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" Hotter submit It to & vote cf the people. Senitor Quay's tariff speech proved so ex hausting that ho literally talked himself sick. The result upon the auditors who Ihtenod to him probibly differed In degree rather than In Kind. The pirk commission deserves great credit for having succeeded In arranging the pro gram for music In the parks this season without precipitating a conflict between the various musical organizations of the city. Lightning struck the capltol at Albany ono day last week , but fortunately left the legislators uninjured. Electricity has enough to do In the Empire state to dispatch the criminals who are sentenced to the execu tioner's chair. Political decapitation will bo sufficient punishment for the ordinary legislator. Senator Gray wants the senate to adopt a C rule proscribing the reading of set speeches * In that body. He would have the senators < j memorize what they wish to say. If wo have to endure the speeches wo nilfilit as well * spare the senators the unnecessary expendl- turc of time that would be required for such a purpose. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 Puropean governments are becoming cau- * tlous as May day approaches. The May day f demonstrations of the worMnginen thla year * give promise of being moro than usually { extensive and Impressive by reason of the { unsatisfactory Industrial conditions that cx- ' 1st almost all the world over. May day always - ] ways brings some danger of riotous exhibi tions In the great capitals of I'urope , but j the precautionary measures of the authori ties may bo relied upon to reduce that danger to a minimum. The bill making hazing a misdemeanor that was Introduced Into the New Jersey legisla ture has been killed by a decisive vote. It Is doubtless just as well that it is doad. The civil authorities would be Just as reluctant to enforce the new law as they are to en force the laws now on the statute books applicable to the case. Ha/Ing can easily bo abolished , but it must be abolished by the college faculty and students In co-operation. Expulsion from collega Is the most dreaded penalty that could be provided , and that Is nt luuiil whenever the college Is ready to in flict It. There ought to be some legislation to pre vent the lovj Ing of attachment ! ) upon the rolling stock of street iallwa > s while In actual use by the public. Any ordinary Judgment can easily bo satisfied from the other piopcrty of such corporations without Interruption of the street railway service , mid attorneys ought to be compelled to ex- hnust that icmedy first. A street railway company has no more right to refuse to pay Us debts than plain every day citizens , but the public Is entitled to protection against the consequences of the un > leldlng stubborn ness of both debtor and creditor. The confirmation of the nomination of Jnmcs n. Veomans of Iowa to do Interstate commerce commissioner places the commls- lon once more in possession of a full mem bership. The Importance nnd power of the commission has so declined In the public estimation that a change In its personnel will not attract the attention that It would when the commission was drat established. Mr. Ycoinnns has hid an extensive railroad experience , part of It , however , having been In the services or the rallrouls The merit of his selection for the pluco will liavo to bo determined from the iccotd ho will make In his now olilclal capacity. Newspapers commenting on Judge Noll's decision that the constitution allows the president ten cliiju to sign tiny bill that maybe bo presented to him , regnrdltss of whether the conureKs by which It was p isod has adjourned or Is ctlll In session , hall this rullni ; an ono which will put an end to the practice of having the president sign bills by the wholesale on the closing day of each congiCBslonal session without being able to glvo thorn the conaldeiatlon which they deserve. They all oem , however , to miss the point that has been mentioned. In The Hoc , that the old custom must prevail nt the lw * jmlof each second congresa w hlch expires with the term of the president am ) when the abuses of hasty legislation are the greatest No president should bo willing to leave the duty of signing blllu passed during his In cumbency to his successor. He Is bound to do his part In relation to the legislation of his term o ! olllce' and the closing moments of his administration must bo as trj Ing In the future as now. Judge Nott's decision , oven If BiistiUiied. will uot revolutionize pies- cnt practice. I'M trie orroras. Attorney General Olney has submlttol to congress n plan for renrgnnlnzlni ; the billon I'nclflo railway system. Mr. Olnoy'n plan contemplates the creation of a railroad octnpui that will pmbrarn nvnr 8000 miles ot railroad covered by three blanket mort gages aggregating over $230,000,000 , to bo guaranteed , InUrest and principal , by the United States of America. This colossal debt Is to be paid off In gradual Installments during thp ni xt 100 jears by levying fixed charges upon traffic that shall not exceed $3,500,000 per annum. The pretext under which Mr. Olncy has Incubated his octopus schema Is the denre ! that the Union Pacific railtoatl , which has been bankrupt for j-car * and Is now In the hands of receivers , shall not bo subjected to the harsh process of n foreclosure , and especially In order that the amount duo on the second mortgage , for which the United States have become secur ity , shall bo recovered. In reality the Olncy octopus bill Is nothing more nor less than n scheme to extend the Union Pacific debt 100 years , reduce the Interest thereon from C to 2 per cent , legalbo all the fictitious and fraudulent 'capitalization of the mnln line nnd branches built by the Crcdl Mobcller and various construction rings , nm to assume and guarantee the bonded debt o the side lines , which have swelled the orlg Inal Union Pacific bonded debt from $00,000 , 000 to $182,000,000. Xow , where Is the government to gain any thing by Mr. Olney's scheme of reorganiza tion , and why should the United States do what no syndicate or combination of capital Ista of Europe or Amerlci would ever under take , and which the capitalists , foreign nnd domestic , who now own the bulk of all these cats-and-dogs , called bonds , Issued under the Dillon , Gould and Adams regime , have not dared to assume ? Who Is to pay thla | 230- 000,000 and the interest , which at 2 per cent straight In 100 years would exceed $700,000- 000 ? Would not every dollar of tills enormous sum have to bo drawn In the shape of tolls from the patrons of the road ? Does the Olney octopus scheme contain a solitary provision by which any part of the debt shall come out of the pockets of the stockholders ? Why should thp government become a guarantor for $210,000.000 of bonds just because at this time the company Is unable to pay the $33- 000,000 and overdue Interest for which the government became security under the act of 18C4 ? Suppose any bank held a second martgaga on a plsce of property which has depreciated In value and Is not worth more than enough to liquidate the first mortgage , would It bo justified In assuming the first mortgage anil making itself liable for three times as much as Its own claim amounts to In the face of the fact that the Interest and principal of the whole debt would finally have to be paid off by the bank's slockholders ? Would not the bank under such conditions bo expected to let the first mortgage foreclose e\en If not a dollar of the second mortgage claim could be recovered ? Mr. Olney's octopus Is not to bo merely on extension of the bonded debt of the Union Pacific sjstom at 2 per cent for tOO jears. The first mortgage Is given the preference under his hcheme and $7,500,000 of it are to bo paid off out of the money In the United States treasury under the sinking fund act and the remaining $27,000,000 are to draw 5 per cent per annum. Why does not Mr. Olney turn the $7,500,000 In the sinking fund to the credit of the United States on its claim of over $50,000,000 ? The third section of the blanket mortgage provided for In Olney's octopus for extensions and Improvements Is to draw 5 per cent also and the company may , In addition to this bond , Issue prefeired stock nnd common stock without restraint upon the pioposed extensions , Just as was done of yore by the Goulds , Dillons and Adamses. Thoworst _ feature of the octopus scheme , however. Is the legalization of existing Issues of stock , -which are enormously inflated. Now the bonded debt of the Union Pacific system under the Olney octopus bill exceeds $31,000 per mllo. Any competent railroad builder will admit that the system can be dupll- cated for less than $25,000 per mllo-Sprobably less than $20,000 per mllo. To pay fixed charges on $31,000 per mlle might be sub mitted to , although burdensome , but on top of this the octopus Is stocked for nearly 570,000,000 , or an average of about $22,000 ) er mllo. On this stock Mr. Olnoy's octopus bill proposes to permit dividends to bo drawn when the load Is already handicapped by an excessive issue of bonds. A moro vicious scheme could not well bo conceived. It per- letuates excessive rates over the Union Pa cific and all other Pacific roads. So long as the Union Pacific Is obliged to maintain ex orbitant rates by reason of overcapitalisation all Its competitors will keep on charging ex cessive rates under all sorts of pretenses and resist every effort to restrict them by legls- atlon , state or national. The Olnoy octopus s a stock-jobbing monstrosity that should got no countenance In congress. The most direct and only equitable way out of the Jnlon Pacific bankruptcy Is foreclosure. Let the road bo sold out to the highest bidder and let It bo operated on Its actual value. The government can better afford to lose mrt or all of Its second mortgage claim ban perpetuate the outrageously high rates hat the Union Pacific Is compelled to exact under Its Inflated capitalization. A QUKbTlVX Ol'KATlOX.lL J/O.VfcSTl * . There died In Washington n few days ago on old man who for forty years had been appealing to congress to give him justice. lo had a claim of great \aluo , and moro ban ono congress had decided that It was n just claim , but defeat after defeat fol- owcd the efforts of the Indefatigable claim ant to have It allowed , nnd at last , old and worn out , he went to n hospital nnd died , cnvlng the claim unsettled. Referring to his case , the Boston Advertiser remarks that It Is uot unique by nny means. It Is no mere guess to say , observes that paper , that thousands of people who hold just claims against the United States have had moro or lets similar experiences and similar disappointments. The merp fact that a claim Is just Is not sufficient to secure the payment of the amount duo. "As a rule nny claimant , " sajs the Advertiser , "who has not strong political Influence and n well lined purse , must wait for many years before ho succeeds In securing the desired appropriation. In nome Instances the grand children or great grandchildren of the orig inal claimant are now before congress , stdl hogging for the settlement of the old and Just debt " What a commentary this upon the hon esty of thla great and wealthy nation , yet It la absolutely true. There are just claims against the government which 'luivo come down from the revolutionary period. They have been declared valid repeatedly and their payment advocated by some of the greatest men the republlo has produced , but they remain unsettled uiut undoubtedly will do EO for all time. Hundreds of needy people ple whoso ancestors were In the revolution and left nothing for their posterity but these claims uud an honorable record would have been greatly benefited If the govern ment had acted justly nnd honestly toward them , but they , too , passed away appealing In rain to bo given what fairly belonged \ ) them , nnd It Is hardly to be hoped now that any of DICED claims will ever be set tled. Then thcro are the French spoliation claims , the justice of which congress has never denied , though refusing to grant the necessary appropriation to pay them off. France promptly piltl to the government the amount adjudged against her for the pay ment of these claims , nnd every considera tion of honor and honesty demands that they should la settled , yet the promise la that they will share the fate of other just claims which congress IIBH refused or neg lected to pay , It Is n humiliating fact that this national policy of dishonesty Is as well known abroad as It Is to our own people. It Is said that In Trance , In England nnd In Germany stories regarding this peculiar American | > ollcy crop out now and then , nnd the state ment Is not Incredible that belief abroad In our national dishonesty has operated to our financial dlbndvantaso. It Is certainly n very serious' reproach to the countsy , but there will be no change for the better until men are elected to congress who have n higher sense of Integrity and honor than most of these who are now sent there nnd who can appreciate what It Is to have the government rest under the stigma of re fusing to pay Its honest obligations. Tilt : HOLl.tXU bJUXK IX lll'SIXKSS. "I believe n > oung man should , so far as It Is possible , secure the position which ho thinks ho can fill most acceptably to himself and his omplojer and then stick to It. Con stant changing from one position to another disturbs the confidence of men In a man. To him Is quickly applied the old proverb of a 'rolling stone. ' The fewer changes a young man makes In his business career the better. At the same time ho should not be blind to any opportunities which may offer to better himself. But let him be certain that a change will mean an advantage " This good advice to joung men about to enter business from Mr. Edward W. Dole In the April Cosmopolitan , himself a young man. who has made several changes In his ps tlon and always to his own nnd employers' ad vantage , ought not to be lost on the young men of the day. The adage about the "roll ing stone , " applicable as It Is to men In almost all their activities , Is particularly true with reference to men In business. The ilrst precaution necessary to avoid becoming a "rolling stone" is to select nn occupation to which ono is adapted. It need not bo the occupation to which ho Is best adapted or thinks himself best adapted. Young men often think that they can nil some other person's place better than their own , but so long ns they nil their own satis factorily it Is well for them not to leave It to experiment In other fields. The danger lies In selecting an occupation to which he Is not adapted and ono in which his failure is merely a matter of time. This means that ho must eventually change , and , as ono change Is quite apt to lead to nnothcr , the prospect of becoming n "rolling stone" then generally becomes good. Of course , It is much better for a joung man to attempt to change his occupation in cass ho finds that ho originally made a serious mistake In his choice , but unless ho learns from his first experience to net moro wisely In his subse quent choice , ultimate success will be difficult to attain. Change for the mere sake of change from ono business to another , from one employer to another , from ono city to another , Is calculated to destroy whatever advantages may be gained under any one employment. While joung men work because of the pecuniary compensation which they expect , the money measure of their services Is nor the only thing they should strive for. An immediate increase of salary to bo gained by a change ot position is not necessarllj a change for the better. Young men are too apt to regard only the present with out considering the future , and many none ono has given up a promising career for the temporary glitter of a higher salary that either offers no opportunity for further advancement or perhaps In n short period eludes his grasp entirely. The example of the few who strike big stakes completely overshadows the example of the many who sink In utter failure. The value of a young man to his employer depends largely upon the confidence inspired by him that ho is satisfied to do what Is assigned him. Th dissatisfied emplojc can do Justice neither to himself nor his em ployer and It is probably to the interest of the latter to let him have his cherished change. The "rolling stone" is always less desirable to htm than these of his emplojcs who are steadfast and firm , nnd at the first opportunity he gives him another chance to "roll" along. TUK ruTum : ov ir//.i2' . The low price of wheat and the unfavora ble prospect of any advance In the price are matters of Interest not only to the wheat growers , but to everybody In connection with the question of returning prosperity , for the value of the wheat crop of the country has a very Important bearing upon that question. It Is a common Impression that wheat is lower now than at any former time In our history , but this Is a mlbtako , though It Is lower than nt any other time in moro than forty jears. The partial crop failures last jear in Europe led to the expectation that there would bo largely Increased exports from the United States to Great Britain , Franco and Germany , and that better prices would bo realized. This has not been the case. The exports of wheat nnd wheat ( lour to Europe lust jear fell considerably short of 1S8- , and while there has been some Im provement In the exports this jear , It has not been sulllclont , In the face ot the de velopment of n much larger sjrplus than had jeen supposed to exist to strengthen the price. It will bo Interesting to give the total exports to Europe of wheat and wheat flour In the last two years , as furnished by the last statistical abstract Issued by the Hireuti of statistics. They were , for 1892 , 1n round numbers , 151.000,000 bushels of wheat ind 10,000,000 barrels of Hour ; for 1893 , 111,000,000 bushels ot wheat and 11,000,000 larrels of flour. It will thus bo seen that there was a falling off In exports of wheat for 1S93 reducing flour to wheat as com- > ared with 1892 , of 35,000,000 bushels. This alone would probably not have caused so great a decline In the price ns has taken ilace , but together with the development of n BUI plus very much larger than hart been estimated the Inexorable effect was to break down the prlco and keep It down , Another factor of considerable Influence has been the enforced economy of our own people. In > rosperous periods over 90 per cent of the vheat crop ot the United States Is consumed it homo , but unquestionably this proportion ins not been consumed during the past year nnd will not bo this jear. Four conditions mvo conspired to lower the price of wheat A reduced demand from Europe , a decline n thci homo consumption , a larger surplus lian had been calculated on , and the sharp competition of other wheat-producing coun tries , particularly tt/e / 'Argentine Republic , which Is every jenr becoming n stronger competitor with the United Stales In the European markets. The Immediate outiaok for wheat Is not encouraging and It IMiDprchcnded that the price Is far more IlkoJrto bo lower before the close of the jear than It Is to ndvnnce. The country will umto'uitedly carry over to the new crop year a considerable surplus , so that with an avcr go/crop wo shall prob ably have moro vvheat available for export this jear than lasa' tt * the European and other w heat-grow lilR countries have fair crops ntid there Is not n very decided Im provement In the home _ demand , it would seem that wheat must ifnevltably go lower. At nny rate It seems entirely safe to pre dict that It will not be higher , except per- hapn spnsm.odlc.illy , ns the effect of specu lation , nnd Indeed It Is the opinion of those who have given the matter Intelligent con sideration that the prlco of wheat Is not likely to ever again , at least within the life time of this generation , reach the figures It has attained In the past. The develop ment ot wheat production In Argentina , the possible Increase In Australia and the In creasing jlcld In regions till lately unheard of as wheat producers , all forbid the Idea that the American wheat growers Will bo enabled for jears to come to got such prices for wheat as they have In the past. Three propositions nro suggested as means of re lief to the American farmer. Ono Is to pro duce less wheat , another Is to Increase the homo market nnd the third Is to seek new markets In countries which may be mainly controlled by the United States. Reciprocity has accomplished something In the latter direction , but that Is probably doomed , while the second proposition will avail nothing If the democratic tariff policy shall prevail , for under that policy we should bo fortunate If wo could maintain the homo market as at present. As to producing less wheat , It Is n matter which the farmers can determine for themselves , and It Is safe to say that very few of them will heed the suggestion. In the report of the secretary of agriculture for 1S92 Secretary Uusk said : "The time has arrived when the American farmer must ccaso his efforts to neutralize the low price of his wheat by producing a larger quantltj- . Ho Is going from bad to worse , and each effort to extricate himself by that means sinks him deeper In the mire of failure. The only proper course lies In a reduction of acreage nnd production to meet the de mand of domestic consumption and a normal requirement for exportation. The American farmer's hope of remunerative prices de pends upon his gauging his areas In cultiva tion moro closely to the normal demand , and not -vicing in competition with the peasant and serf labor of the entire world. Something else Is wanted besides wheat and corn , or cotton and tobacco. The farmer must find other outlets for his labor , or stop his plow nnd rest , his hoe upon the border Hi * of production'which limits living prices. " There is no evidence that the farmers of America paid the least attention to these suggestions of oiio who had Intelli gently and carefully studied their condition and had a profound Interest In their welfare. Jesse Sellgman , the Tfealthy New York banker who died last week , was one ol these self-made men whoso careers are an Inspiration to the ambitious jouth who be gins life in America and to the energetic immigrant who seeks to better his condi tion by coming to this country. Born In Bavaria , lie followed his older brother to this country nnd started to carve his for tune with n peddler's pack on his back. His early efforts In business were Inter rupted by the rush to the gold fields In 1S49 , when he hastened -to San Francisco , there to engage In the mercantile trade. In n short time ho amassed o considerable fortune , and returning to the east took up the clothing business in partnership with his brothers. After the war they transformed the firm Into a banking house and were active In assisting the government to float the immense loans , funding Us huge debt. Mr. Sellgman was an Intimate friend and adviser of President Grant upon questions of financial policy , and did more than any other man to help Secretary Sherman carry through his resumption policy successfully. His patriotic faith in the credit of the gov ernment was last shown In connection with the recent $50,000,000 loan to which he sub scribed for a largo share. Mr. Sellgman's republicanism was from the first staunch and firm , and ho was alwajs a liberal and outspoken supporter of republican principles. Wo will leave It to the people of Council Bluffs to settle the question among them selves whether or not they choose to com mend Governor Jackson's conduct of the recent military fiasco In their city. It Is quite plain that the representatives of fortj Jobbing houses do not represent all the people of Council Bluffs. Atlirnliin Minusm. Jioston Globe It Is not surprising , after nil , that women bhouid have cnptmod nn engine out In Omaha for the use of Kellj'H urmv. Women are used to holding up trains , even out In Omahu. The .American ImmoituU , ChlcriKo Record. It Is understood that applications for niembeiahlp in General Lew Wallace's pro posed academy of Immortals will be entered at once by the literary societies of Way- back , 1'odunk Siding nnd Jlmpson's Cross roads. A Korilor liliiil [ < n. Mnr > avllle ( Mont ) Mountaineer The cow puncher of the Uutte Bj. slander who attempts to bo funny makes u worry show of himself The editor of the Moun taineer has published nevvspapeis where ho would not be peimUted to look in at the back door. UIIHO Ii lied Ijodge ( Mont ) New Idpn , Captain Hurko pitched his tent on our jack rnbblt ranch uboyb Line cicck and feasted his fastidious pnlnte nil winter on cotton-tail nnd jack raWblts , and , to show bis Ingratitude to us , reported our mines to bo colossal fakta and nip iood. o . | Crrutmm Tliriut.iiu.tlio I'lilcmivvn. Doston CHqbo. A man can be a pietly big man In this country nnd jet not lib generally known For Instance , the new senator fiom North Carolina 1ms Iwun iivitliu legislature of his own Btato , speiker of the lower house , lieu tenant goveinor and wyVcrnoi , ptesldcntlal elector twice , a tnemhvr of the state consti tutional convention and tnlniatcr to Llrnzll , and jot the name /Thomas Joidan Jurvls Is not an especially fumlJIur one. Art In tliu IMilillc Sil oiU , bt. 1. oil Republic There Is no reason ) lit itils generation why arty person Bhouid bo Ignorant of the gient masterpieces of art nnd aiehltecturo , and It IH certain that then ; In no other waj' of working u moro inpld Improvement In pub lic tastu than by forcing such plctuiea on the obscivntlon of chltdien while their minds are still most plastic The ejc Is a far better Instructor than the car , and u good pletutc will teach u child more than u scinion , lljimciltluil ICoptiiiliiuru. Chicago Herald. Princess Colonna IH not the Ilrst Ameri can wlfo who tins condoned the offenses ot a "noble" husband and returned to hln loof. lint Him Is not likely tn be the III at Ameri can wlfo to ( Uncover that that sort of hus band proves anj better on u necond tilul than he did during the first Thu clienteles of loielgn American marriages ulfoid no Instance up to date of lepentancu that lasted bujond settling up hla c ( editors' de- inunJs. OMAHA'S ' JUDICIAL USURPER Rcastetl to a Tuni b.y the Prim of the Nntton ultl Statu , AMERICA NEVER CAN BE RUSSlAXIZtD Tim Momlroin Ouatrino of Suit ! ' * IlM-Mon 1)1 Illllllll CMl 111 UlO .Moil JllfllllllMM Kdlet I : IT V friiiu tlin Hi ntli , Milwaukee SentinelTho : temporary In carceration of IMwurd llosevvatrr , editor of The Omaha Hoc , Is the least Important re sult of Judge Scott's decision tint Mr. Hose- water was guilty ot contempt of court. Two men , found guilty ot breaking and Liitcilug , were brought before Judge Scott for sen tence. Ho sentenced the poor mnn and lot the rich man go A re-porter for The Bee , In his account of the affair , used these words "Persons ) who wore around the criminal section of the district court yi-s- terday afternoon witnessed a striking Illus tration of what It Is to be possessed of a pull. " The word "pull" was also used In the headlines. Mr Hosowntcr Is editor-in-chief of The Bee. Ho writes editorials , rcvls thu edi torial copy prepared bj other writers , 'omc- tlmes outllii'M a policy , to bo followed by his subordinates , for thp liundllnR of local affairs In the news columns He imkes ar rangements for the telegraphic service which The Bee receives from other iiBwsp.ipers and from the Associated press Like other editor' , ho rnrely sees news articles befnto they appear In print. Ho had no knowledge of the offending nrtlclo until It had been published Judge Scott. In the face of this evidence , judged Mr. Hosewnter guilty of contempt and sentenced him to pay a flno of $5'lO ' and to be Imprisoned for thirty days. The mean ing of such a decision Is this No matter how flagrant the conduct of n judge , nn editor may bo held personally responsible for the comments upon his conduct appear ing in the local columns of liU newspapci , even If ho has no Information about the o comments until they are published This de cision , If sound , puts the editor In an un comfortable position. With libel the case Is different When a man wins a libel mil against a newspaper he gets damages from the newspaper , and not from an Individual But when a newspaper Is found guilty of contempt of court it cannot be put In prison , so Its editor , who may lm\e been at home and asleep when the act ot contempt was committed , has to suffer the unpleasantness of being shut up Dubuque Times : Judge Scott of Omaha Is a judicial monstrosity of the most freakish sort , and should ho not be so convinced it will probably not be the fault of Editor Hose- water , who has just spent a few hours be hind the bars charged with the heinous crlmo of being in contempt of Judge Scott's court. On general principles it is difficult to Imagine how ho could do otherwise , but the specific charge against llosevvater Is so absurd that Judge Scott's action amounted to a judicial tjranny as Intolerable as It is unjust. A reporter commented on the man ner ot sentencing criminals , claiming that partially have been shown in so much ns those convloted of the lesser crimes were given the heavier sentences. Mr. Ilosewater had no knowledge of the article , but Judge Scott held him In contempt and im posed both fine and imprisonment. Judge Scott was born too late. There was a time In the world's history when he would have been useful. Ho could give Jefferles points and beat him , and In common par lance Jefferles was an expert in his day. Perchance Scott Is the spirit of Jefferles re > indarn ite , a subject worthy of the attention of the psjchlc scientists. The Idea that the attlons of a court are above criticism is effe'te. Judges arc but the servants of the people , and to the people they are re sponslble. There is a limit to judicial pow ers , and If the reporter on The Bee really believed what he said , he was right in pub lishing it. Scott Is bound to bo called down Chicago PostIt would be well for editors aSbaultcd In this manner by the courts to adopt the remedy suggested by the Herald of this city and prosecute the offending magistrates for false Imprisonment. The cultivation of a sort of court worship by magistrates n kind of dulla of self has grown to such a fervor that almost any offense except original sin is classed as contempt of court. We shall get to a pass after a while when the person who drops a banana rind In front of the "Davey" Lyon's door , or the citizen who borrows a judge's newspaper without leave in restaurant , will bo hauled In chains to a dungeon for contempt. The law makes no difference in favor of judges in the matter of libel. Punishment for defamation of character is eincientlj prescribed by federal and state statutes It can be administered civilly by the as sessment of damages or penally by Impris onment. It Is not provided in the laws that It is punishable by any other means. False Imprisonment is the proper charge against these Scotts. Wo imagine a jury would look askance at the theory that news paper criticism is contempt of court , except in the sense that nil discussion of some of our courts must bo contemptuous. Charlton ( la ) Democrat : Udward Rosewater - water , editor of The Omaha Bee , has been sentenced to jail for thirty days and to pay a flno of $ oOO for criticising the official acts of a judicial ass named Scott. Scott as Judge released a rich man's son and convicted a poor man's son in a case wheie both boys were charged with the same ofiense. Mr. Hosevvator's paper criticised this action of the court , and the mighty judge arraigned Mr. Tlosew iter for "contempt of couit. " Be fore being taken to Jail Mr nosewater bravely informed the judge that ho btood ready to rot in forty Jails before bo would surrender the principles for which he was contending. Hurrah for Uosewater' ' The fact that there are a few such men as ho remainIng - Ing makes this country worth I'vlns In and lighting for even In these days of monopoly rule and judicial tyranny. The supreme court ot Nebraska will probably tet aside the action of Great Scott. Lemars ( la. ) Sentinel- Russian methods have been adopted In Omaha to prevent newspapers from holding up local Judges to the scorn of an outraged public. The Bee a few dajs since called attention to the fact that a judge had given a hard sentence to a poor man and that a rich man had gene free at the same time In the same court for the same offense. Although the editor and pro prietor of the paper did not know anything about the item until after It was published , the Judge sentenced him to Jail for thirty daj-s for the work of his hired reporter Rosewater - water was released In six hours It would bo n good thing for the general public If the partiality of courts for rich offenders In largo cities were exposed moro frequentlj' . The final outcome of the Omaha case will bo watched with Interest. Davenport Democrat- Editor llosowaterof The Omaha Bee spoke his mind about n cer tain small bore Judge In that city and was made the victim of a snap Judgment nnd clapped Into Jail without a hearing The result of thin Is llkoly to bo that Omaha will become so warm for the Judge afore said that ho will wish ho owned a lot In Honolulu or Guinea , so ho might move onto It nnd cool off There Is not n worse fighter In the west than Hd Rosewnter , nnd what ho especially likes Is to got such n specimen as this judge In n corner and then impale him on a sharp pointed pencil and hold lilm up where the whole world can sea him Thcro Is no doubt that Mr. Rosewater has been abused , and there Is also no doubt that ho will laugh last , Washington News Hill tor Hosowater of Dmaha Is several years behind the times If lie clings to the theory of the freedom of the pi ess where the Ibrief authority of local Judges Is concerned. Chicago DlsrWch Fortunately ndltor Hosowater of the Omaha Bee does not need the free advertising given him by Judge 3cott. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Till ! hl'AI'i : I'llKSS. XchrnsVii IMItor * Suvt-rolj Dummmo the Attempt to Alirlilgo 'Ilulr I.lhortlo. Sidney People's Poniard The Incarcera tion of Hdward Rosewater for alleged con tempt of court for having roasted the crim inal division of the Douglas county court for partiality In dealing with lawbreakers Is an unparalleled debasement of the power of the ludlclary. The dignity of the court Hhould jo maintained and defended by rectitude In olllco. not by Intimidating censorship and czar-llko autocracy. The prcas of the coun try In nccountnblo to the same public which constitutes courts , nnd DIP iwwcr of the former Is moro potent In molding n honlthy public opinion , which holds tavvlpsRiietii In check , than can be thf InttT In arbitrary pmilalimontfl. .More dlsrixi et arises out of one case of punishment lu-UUhly pronounced than tome * from a dozen published criticisms of a cringing tribunal The publication chttrgis ihe nngprOiu > n judgment proves the clmrRe nury publisher "hould ixcr- clM his rights to crltleluc courts with reason ami moderation but he should exercise these rlqhts without r R rd to fear ur favor , or the Individual comfort of the Judge ho bcllevt to bo furvllo , dishonest , or a partisan If therlRhta of n Judge nro conferred by the high authority of atnttlto and the opctiUlnn of law , the lights of the publisher nrti con ferred by a still more exalted powe-r , and de- chred In tha Inciptlnu of this gical country to be Inalienable. Freedom of the press Is but n hollow , meaningless phrase if that freedom must bo curtailed by the freaks nnd funclc.1 of nny and over ) ju Ige whose' parti san favoritism may have called for the ever- clso of the press liberty. If each new In cumbent may persieiito nml punish the ed itorial fnternlty for being free , then freedom Is a mockcr.v. Srhujler quill1 Judge Scott of the Omaha district Is cither a madman or a fool and the sooner ho Is retired to private life tlu > better for the court of tint dlstilct. During his term on the be-nch he has shown hlm- self to be unfit In man ] wajs to hold such n responsible position and his sanity has been seriously questioned. He has swept onto the judicial bench by the sudden leip- Ing Into prominence and power of the A P A. of Omaha , nnd this Is another sample of what mushroom polltlcil growth will do Scott's Htcst outrigo on Justice Is his sentence of Rosowitcr of The Oinnha Ben to p-v.v n fine of $100 and serve thlrtj dajs In Jail for contempt of court The trouble originated over an article in The BOB which criticised Scott's general way of doing busi ness on the bench First the reporter who vvioto up the article and was given a farcical hearing nnd fined nnd sen enccd to Jail without even so much chance to defender or to receive justice as Is l\cn a political outlaw In Russli. Next Ro ewater came Infer for his turn nnd another outrage was per petrated. Scolt v.-ent through a form , which he called a trial , nnd then passed judgment and hid the editor tent to Jail without an opportunity to funiHli ball or to prepare for a n vv tilal Without going Into details of the Judicial farce wr- will say that the proceedings was damniblo and Scatt Is a disgrace to the legal profession nnd n foul blotch on the bench. If his rulings are n sample of justice wo had better do without it. The term Is a misnomer , for a ranker case of Injustice Is hard to find If our court Judges are to be pliced above criticism by * he press and nro In position to punish alleged offenders without fiir trial and with rights lejected , then Indeed Is our countrj In need of a reform This Scott-Robow-Uer affair Is something which reaches further than 'hat case and contains a principle which peisonillty Is Insignificant by the side of Wo do not know whether a district Judge Is "monarch of all ho surveys" or not , but we do know that Scott ought to suffer Im- peichment. Lincoln Herald : Judge Scott has sought to ' mu/zle the press to rhleld himself from criticism that he doubtless deserved. Whether ho deserved It or not , ho Is no better tlmn any other citizen , and simply because he Is a Judge , clothed with a lltflo brief authoilty , he bhouid not presume that ho possesses any more effective method of redress than any other citizen. If The Bco has unjustly or untruthf"lly criticised him ho has a method of redress pointed out by law , the bame as is accorded any other cit izen , and he should have no moro Ho should not bo allowed to use the power of his olllelal position for purposes of revenge Thanks to Rosowater's Indomitable courage. Judge Scott Is not hiving It all his own waj , although it must bo mighty uncom- foitible and distasteful to have Judge Scott's prescriptions of judicial wrath thrust at him with such embarrassing frequency and find himself peeping out from between prison bars when he ought to be ntirrlng up the animals with his political wand. Judge Scott ought to be muzzled , sent to the mule pound and sold for Judicial punk Too many judges nowadajs consider themselves endowed dewed with autocratic power They slight justice , disregard evidence and Ignoie laws so plainly that they are open to just sus picion , and inder such clicumstances can not justly complain if other Influences than law and evidence are b-ick of their Judicial acts. The people as a rule can construe the laws pretty nccui.itely and apply them to the evidence adduced in any given instance , and are pretty generally able to tell whether or not n court is conscientious. Lincoln Times- The recent arbitrary ac tion of Judge Seott of Omaha In sentencing for contempt without a fair trial Hdward Rosevv.itcr nnd ono of his reporters has led to a verj- healthy exposition of senti ment on tills question by lending papers of the west. In olden times and times not verv far imst the pcrbon of a judge of a court was regarded ns something very nearly sacred , nnd any ciltlclsm of him or his official acts was treated with condign punishment. But contempt in these days is something vastly different ; it is either the utterance in the piesenco of the court of Intemperate and untruthful language , di rected cither toward the court or its action or by ono attorney to another , Interference with Judicial process , or nny other not tending toward distuiblng the peace or dig nity of a court. A man or a newspaper that has good grounds for commenting on the actions or decisions of a court , oven though those comments bo severest stricture , is no longer regaided as guilty of any con tempt Courts are fnlllbln and gtmecptlblo to Intliir-nccH that nro not ahvayn tlio licst , and the right to crlilclso their nets nnd to condemn them If they are fnlse to tholr trust or their mnnhund Is reserved by the peopln vvhi ) created them , riattsmouth Herald- Ono of the most reprehensible and damnable nets of any court In the vcstcrn stales for the past de code was the KcntoncliiB of IMvvard Hose- 4 water , by the pulslno Judge Siott , for ton- J * tt'inpt of court. The article In ( iiicstluti was J ono willtrn l > > ,1 reporter lust month crlti- * cHiiB the facility with which Justice could bo dispensed In Scott's court And as a matter of fact justice was c.islly dispensed with , cspeclnll ) In this nnd boieral other cases we could mention \\liilo \\c do not bpllctu that Itosowtilcr It lnfnllii > u > , It U not plausible to think that ho wouil or iciild slniuler a bullet-hcnled Judge of the cnpicltj of the benighted Scott. Ho Is a judicial clinr.ictcr of Itnovvn Inability and dccldcB cases according lo his own malicious prejudices Instead of consulting law and evidence l.nvv nnd evidence arc unknown qmlltlcs with lily honor , * o to HIMMIC , and as he Is unable to understand these whin they urn presented , the only plain course loft Is to decide In favor of prejudice or the contestant making the mott plcntlng appe irance. If our district judges should follow his Meat nnd try to down the nod - - * * given right of free speech , ( lie crusudo upon newspapers would soon leave n scare- It ) In the innrket and these left would bo only a favored fcvv The old crank Isn't nt for a Justice of the pence North Ilond lie publican Ji. mo Scott , who occupies the dlstilct bench In Oninhn , Is a disgrace to the legal profession an I n tnennco to the people of the stale The edi tor of the Republican Is not a warm admirer of Ml , Rosovv.itor's politic.-U methods , but ho does think that Mr Rosovvator Is an honest Citizen , and as such entitled to the courtesies Incidental to that divine right Judge Scntl'a action In commlttlni : the editor of The Hen. to Jail for contempt of couit was a piece of potty splto work that would disgrace a Kalllr chieftain The editor of the Republican voted for Judge Scott , nnd that vote stands out as the ono glaring political error of this pilot's politic il lifn Scott has enough whiots In his head to stock n machine shop , and when nil of them gi > t to revolving at once which same Is quite often ho be comes a lit subject for the as > lum Mr. Ilosuvvnter Is Just now engaged In the pleasant task of hanging Scott's hide on the fence , and that menus that Scott will have tc nmulato the example of D.xvy Crocl < elt' & coon Ashland Gazette ndltor Rosewater of Tha Hcc has been condemned to pay n line ol $500 nnd to serve a sentence of thlrlj daji / f In the county Jail for falling to maintain a * > I proper respect for the dlgnltj of Judge OR , qcott of the district court of Douglas county. Of course thla proceeding will add Immensely to the dignity aforesaid , and respett for tha same will go booming sky high. All of the people of Nebraska , and the rest of mankind , will bo BO full of It that they will bo llablo to bust. Dignity of so unique a quality will have so much respect bestowed upon It that It ( respect of dlKiilt ) , or both ) will lay around In great heaps , ns It were. Kvory- body will bo elbowing his neighbors out of the way In order to get n-lop of the column , next to reading matter position , to pour out the tribute of his appreciation for such an amazing development of dignity , erudition nnd slch. At list an ample reason has been found for the somewhat homely and hitherto meaningless bj-word , "Great Scott. " York Times : Tortunatoly cases are very rnro In which a little \indlctl\c. cowardly puppy Is elevated to the bench. Such things do happen occasionally , say once In a life time , In Omaha. When such a senseless , brutal monkey docs get onto the bench , by a mistake of the people , as soon as he begins to show his antics some common-sired , middle-aged man ought to take him by the mpo of the neck and bosom of his pints nnd pitch him out of the window onto the stone pavement , nnd let the dogs cat such parts ot him as their Instinct would toll they could digest. If a mm had a thousand worlds , and heaven , hell and Texas besides , he would not bo able to pay a fine In proportion to the contempt ho would feel for mich n busll- lanlmous blatherskite If he should attempt to use his Judicial power to avenge a per sonal grievance. Pullcrton Post- Judge Scott Imposed a flno of $ & 00 and thirty dajs In Jail on U Hose- water for writing a truthful article about the judge s court Ag s ago Itns the custom to occa lonnlj ] find n man \\lio would not re main crazy when ho was reallj crazy und tin people tlnally rendered them up and boiled them down nnd made what is termed "holy oil" out of thcli circasses. They did this foi two purposes , ono was for the benefit of sclcnco and the other for the good of the community. While wo would not recommend this kind of treatment , we are constrained to say tint Scott Is so many different kinds of a dampliool that wo arc at a loss which kind to admire the most. Western Wave- The editor of The Omaha Pee , Rdvvard Rosewnter , was coonvlcled of contempt of court by Judge C. H. Scott and sentenced to thirty days In Jail nnd fined $300. It all originated fiom The tteo's criticisms of Judge Scott's decisions Uut wo venture that Hosewator will make the childish Judge wish he had never been born. born.North North Bend Republican : If Judge Scott would send to jail all people who have n su preme contempt of him. there would bo no body walking the streets except Judge Scott , and he's not much of anybody. Genoi Leader : Car Scott of Omaha should ; pack his grip and sail for Russia at once. Ho would bo right In his element there. 147 ca : j The lirsost inakcrH and tine clollitrt on earth , Your monoy'b worth or J-OUT inunoy bao'c. r n r r ! Tr -t ir irr It will soon be hot r Then if you haven't bought that Spring Suit 4 you'll wish you had. 4i ir The best styles al i ways go first. There are lots of them on fo : the street today , and they are the nobbiest r there are , too. Wo don't claim to be ab solutely perfect , but as near perfection as is over at- tailed in this wo1 'd ' ; so near are our Spring suits to it this year. Th back end oT our store is jammed f * full of new spring style hats hats just like hatters r. soil at a dollar a hat loss than hatters charge.1 But wo are showing the finest line of spring suits for r.I men and boys ever brought to this city. They I- range in price from $10 up. BROWNING , KING & CO. , S , W. Cor. Fifteenth and Douglas Streets , uyuuk.IKluuuuUn.JL. JLJLJI ji j ; i JL JLJULJ ; - > * -J V - V-Si ' - % - ' < V - V-- * V V sV ? * & vf Y * if rV * ff ff f & Jr J& J *