleared Officer
Bloom of the charge of writing threatening
letters to Mayor Bemls over the signature
of Gultcau-Prendergast. The board , or rather
thrco of Its five members , Mr. Smith and the
mayor abstaining from voting , have vir
tually rendered n Scotch verdict guilty ,
but not proven. Whllo It Is not known Just
what transpired In executive session when
the decision was reached , It Is given out that
the board gave Ofllcer Bloom the benefit of
the doubt because ho denied the charge nnd
one of the experts called to .verify the hand
writing was not positive as to the Identity of
the letter received by the mayor and the
copy made by Dloom before the board. An
other consideration In favor of the accused
was the fact that ho had been an efficient
officer for many years.
Whatever may bo thought of the rlghteous-
nes.s'of Its decls.'oii , all things considered , the
board has seriously impaired the discipline
of the police. This was a very grave offense
If committed by a private citizen , let alone
an officer. It Is not a question .whether
Mayor Bemls Is In harmony with the other
meinbers of the board or Its worst enemy.
Writing Gultcau and Prendergast threats Is
a cowardly way of Intimidation that should
bo repressed by the police authorities. Men
who write such letters are capable of worse
things. They incite anarchy , either to
avenge a personal grievance or to right an
Imaginary public wrong.
In this case there was circumstantial evi
dence , coupled with a very closa resemblance
lit handwrifng. The si oiling mistaVoi In the
original letter wore repeated In the copy
made by the accused and the original letter
was written on a blank similar to that pro
cured by the officer some days before. As
suming that all this Incriminating testimony
waa misleading , and granting that the charge
was not clearly proven , wh > * did not the
board acquit Officer Bloom promptly. Instead
of holding Its decision back for five weeks ?
What will the effect of such a course bo
upon the police force , which Is already badly
demoralized by Internal dissensions and other
Influences that will make Its reorganization
an absolute necessity at no distant day ?
It Is but natural that a few citizens feel
called upon to protest against the use of
Jefferson square for a market place ; All
that has been said about the beneficence of a
breathing spot In the center of town may be
admitted and yet stronger arguments for the
proposed change can be presented. It is
a question of the greatest good to the great
est number. To thousands of people the
problem of subsistence outweighs all others ,
They are engaged In the battle of existence
and are not concerned In the location of
shaded breathing spots. If , then , the estab
lishment of a public market house shall reduce -
duce the cost of living to a few thousand
people and provide employment for me
chanics in the construction of a market
hou-so and auditorium the plea for , breathing
spots loses Its force. As a matter of fact
the whole city of Omaha is a big breathing
spot. With our principal thoroughfares
twenty feet wider than Broadway , New
York , and with blocks at least a third
shorter than they are In other cities wo get a
superabundance" of air all the year round ,
nnd sometimes n good deal moro than we
want. The people who avail themselves
of Jefferson square as a breathing spot
are for the mdst part people whoso stomachs
need filling more than their lungs , unless wo
exclude the clasa that made It a trystlng
place , oven under the glare of the electric
lamps. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The State Board of Educational Lands nnd
Funds has recently made some heavy pur
chases of bonds for the permanent school
fund. The activity of the board has been
marked since public sentiment was aroused
upon the question of state finances some
weeks ago. Still It Is not to be denied that
the board Is handicapped to gome extent
by the limitations of the constitution. It
Is permitted to invest the permanent edu
cational funds of the state in state nnd
county bonds only. There Is no probability
that the state will make another bond
Issue for many years , and county bonds are
becoming scarcer every year. The heavy
bond Issues of the future will bo made by
the progressive nnd growing cities of the
state. Municipal bonds should bo as safe
and reliable for Investment purposes as
county bonds , and with proper care the In
terests of the educational funds of the state
could bo as well subserved by Investment
In municipal securities. An amendment to
the constitution In this respect would result
to the advantage of the permanent educa
tional funds of the state.
The Japanese government displays Its In
terest In the money question by sending a
special commissioner to the United States
and Mexico to Investigate and report upon
the monetary situation In those countries
and the opinions prevailing there. In this
country every citizen , no matter what his
occupation may happen to bo , assumes to
bo able to discuss the most Intricate financial
problem without the slightest preparation.
When Japan finally comes to act It will have
the materials at hand to enable It to form an
Intelligent opinion. But wo In the United
States are not to bo compared with the
people of Japan ,
The complaint of the local caterers against
the action of the Commercial club In harbor
ing a restaurant under its root and with Us
encouragement is the same old cry * that Is
raised by ono Interest or another every time
a now Industry Is established hero. Clubs
of various kinds , commercial , political and
social , are accustomed to maintain restaurant
facilities In their rooms , and this Is not to be
considered an attack upon the business of
outside caterers. Whether the club should con
duct It Itself or let It out on contract Is
merely a question of economy and expedi
ency. The outside caterers are hurt no more
than It a restaurant wore opened by some
newcomer who likewise nppcnlod to the pat-
ron.iRo of their nistomors. To remonstrate
b to assert thajjho | men already In business
nro afraid of competition. Those who nro
Blvliift Inferior * ift > rvlco must expect to be
reeled out In l inco for the survival of the
fittest. Compqtuyn U the life of trndo and
the more now business houses wo can get
the moro busltJ ( will Ihero b < ? created for
oil to slmro. . „ , .
There Is ono noticeable feature about the
republican nentlnimt In Nebraska this year.
The republicans of * the state are Insisting
that men shall ftetptaceit on the ticket who ,
If elected , will | ) luy the laws on the statute
books. The people of.tho state have a right
to demand that their public servants shall
follow the laws laid down on the
statute books and not evade them.
They have the right to demand that
the officials who compose the various
state boards shall do their duly as the law
directs. For ; the pant ten years or more
the state oillclals have studiously Ignored
the law or evaded its provisions. The state
funds have been carelessly handled. The
railroad law has not been enforced. The
State Board of Transportation has become n
serviceable tool for the railroads.Hie state
treasurer's olllce has been made the ren
dezvous for a gang of looters. The stale
Institutions have boon conducted with ex
travagance , mixed with carelessness. The
members of the rings which Infest the state
capital have been given every protection ,
while the people have been denied every
right. This Is no overdrawn arraignment.
It Is the solemn truth and the people of
Nebraska realize It at last. Honest
methods must hereafter prevail or the repub
lican party will bo swept out of existence au
far as Nebraska Is concerned. The repub
lican party of the stale Is strong enough to
correct the abuses which have grown up
under Us administration of the affairs of the
otato for a quarter of n century. But It
cannot correct them by permitting the same
old crowd of professional politicians to as
sume control of the party.
Of what use la our milk inspection If It
does not serve to' secure a higher standard
of milk ? The successive reports of the Inspector
specter show that milk la being delivered
to consumers in this cily that does not meet
the requirements of a test. When people
pay for milk they are entllled lo rccalvo
milk and not colored water. If the samples
examined by the milk Inspector continue
deficient some steps , ought to bo taken to
Impress their duties to their patrons a little
more vividly upon the minds of the delin
quent dealers. '
Ciiiinnt Iti Knpt Don ll.
Kansas City Stnr.
Nothing will be uccompllnhed , however ,
and slow progress be made In Hie revival
of business If we do nothing but talk niul
Indefinitely postpone uctlon. In order to
reach certalntlpHjiWe must proceed In Phort
order nnd with' a htrong , patriotic hand to
dispel uncertainties.
Idrn.
Sti Louis Republic.
Senator Morgan : Is In favor of the nnncx-
allen of Hawaii and also of guarnnleeliiK
$100,000,000 In bpnds of , Ihc Nicaragua canal
enlerprlso. It inlRht not be Just to judge
the senator by ellher of these propositions
standing alone , but taken together thuv
may be considered ns complements of each
other. _ _ _
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Get Down to Work.
WaxjrlnKton Post.
It Is , of coursfc very plcnsnnt to have
business men , from the past comment In
words of praise , pnnc speedy recovery of
the west from , the recent chill which struck
the whole country./rhe people of the west ,
however , have known for three months
what the caBternei'8 > 5re Just finding out. A
good country , like a good man , cannot be
kept down very long.
The Tail Sycamore Tenrs the f > nlc.
Cincinnati Commercial. *
Thcro are evidences that Hon. Daniel
Wnllupem Voorhees of Indiana la rapidly
losing his grip on the affections of his con-
Htltuents. The Wabash cuckoo Is receiving
Innumerable loiters , reminding" him of the
fact that Indiana worklngrrjcn cannot live
on wind , no matter how minutely the sen
ator may explain the plan , Indiana farmers
and artisans ! are awake to the fact that
Mr. Voorhees' beloved Wilson bill will be n
revenue decreaser , and not n revenue raiser ,
so far as they are concerned.
Alignment of Ilrltlnli Parties.
HutTnlo Kxpross.
The question of n successor to Gladstone
tnnv result In a new alignment of parties
In England. The brains of the liberal move
ment , Gladstone being off the stage , nre
now In the radical partv. It would not be
surprising If the radicals should take the
place which the liberals now hold ns the
chief party opposed to the conservatives ) ,
while the conservatives will advance to the
drounil occupied by the more moderate
liberals nnd unite with them.
The Full of n 1'IIlar.
ChlcuRO Herald.
The British liberal party has not n man
to take Gladstone's place In other matters.
He possesses the unalterable confidence of
the majority of the British people. He Is
nn anointed leader of men. He has n com
manding place in the popular heart. The
llrltlsh government has stood greater
shocks than the loss of a man like Glad
stone , and will endure to receive many
more such shocks. Hut lucre Is weakness
ami an accompanying sense of dread pro
duced by the fall of so Important and nobla
a pillar of the vast ptruclure.
The Conl Huron * ' Squeeze.
St. 1'aul I'lonecr Press.
The coal business evldcnlly doesn't pay.
The Lehlgh Coal company , for example ,
has just been released from the hands of a
receiver. In eleven months Its profits
amounted to JB.OOO.OOO. or It made that
amount somehow and paid all Its debts In
full. Considering that the- prices of nearly
all commodities have fallen to a lower level
that has ever before been known In thla
country , while those of coal have lien ilg-
Idly maintained , this Is not surprising.Uut
Isn't It really dreadful to thlnlc of ( he dTB
tressed condition to which Hie coal com
panies have been reduced by the hard
times ?
Causes of the Itcront DcprcKRlon ,
Hilwnnl Kcmblo In the North American Review.
In periods of depression men look for
a cause , and ae.very ; likely to jump nt a
conclusion. Thv/fiausu of Ihe present de
pression In business now long continued
was at first said' to he the purchasing of
silver by the Kavcrnment ; HO the purchasing
clause of thtj arjt-of IS'Jl , commonly called
the Sherman net , .was repealed. Then the
financial panic or1 semi-panic wns said to
bo the cause. I That noon passed. Then
the trouble waa , attributed to the scarcity
of money. Now there la a plethora of
money. Later ( Me cause wan said to be
the expected nuwitarlff bill. This hill has
been before the 'public ' for weeks , and the
worst Is known. These so-called "causes"
have all disappeared , but their disappear
ance has not put a wheel In motion nor n
hand to work.rll la not , perhaps , within
the scope of the-ffrcatest Intelligence ) to ac
count siitlsfactorttly for the present state of
affairs. U Is . .wqrhl-wkle. Its beulnnlnt ;
may bo traced tqiho time , three years ago ,
marked by thd'l'fallure of the Darings.
Next came ( hqjcrsls ) In Argentine affairs.
Then , shortly , the. panic In Australia , anil
later this wiwe-'bf depression over the
United States , \vhlch does not yet recede ,
although the supposed causes have been
eliminated.
It 11 llt < > tlH Atfl ) TIIK C
Springfield flcpubllcan- The next thing to
engage the house Is apparently lo be Iho lm <
penchment of Judgn Jenkins. Nobody , of
counso , takes Iho resolutions of Ihe hoiiso
mhor committee nerlously ; for tlm judge ,
oypn HUpposlnu his decision against the
Northern Pacific employes outrniioous , has
not committed nn ImpeAchahlo offense. What
, the house alms nt la to notify federal judgc.s
thai they nro taking too much on them
selves.
Now York World : Judge Jenkins at Mil
waukee pn Friday Interpreted his Northern
Pacific order In such fashion ns to take the
atrocity out of It. On Its face Iho order
{ presented the doctrine that when n railroad
passes Into the hands of a receiver thr men
employed upon It lose their rHxcnllal rights
ns men ; that they ate no longer free , aa
other men nro , lo quit the road'n employ
ment because of dissatisfaction with terms
or wages , but may be compelled by the court
lo continue work nt nny wage or under any
conditions that tliu receiver may prescribe.
The doctrine la monstrous , and It Is well tn
bo rid of It. whether by Interprctallon 01
otherwise.
Chicago Times : The Northern Pacific la
on a back tack. Its lawyers have conceded
that the Jenkins Injunction may have been
lee nwecplng. They will not object lo HOIIIO
slight modifications of that extraordinary
ruling. Senator Spooner oven went the
length on Saturday of conceding that rail
way employes have the right to quit the
service , either collectively or singly , so IOIIR
ns they ahslaln from Injuring life or prop-
prly. This Is a wide depnrluro 'rom tha
railway lawyers' earliest reading of Judge
Jenkins' law. This Is by covernl thousand
leagues nearer to the constitution of the
United States. We commend the Northern
Pacific lawyers , not so much for ihelr gen
erosity as for Iholr prudence. They have
learned Ihc familiar lesson Dial > l Is n bad
policy to prove ton much.
Simon Sterne In March Forum : Another
evil of railway admlnlstrallon In Ihc Untied
States lies In the courts Ihemselvcs , In ref
erence lo railway receiverships. A railway
olllclal. In consequence of his Incapacity or
misfortune , or ns n victim of a vicious sys.
tern ( It does not much mailer which ) , brings
a rallwnv into bankruptcy. Ho then sup.
ported often by the truslco of Iho mortgnga
Is appointed receiver by the courts , on
the application either of the company or ot
the complacent trusleo or of nn equally com-
plncenl creditor , nnd , In his capacity ns re
ceiver , continues to earn probably a larger
salary than he did ns president. The only
excuse for such an appointment Is that such
receiver has the requisite knowledge of details -
tails necessary for the continued ndmlnls.
trnllon of Iho property. This Is n mon
strous evil.
XKIlllASK.1 AX1 > XKIIH.1SKAXS.
The editor of the Deshler Herald threatens
to leave town unless ho finds a house lo live
In pretty soon.
The roof of a Burlington passenger coach
was blown off by n big wind that struck the
train while It was standing at the depot at
Wilbur.
It Is suspected that Incendiaries caused
the destruction of the $15,000 flour mill at
Uawson. There was no Insurance on the
burned building.
It Is said that John Hollenbcck of Du Bols
has fallen heir to an estate of $800,000 left
him by n relative In Virginia. Ho has gone
to claim his fortune.
'J. A. Trommcrshauser Is again In control
of the Ewlng Democrat and the paper will
undoubtedly be reclaimed from the state of
dfsreputo Into which it "had fallen under II.
V. Hlleman.
Erysipelas has caused a wound on the foot
of II. G. Greenfield of Table Hock to become
dangerous and he has been taken to a hos
pital In the hope of saving his life. Ho cut
his foot with a stalk cutler last September.
It Is believed that Charlie Bailey , the
Nance county lad who was shot by Billy
Murphy , will recover. It seems that Murphy
was herding catllo and lhat they wandered
Into some corn owned by young Bailey's
father. The boys got Into n fight and Murphy
got tho" worst of it. Ho went away and
shortly returned with n revolver. After a
few words had been exchanged ho pulled
his gun and shot Bailey In the back. The
bullet was located and removed. Young
Murphy was arrested.
A small cyclone struck the farm ot George
Reltler In Cass county , on Sunday and tore
his large barn Into fragments. Mr. lleltter ,
who wllncssed It from his residence twenty
rods away , says the wind lifted a wagon
near the barn just as if It were a feather ,
and the next Instant his barn , 280 by 30
feet , was rent asunder and scatlered , leav
ing the teams standing unharmed. The barn
was built three years ago and was ex
ceptionally strong , and noted for its size and
inte/lor nrrangemenls for housing stock. It
was insured for $900.
AND TURKU.
According to Ponce of Colorado , a jag flush
may bo taken for a beard full.
Gladstone did not require titles to confirm
his position as the first citizen of the em
pire.
Congressional speculators are not-- averse
to squeezing a lltllo saccharine out of sugar
stocks.
Padercwskl Is traveling In remote sec-
lions of Haly and cuilivatlng an increased
crop of disorderly hair for his American
tour next November.
The city council of Louisville actually
purged Itself of a member who obtained a
price for his vote. Heform Is getting in
its work hero and there.
At a Welsh society banquet In Now York
the banqueters drank "gwyrdd-grwbanclacro-
dlg. " The vintage was pronounced good ,
but no Instance of lockjaw was reported.
At t'ho annual meeting of the proprietors
of the Boston Athenaeum , held the other day ,
Oliver Wendell Holmes , jr. , was elected to
take the place made vacant by the death of
Francis Parkman.
The governor of the Mexican stale in
which Chairman Wilson lay 111 Issued an
order some days ago forbidding Iho whistling
ot locomotives or the playing of bands within
the town limits , so ns to reduce as far as
possible all disturbing Inllucnces.
Late Pence , the populist member who
had such a flamboyant time of it In the house
recently , is a native Indlanan nnd lived In
that stale llll 1879 , when ho went west. Ho
stopped for a couple of years in Kansas on
his way.
Prof. Bllllbutt affirms thai lame animals
possess lastcs akin to human. In confirma
tion of the proposition ho cites the Indiana
elephant which rejected the quinine treat
ment and took ten gallons of whisky with
much enthusiasm.
Sir Charles Uussell Booms to be the cab
inet member who Is getting the most
financial returns out of the present admin
istration In England. In addition to his
regular salary of $33,000 annually nnd $20-
000 for feus In ordinary contentious work
during the your , ho has received no less than
$40,000 for his services at the time of the
Bering sea arbitration.
The Philadelphia Times refers to the dealh
of an "eminent" resident of that city , whoso
eminence consisted of hoarding his wealth.
Ho was not content with his gains , but In
stead used the power of his millions to block
public enterprise and blight every moamiro
of progress that came within Ills baneful
Influence. Ills wealth , nays the Times ,
"lay llko n sullen Incubus on the city and Its
objective evidences were grimy residences ,
unimproved lots and lumbllng rookeries In
populous sections whcro the efforts of othcr.s
had erected pleasant homes , splendid palaces
rind sightly business blocks , Bysuch a
liter It IK Impossible to drop the civic tear
or express Iho sorrow of Iho people. " The
funeral wns of lhat cheerful kind which ,
llko spring sunshine , Invigorates the energies
of llvo communities.
no , Substitute for.
!
AU others contain alum or ammonia.
IT PAYS TO BE A SENATOR
Quo of the Advantages of floing on the
Inside of Important Legislation.
MOW WALL STREET HAS BEEN WORKED
Doiiinrriitli ! Mcinlirrs i > r tlio Upper Homo
AcuuniMl of TniiltiiK on Thi-lr Knrnvl-
i-dgn of KnluroTurin" Pro
ii 1'rolmblo.
WASHINGTON BUHI3AU OF THR HUB ,
fin Fourteenth Street ,
WASHINGTON , March C.
There was considerable talk nround the
sennto today about nn Investigation Into the
operations of democratic senators upon Iho
stock market of New York by means of In
side Information respecting th larlft bill.
Certain republican senators nro trying to
collect Information to convict u number of
the democratic senators of manipulating the
revision" Iho tariff so as to favor their
operation.1 ! on the Now York Stock exchange.
The fnct of operations exists , bill proof Is
dlillcull. Yesterday evening two democratic
members of the finance committee got lo-
golhcr and "agreed" upon qullo a number
of Items In the turllt bill and gave out the
"agreement" through n press association.
The sugar schedule , which the statement
reported ns representing Iho agreement , gave
the sugar refiners or Iho Irusl nil they , hnvo
demanded. The result was sugar stock
opened nt 00 and went up to 100 today. A
stock broker hero says ono of these two
democratic senators clenrcd $08.000 within
two hours this morning by Ihis manipulation.
Senator McPherson HtHtcd that the
report which caused the Hurry In sugar slock
had not been agreed upon by the finance
committee , nnd that evidently It was given
out "lo servo n purpose. "
There have been four or five big flurries
on the stock market during the past two
weeks by "tips" from democratic members
of the finance committee , nnd It Is stated
that certain senators have made hundreds
of thousands of dollars by operations on
this "inside Information. " It Is staled fur
ther that much of this talk of "serious
protests" against features of the bill by
democrats and "a combination to fight tlic
bill" have been principally lo delay action
and glvo speculating senators an opportunity
to "work" the market. There Is a great
deal of Indignation on the republican side
of the senalo over Ihoso scandalous Irans-
actlons and the visitations of representatives
of the Sugar trust and Ihelr conferences with
democratic senators , nnd If sufficient evidence
can be secured to warrant nn Investigation
there will be ono demanded.
DAVE HILL'S DEMOCHACY.
Senator David Bennett Hill of Now York ,
by his resolution In the senate today , pro
posing to strike out of the tariff bill the In
come tax nnd Increase Ihe duties nbovo the
rates fixed In the original Wilson bill so r.s
to cover the deficiency In revenues , and by his
leadership of those democrats who are de
manding higher duties to protect homo In
dustries , has put himself in the attlludo of
being "a protectionist" ns well as "a demo
crat. " When charged with being a protec
tionist In the senate today nnd with not being
"a good democrat , " ho smiled broadly nnd
sail ! nnt n wnnl. TTn IR nn\v rnforrmJ in na
"tho Handnll of this congress. "
Charles S. Hogers , a well known citizen of
Wyoming. Is hero and says : "If the east
wants n low tariff let's have It. Wyoming
wants hut one protected article and thai is
wool. If they .will arrange mailers so as lo
aid Ihls InduHlry , which is a growing one in
our state , they can put everything else on
the free list. Wo have some great Iron
deposits and some fine lead mines , but we'll
take our chances on them. Pennsylvania
and Illinois can make that fight alone. Dur
ing the past five years wool has como from our
smallest to our second largest Industry. Its
quality Is betler than the Texas product.
Without doubt In flvo years Wyoming will
be the best field for wool growers In the
west. "
CONCERNING THE INDIANS.
Senator Petllgrew lias proposed nn amend
ment to the bill providing an appropriation
to pay the damages to the persons who went
upon the Crow Creek and Wlnnebago In
dian reservation in South Dakota in .1883 ,
when they were ousted by presidential proc
lamation the following year , as follows :
"And Ihe secretary of the Interior shall. In
paying said claims , Include the expenses of
the claimants in removing to and from the
reservation and the loss of time to said
claimants at reasonable wages per day , and
shall not make nny deduction from the
amount of damages sustained by the claim
ant nnd allowed to him on account of reentering -
entering the same land under the provisions
of the twenty-third section of the Sioux bill
subsequently passed. "
Today llepresentallvo Melklejohn. was ad
vised by the secretary of the Inlerlor Ihat
the decision In thai department last August
In construing the law providing for the
allotment of lands on the Sioux Indian
reservation In Dakota , relative lo Iho rights
of Indians -not of full blood In tlio allotment
of Indian lands , Is being reconsidered by
the department. In the cnso In which the
ruling was made the scctretary of the In
terior held that Indians not of full blood
must show their Indian extraction through
the father and not the mother. The off
spring of a marriage where the falher is
while and Iho mother Indian are not , under
hl ( lec'Mon , ontlttpit to allotment of reserva
tion Innds , The Indian bureau advised Mr.
Mplklejohn that In nil probability the rnllim /
would be rcvom-d , ns It wna n radical -
change In thf ndminlKtrntlon of the Imllnii
department nnd would nffect Iho Utlo to
many ncres of nlloied Indian lands.
SOUTH DAKOTA PENSION KXAMINKUS.
Pension I'otnmlMloner Lnchron's nx was
very busy today chopping off tlio heads of
the mcmberit of the
boards of pension ox-
iiinlners In South l.ikodt. Almont n clean >
sweep wns made , nml Iho following -woru
named lo succeed the old members of Ihesir
boards : ra. P. A. Itoaio , Wllllnm Tur-
hopp and John AkUroKor nt YnnUton ; J ,
McSloy nnd G. O. SuRcr nt Clark ; J. V Con.
over nl Ycrinllllon ; O. Fisher , 13. V. Dlnhely
nnd H. J. Churchill nt Glister ; Fnlk Tonnl-
slon at Andover ; T. F. McKcy nt Gary ; N. M.
Wage , C. W. Hnrgens nnd II. A. Wndo nt
Hot Springs ; Jnmes O. lleadery nt Mlllbnnki
H. C. Bitrch nt Miller ; A. P. Sloner nt High-
moro ; Ncsbot nt Alpotw ; 3. M. Jonks , J. S.
Johnson nnd J. K. Nome-stall nt Mmllson ;
II. A. Von Wcdolstnedt , M. Kogers nnd J. A.
Mnnnlck nl Dead wood ; A. St.unan nnd V. T.
\\ll.son nt Canton ; Hugo Miller at Button ;
C. F. Herald nl Flnmlrcnii ; Albert Onrr nnd
J. It. Spencer nt Itapld City ; M. Ware niut
It. A , Smith at Salem ; S. U. Hurley nt Get-
lysburg ; F. M. Craln and II. S. Oulton nt
Ucdfichl , nnd Louis Gottholp , J. W. Glynii
and J. O. Shiilmn nt Parker. 7
IN A OENKIIAL WAY.
J. C. Dewey was today appointed postmas
ter nt Falrvlew , Uinta culinly. Wyo. , vice J.
M. Wellu , resigned , nml S. S. Later at Ilar-
rlsvlllc , Weber county , Utah , vice John
Dabb , resigned.
The house committee today agreed to re
port favorably the hill to relieve General
Drooho from a judgment for damages on nc-
count of the fulfillment of his duties whllo
In Mexico n number ot years ngo. Tlio bill
has been before congress for pome time , mi it
hns once or Iwlco boon favorably ncled upon
by the senate committee.
The Washington annual conference of the
Methodist episcopal church will be opened
by Bishop Hurst nt Mount /.Ion Methodist
Episcopal church. Twenty-ninth street ,
Wcsl Washington , tomorrow evening. The
pastor of the churcir Is HOT. Henry A. Cal " "
roll , who was parlor of n church In Omahn
until about two years ago. llov. Mr. Carroll
Is the leader of the conference nnd the cen
ter of nttrnctlon Just now.
John C. Watson of Nebraska City , who ban
been hero two or thrco times recently on
professional business In the cast , loft Wash
ington for his homo today.
Patents were Issued to Nebraska Inventors
tod.iy ns follows : Moses C. Nixon , Onlnhn ,
baling press ; Charles H. Shultz , assignor ot
one-half lo J. W. Whilans , check eye hook ;
Patrick Sweeney , Omaha , car coupling. &
Patents granted Iowa Inventors : Arnold
I ) . Andrews. DCB Molnes , mandrel for phonographs
graphs ; Belle Epperly , Logan , corset ; Nor
man O. Henderson , assignor to Eagle Manu
facturing company/ / Davenport , hay loader ;
Alonzo H. Seaver/Webster City , combined
board and cutter.
Secretary Mortpn and Tobias Castor will
call upon the president by appointment on
Thursday and formally present the name of
Dr. George L. Miller of Omaha for the va
cancy on the Interstate Commerce commis
sion. PEUHY S. HEATH.
TOM : inTIIJ :
Iloston Transcript : The lalloo nrllsl ha *
uslKns on his customers.
Life : The slcol men may rail nl Mr. Car
negie , but his retort Is in his works.
Lowell Courier : When the referee de
clares a light a. draw it doesn't give either
side the pull.
Yonkers Statesman : "One of the- finest
Ice crops in years , " says nn up-river ex
change. It will be cracktd up moro next
slimmer.
Inter Occnn : The successful buslniV
man , answering "bodies that have helped' V
me , " elves the bank book n prominent pi si- Nit
lion. jf
Ttuffnlo Courier : Jlllson says he has no
ticed that fome men nre a great ilenl llko
rivers. When their heads nro swelled you
realize It from their mouths. .
Boston Transcript : "TJic doctor says I
need chance. " "Dr. . lllgplice. I suppose.
Well , you'll need more before he cola
through with"you. " '
Indianapolis Journal : "I nhvnys hnd nn
Idea that Topklns bud no political ambi
tions. In fnct , I have often lirard him any
so. but now I think he was lying. "
"Il'm. What has ho been doing ? "
"He 1ms put a bar room In his grocery. "
Somorvllle Journal : Ambitious Young
Person What do you think is the first
step that one should take lij order to be
come a poet ?
Experienced Hill tor ( thoughtfully ) Well ,
I should say take out n life insurance pol
icy. ,
Atlanta Constitution : Justice An' the
prisoner sold his votp ?
Candidate He did , yer honor.
Justice How much did lie git fer It ?
Candidate Fitly ccnls.
Jusllce I reckon I'll coinmll him fer cut-
tin' prices ; ain't been a vote sold In thin
community In ten years fer less'n a dollar
nn' a half !
SHOWING OFF.
Kansas City Journal.
'TIs said thnt women dress for men
Who thinks so Is unwise ; *
They dress expressly to show off
Ucfore each others eyes.
Go walk with one upon the street
Anil see what will occur
Observe bow few will notice you ,
How ninny gnzo at her ;
They'll scan her dress nnd wrap and hat ,
Ami yen , 'tis true , alnckl
When you have passed they'll turn their
bonds
And scrutinize her back.
" * * a ca
Tliolarsost iniilmrs and Hallow of
llnuuluthux on earth ,
Your monoy'a worth or your inonoy hao'c.
Made a Hit
Wo did We did We are having1 an elegant
trade selling- more
spring1 overcoats
than our tailors can
press. They are beau
ties and no mistake.
Everyone who has
any notion of buy-
ing1 one , when he
sees thorn , always takes one The styles and makes
are very handsome. We're selling1 all or Wilson
Bros.'plain ' white shirts a dollar straightjg-oing1 to quit
carrying1 them ; have shirts made to qur order hero-
after. You can get a g-ood shirt cheap now. Our
new spring1 styles in hats are creating- quite a sensa
tion They are not only up to date , but the prices arose
so decidedlo much better than hatters' g-ot thai , wo
have no trouble in disposing1 of them.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
S. W. Cor.UtU and Douglas Sts.