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cnco thin 3d tiny of April , Wl.
N. P. vnili. Notary I'ubllo.
When It comes to tariff bluster the senate
is well able to holil Its own with the house.
The regular annual proclamations of the
different European governments forbidding
May day demonstrations are at hand. But
the May day celebrations are Hkely to be
( julto as general as usual.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado Is the latest
man In public life to bo honored by the
cfllgy-burnlnG fiend. A place In the senate
Is worth little nowadays unless It entitles
Its occupant to a perquisite of this kind.
* t
* San Francisco authorities put an end to
t the proposed fight between a lion nnd n
ft bear at the Midwinter exposition without
i much difficulty. If It had been a fight
between n bear nnd n man or ono man with
another man Ihe fight would have come off
as advertised.
Harvard oratory triumphs over Yale , but
Vnlo has proved her superiority In the foot
ball field. Most pcoplo would assert that
honors are easy , but In the college world
foot ball overshadows oratory every time.
It will talce more than an oratorical victory
to rotrlevo a defeat In foot ball.
After reading Carpenter's description of
Japanese fire departments and his explanations -
tions of Japanese building construction , peo-
pie will readily understand why the great
conflagrations in the Orient , as reported at
periodic intervals , are always so destruc-
tlvo to property. A flro that does not burn
COO bouses Is not worth mentioning In China
nnd Japan.
Coxoy men must bo on their good behavior
during their sojourn In the neighborhood of
the national cai.'tal. ' and their conduct will
bo gauged according to rules and ordin
ances that are seldom applied to any other
bodies of men. If there is any law on the
statute books restricting their freedom of
action It Is sure to bo unearthed and applied
if an opportunity presents.
German newspapers profess to be aston
ished that there Is no cor.ccrfed action
among the state governments in this coun
try to repress the Industrial armies at one
fell swoop. They seem to forget that the
United States Is not Germany. There
must bo actual Imminence of lawless acts
before the military authorities In this coun
try can Interfere with the freedom of lav/-
abldlng people.
Enforcing the law requiring deductions to
be made from the pay of congressmen for
every Jay that they fall to attend the ses
sions of the house opens up a way for
patriotic democrats to supply the deficit In
the revenues of the treasury. If they will
only stay away from the capital and for
feit their salaries the treasury will bo so
much the gainer. It rests with each con
gressman to make his own contribution ,
It Is to bo hoped that there will bo no un
necessary rivalry for the privilege of help
ing the government out by this method.
"I told you so , " says Mr. Kem , with
rofercnco to the upheaval of Industrial
armies nnd their convergence upon Washing
ton. If the people had only voted to nil
congress with populists of the Kem stamp
there would liavo been no financial depression
nnd no Industrial disturbances. The people
of Kern's district were wiser than their fel
low citizens , and , ns the result of Kom's
efforts In their behalf , they have escaped
every vestlgo of the Influence of hard times.
The only way for thorn to maintain them
selves In their present condition of flourish
ing prosperity will bo to keep Kem In con
gress ,
The Lincoln Labor club , at an enthusiastic
and crowded meeting , has passed resolu
tions of thanks for the fair treatment which
labor organizations and the Industrials have
had In the columns of The Rco. In view
of the manifestly unfair treatment accorded
them In other newspapers , the compliment
Is certainly oneto be appreciated. The
lice , however , professes to glva fnlr treat
ment to all classes In the community with
out discrimination. It Is Its duly to do so
and thanks are not necessary for ono who
merely performs his duty. The Dee will
continue to accord fair treatment to the
Industrials , to labor organizations and to In
employers of labor all alike ,
We have It upon the best authority that
the residents of Council niufts decline to
endorse the resolutions of the rebate ship
pers Of that city respecting the action of jr
Omaha In dealing wltU Kelly's army. The
masses there as well as In Omaha warmly
. sympathized with the transients and hold
the Iowa rallorads responsible for the dls-
turbanco and general cessation of train acrv-
Ice In and out of Council Illuffs. The so-
called mobs that left Omaha for the IllufU
had only ono object In view and that waste
to Induce the railroads to transport the
army. Had they been successful the pejplo
of Council DlufTs would huvo been beiio-
flted. The Iowa railroad managers cannot
uvado the responsibility , nor can they zhlft 3y
" IIQOU Omaha.
TIIK tt.ixtiuit POINT.
The treasury gold balance Is again ro
duccd practically to the $100,000,000 reserve ,
with every probability that It will continue
to decline. Gold Is going out of the country ,
not , Indeed , In such volume as n year ago ,
when $18,000,000 went abroad during April
and over J10,000,000 In the four months of
April , May , Juno and July , but In numdont
amount , If maintained , to threaten a reduc
tion of the treasury r > af.jn below the $100-
000,000 rcservo before the receipts of the
treasury Improve. It la said that the treasury -
ury officials are hopeful that this will not
be the case , or at any rate that thcro will
not bo any serious encroachment on the re
serve. Among the Influences that are counted
upon to avert this are the largo exports of
merchandise , the largo fund of gold In the
national bank * , the fact that the country Is
firmly planted upon a gold standard , nnd the
fact that the treasury balance Is largo
enough for practical working purposes with
out direct disbursements In gold. This acems
to afford a substantial basis of confidence In
the Immediate future , but tlioro can bo no
certainty that the largo exports of merchan
dise will continue , nnd so far as the gold
fund In the banks Is concerned It may b
the policy of those Institutions to keep It n
far as posslbfo Intact , letting the treasury
supply the foreign demand tor gold , If I
should bo considerable , or a largo part of It
Prom all present Indications , however , Eu
reps > Is not likely to draw anything like as
much gold from this country during the on
aulnc three months ns It did In the corre
spondmg period of last year. Not only Is
the balance of trade largely In our favor , bu
thcro Is noted an Improvement In the status
of American securities which will undoubt
edly bo followed by an Increased demant
that will still further swell the balance In
our favor. Taking all these things Into con
sideration the Immediate outlook presents no
disturbing aspect , but what of the future ?
If gold goes out of the country now , with
alt the trade and financial conditions so
favorable to us , what will bo the result If the
pending tariff bill becomes law. A largo in
crease of imports Is expected under the oper
ation of that measure and there Is no reason
to look for a corresponding Increase of ex
ports. Europ ? Is not now buying any moro
of our merchandise than It needs nnd will
not do so tinder a change In our tariff pol
icy , but If that policy shall be what Is now
proposed Europe would undoubtedly sell us n
great deal moro than It is now doing. The
dirfercnco wo should bo culled upon to settle
In gold and then would probably come the
test of our ability to maintain the gold basis.
This Is an aspect of the situation which must
not bo lost sight of and It will not do to dls
miss It with the suggestion that It is too
remote to need present consideration. Ob
viously If the country cannot oven keep Its
gold under existing conditions , when the
supply ought to be Increasing , It will loss It
much moro rapidly under a tariff policy that
would greatly Incicaso our Imports without
a corresponding augmentation of exports ,
and how long would it take us , under such
circumstances , to reach a silver basis , unless
vo borrowed gold ?
It would not bo at all surprising if before
the close of the year , In the event of the
mssago of the tariff bill within the time
desired by the supporters of that measure ,
the balancs of trade will bo turned against
is and the treasury gold so depleted that
another Issue of bonds will become necessary
In order to enable the treasury to maintain
the gold reserve.
THK TIMK TO 1IUJLD.
Now that the building season has fairly
sot in , every effort should be made by our
city and county authorities to push such pub
lic works as they arc nblo to undartnko
with the means In hand. Whatever money'
has been raised by taxation or by the vote
of bonds for specific improvements should be
taken out of the banks where it Is lying dead
and put Into circulation among worklngmen
and dealers in building materials. Every
dollar expended for wages or material Is
equal to ton dollars of calculation before it
gets back Into the original depository.
Tlioro never has been n tlmo In the history
of Omaha when building could be done so
cheaply as it can be this season. There
never has been tlmo
a when building ma
terials were as low In the Omaha market as
they are today , nnd labor as cheap.
Those who have the means and the
ground to build on , nnd especially
capitalists who contemplate building elegant
homes , can do so this season with great ad
vantage to themselves , while at the same
tlmo they will aid In promoting Omaha's
business prosperity. The right time to ven
ture upon building enterprises Is when real
estate , labor nnd material have reached bet
tom. Wo believe that bottom has been
reached In Omaha now , nnd those who wish
to take advantage of the rising tide will
make no mistake In doing so this season.
Incidentally , let us again admonish upon
all who propose to croct buildings this year
to build of brlclc and stone. Brick and
stone are within the reach of all who want
to build , and In this climate brick and stone
are the only material to use where perma
nent nnd substantial structures are desired.
The block house Is nil right for pioneers In
the wilderness ; the frame house for the
second generation of settlers , but wooden
buildings are out of place anywhere except In
earthquake countries and In the tropics. The
substantial modern city is built of brick and
stone and Iron , and the city of the future
will bo constructed entirely of flro proof
materials.
JACOMK TAX CO
In an exhaustive and learned monograph
upon progressive taxation In theory and
practice , Just published by the American
Economic association , the author , Prof. Ed
win n. A. Scllgman of Columbia college ,
makes some very pertinent observations with
respect to the practicability of applying the
theory of progressive taxation to the pro
posed federal Income tax observations that
show the weak point In the Income tax
schedule now pending In the senate. With
out goltiB Into the details of Income
taxation , ho explains that there are
two chief methods of arranging an in
come tax. The ono method , as exemplified a
the most successful of all Income taxes ,
that of England , Is to split the Income Into >
schedules , according to the source from
which It Is derived , each schedule or sot of
schedules being assessed separately by dif
ferent officials. This ho calls the scheduled
Btoppage-ut-sourco Income tax. The other
method , as In the Prussian tax and the
American taxes during the civil war , la to
mess the Income as a whole In a lump sum as
nd to levy the tax directly upon the reclpl-
jnt of the Income Instead of upon the Income
payer. This ho terms the lump-sum Income
tax. Prof. Sellgman adds that experience
lias proven the collection of the tax on the
schedule plan to bo far preferable to Its col
lection of the Individual In a lump sum.
Instead of adhering consistently to either
3110 of these plans that have been adopted
foreign governments , the Income tax bill
low before the senate attempts to combine
the two so an to Intensify the shortcoming
of each. It Is , as Prof. Heligman point * out ,
ensenllnlly "tho undesirable anil discredited
lump sum , or pononat Income tat , " al
though In ono very Important particular It
Introduces the schedule Idea. Corporations
are co npelled to pay the Income lax on
stock and bonds , nnd they may withhold thn
amount of the tax from the dividends or In
tercut. Such being the case , It would , of
course , have been useless to apply n pro
gressive rate of taxation to the Income from
corporate Investments , because of the Im
possibility of collecting It. Every Investor
would split up his holdings Into blocks which
would pay only the minimum , The progres
sive tax call bo placed upon Incomes only
when the Income Is regarded na a whole.
A progressive rate would , as a consequence ,
be equally Inappropriate to the Wilson bill ,
which allows a deduction of the amount of
Income upon which the corporations pay the
tax.
tax.Tho
The great advantage of the schedule plan
of Income tax collection Is that It catches
the tax at the ttourco , before It has coma
Into possession of the person against whom
It IH assessed. The party who pays the tax
Into the treasury has little Interest In preventing -
venting the government from securing Its
due. H enlists In behalf of the revenue admin
istration the services of n largo corps of tax
collectors outside of the ofllclul ranks. The
lump-sum plan , on the other hand , takes
the tax away from the person to whom
the Income belongs , the person who Is most
Interested In keeping the tax at the lowest
possible point. It tends , therefore , to stimu
late deception nnd fraud. It emphasizes the
Inquisitorial features of the tax nnd make
it all the moro obnoxious.
KUKP UUT CUX1HACT IMIOlt.
Thcro Is a law prohibiting the importation
of contract labor which was passed n number
of years ago. It was enacted in response to
an earnest and persistent demant
from the labor Interests of the
country , prompted by the fact tha
great numbers of laborers were > being brough
Into the country from Europe under contract
to the serious detriment of the labor already
hero. These aliens , Induced to come here
by assurances that their condition of life
would bo greatly improved , swarmed by tens
of thousands Into the coal mining districts
nnd into the service of great manufacturing
establishments. It is needless to say that
they did not realize the promises held out to
them. Once safely hero they became little
better than serfs , experiencing privation and
hardship quite as severe , If not more so , than
they had suffered In their native lands
Their coming lowered wages In the branches
of labor where they are employed , as it was
Intended to do , to the standard they were
willing to accept , and as the supply Increased
the rate of wages declined. American labor
was almost entirely driven out of tbe employ
ments In which this alien labor was avail
able , because aii American would not try to
subsist on the price paid for this labor.
The enactment of the alien contract labor
law checked the importation of this labor ,
but did not put a complete stop to it. Under
the first rigid enforcement of the law by the
Harrison administration very little contract
labor found Us way into the country , but
there has been some imported since , it is
said , and there is reason to bellevo that the
law Is not now being so thoroughly enforced
as It ought to be. Yet there has never been
a time when it was moro desirable or
necessary than now to exclude this labor ,
and in order that this may be more effectu
ally done It Is probable that additional legis
lation will bo required. There Is on the
calendar of the bouse of representatives a
bill Intended to bedtor accomplish this ex
clusion. It provides that no alien Immigrant
shall bo admitted within the United States
unless ho can produce a certificate from a
consul or other authorized representative of
the United States setting forth that bo does
not belong to the class or classes of alien
Immigrants excluded from admission to the
United States by the nets relative to the
Importation of aliens under control or agree
ment to perform labor. The bill makes it
the duty of consuls and representatives of
the United States In other countries to in
vestigate and grant or wlthold certificates.
This Is a very simple measure , easily un
derstood , and proposes nothing that would
operate as a hardship to the immigrant. The
latter would simply have to show , by evi
dence satisfactory to the consul , that ho was
not under contract to labor on his arrival
in this country , and this need not cost a
great deal of trouble to either the official
or the Intending immigrant. Indeed , it is
highly probable that If we had such a law Its
offset would bo to put an end to all at
tempts to make labor contracts with aliens ,
because the business could succeed only by
a general corruption of consuls , which would
jo hazardous and expensive , oven if It were
practicable. At any rate this bill certainly
provides moro efficient means for the enforce
ment of existing law , nnd everybody who be-
Icves that It Is necessary to exclude alien
contract labor of the class now designated
jy law will approve It.
STATE 1IAKKS OA" A SOUXD li.lSIS.
Eastern bankers are beginning to manl-
'est a strong Interest In the question of
amending the existing state of the law
relating to bank note Issues. A representa
tive financial Journal says that bankers
whoso outlook reaches beyond the horizon
of the Immediate future very generously
concede that the tlmo has arrived when
well considered steps should bo taken for
constituting the bank note the chief In
strument of the retail circulation. Doubt-
ess the subject Is also receiving the con
sideration of bankers In other portions of
ho country , for it possesses an Importance
that gives it a claim upon the attention of
all who are Interested In financial affairs.
The time Is not remote when legislation on
[
this subject will become Imperative , nnd In
the meantime It should have the careful
consideration of those 'best , qualified by
heir practical experience and Judgment to
advise congress.
Among the numerous banking bills that I
mvo been Introduced In congress that
mown as the Warner bill , "to provide for
safe and clastic bank note currency , "
appears to bo regarded with the most favor
y the eastern bankers. It provides for the
ssuo of notes by state banks and national
tanking associations under conditions which
U supporters bellevo would secure at once
an entirely safe and elastic currency. It
contemplates the establishment of state
tanks , under national supervision , which
shall not be confined to United States bonds
a basis of circulation , but the notes of
vhlch are to be of equal security with the
present currency. State banks Issuing notes
n compliance with the provisions of this
noasuro would bo relieved of the 10 per
out tax , but they would bo subject to the
same requirements as to report and In-
poctlon now provided In the laws regulat-
ng national banking. Notes shall not bo
urnlshed to a state bank until the laws of
ho state In which the bank may bo located
hall have given holders of Its circulating
notes n flr.it lien u 11911 Its annuls and made
thorn n liability agpln/it / shareholders ; until
adequate proMslon-i - shall have been matin
i for ti ! redemption1 .of Its notes , cither at
j the stiUo capital Or some city designated by
| the comptroller , aniluntil : It shall have a
paid-up and unimpaired capital of not lew
than J50.000. Th cliiMptroller of the cur
rency must also bff'srillsflod ' that the aggro-
Bate amount of notes' Issued has been kept
leas In amount limp , a per centum of the
paid-up nnd unimpaired capital mid that
there has been no default In compliance
with these rcqurcnrons. ! (
It la urged In boliatf of this measure that
the establishment "of j'stato ' banks on the
basis It provides would open the way for
the federal government to get out of the
banking business , retaining only u super
visory power to ba oxerclsed as an assurance
of safety. It Is certainly the most simple
and the least objectionable of any of the
many bunking bills that have been Intro
duced , while the safeguards which It pro
vides would seem to bo ample. It Is hardl >
probable , however , that It will meet will
sufficient favor from the present congress
to become n law. It will bo antagonized by
two elements , those who want the natlona
government to Issue all currency and those
who Insist upon the right of the state banks
to Issue notes Independent of all fedcra
regulation or supervision.
The , leading financial Journal of England
Is authority for the statement that the re
vlval of business has begun In that country.
There Is a fuller employment of labor than
n year ago , and reports from the chief In
dustrial centers are couched In a hopeful
tone. The statistics of imports nnd exports
do not Indicate much expansion , though
quantities are larger than indicated by
values. As compared with last year prices
have declined C per cent , so that exports are
larger In amount though less In value than
last year. Imports also show an Increase.
An Improvement in railroad business Is also
shown. It would seem from this that Eng
land Is working out of her business dtpres
slon moro rapidly than we are , which Is ex
plained by the fact that she has no economic
war on band. Besides , her manufacturers
may bo getting ready for the bolter
advantages in the American market which
they are expecting. In former crises of
world wide extent , this country has been
the first to recover , England following. It
looks now ns if this were to be reversed and
our grt > atcst commercial-rival would go be
fore us In recovery from business depres
sion.
While wo do not approve any attempt on
the part of btato , county or mun clpal officials
to enforce the vagrancy and tramp laws
against unemployed workmen during the
present Industrial crisis , wo cannot refrain
from condemning lawlessness In any form
on the part of the unemployed , whether as
Individuals or as groups and armies. No
man and no body 'of men have n right to
seize the rolling st6clc'of a railroad by force
or to obstruct a railroad In Its regular oper
ation as a public highway. All such at
tempts nro revolutionary. A resort to force
on the part of the discontented and dis
tressed workmen hlustn the end terminate
to their disadvantage. Self-preservation is
the first function of government. The seiz
ure of property or Its' willful destruction Is
a subversion of government , which , If not
resisted , would end In anarchy. Such a con
dition would bo alike disastrous to all who
desire to perpetuate a. government by the
people and for the peoplo.
Punishing I-egUlutlve Tardiness.
Philadelphia Lodger.
It Is Intercsllng lo recall In connection
with the proposition to line absent members
of congress that in the early history of the
country legislative tardiness waa punished
by a small line. In colonial days old Inde-
emlonce bell summoned members of the
? 'enn.sylvanla ' assembly to duty. The rule
governing the members was to fine "those
members who do not appear within half nn
hour after the ringing of the bell and the
speaker assuming the chair. " Another rule
was : "Those members who do not appear
within an hour after the assembly bell
ceases to ring shall pay 1 shilling. "
o
Knniigli to Appall.
Washington Post.
It Is all very well for. the champions and
apologists of the Income tax proposition to
sneer at the criticism of honest men , but
the truth Is that not a single argument
which they have advanced will bear the
slightest scrutiny. The proposition Is re
pulsive from every conceivable point of
view. Even If It were not vicious In It-
pelf ns a cowardly surrender to class
piejudlce nnd Inherently disgraceful as a
vulgar demagogue appeal to the populace
It would "till be mischievous because of Its
attendant evils of inquisition and olllclal
tyranny. Leaving all other considerations
aside , the mere thoughl of the swarm of
sple.f , Informers and tale bearers that would
bo created by the operallon of such a law
is enough to appall and disgust the decent
citizen.
7/03' j.rxKiiii.
Dallas News : Even a dead man has a
ghost of a chance.
Cleveland Da'ln Dealer : " 1 have quite an
affection for you ! " bald the spring weather
to the bare throat.
Chicago Tribune : New Glil Do yen burn
the ( sweepings , mem ? Mistress You may
sweep the dirt Into the hot-air registers ,
Nornh. Wo move the 1st of May.
Ram's Horn : No man over finds fault
with the .spots on the moon when ho finds
out that ha Is lost In the woods.
Detroit Free Press : Customer These
trousets are the worst I ever saw. Tailor
What's tha matter with them ? Customer
Confound It , they wont hang unyway. Tudor
blandly ) Perhaps hanging la too good for
them , sir.
Washington Star : Coxey's Army AH wo
want to do Is to talk.
Senate Excuse us ; but we do not care to
encourage competition.
New York Press : "See here , boys , " salU
the musical bank clerk , who on counting
a roll of bills ciime across a counterfeit , "I
must brush up my music. " "Why so ? "
asked his fellow clerks. "Because , " holding
up the bill , "I've struck a false note. "
Indianapolis News : "See here , Mary , "
nhouteil the annoyed humorist , "If you tlon't
take these children out of the room I won't
bo able to giH my work clone at all. Do ,
you think I am doing this sort of thing for Df
un ? " <
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Detroit Free Pres : Notwithstanding the
irisoner was still drunk , he begged the
ludgu to let him go , /
But I can't dlsoharke you , " argued the
JUllKC.
Why not ? " pleaded the prisoner ; "ain't
loaded ?
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WOUJW ) IT ?
This world woulBJbfc great world ;
On the happiest kind o' plan , :
If there was but an otflco
For every othifirnan.
An yet , the thought arises :
If the olllcea were Illicit
Knough to keep It going so , ,
The middle rima-would Iclckl
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( 'iiiili'iniiiitloii ii * Hint of the
Hcott Di'cMiin.
Norfolk News : Judge Scott should be given
to understand that his judicial position docs
not warrant him In venting personal spleen.
1'npllllon Times : Hosewatur Bhould nol
abuse Scott , but should turn his batteries
upon the cringing , cowardly Omaha attorneys
who have It In their power , yet refuse to
cause Iho removal of nn Insane man from
the bench.
Nebraska City New * : Judge Scolt has
"played oven" with Itosewttter. llosewntor
was brought before the court on the charge
of contempt and sentenced to thirty days
In jail and pay a line of $500. Scott's actions
were so arbitrary as to bo condemned by all.
Fremont Herald : Kdltor Hosowater only
lay In jail long enough to write Iwo or ihroo
scorching editorials devoted to Judge Scotl ,
being released on bond by order of Judge
1'ost of the supreme court. Scott will bo nn
Intori'sted render of The Heo for some tlmo
to como , nnd If he don't go out some dlsmnl
morning and hang himself It will hin grent
surprise mid somewhnt of n disappointment.
Kearney Journal : Judge Scotl of Omnha
will nnd Hint although ho may vent his
fplcen upon Iho pdllor of The Heo for Ihe
criticisms of Iho press upon him and his
judicial conduct , yet ho will not sllonco It
by such despotism. lie will find that his
spltowork will cost him the respect of nil
fair minded men , nnd wo predict his retire
ment from the bench wllhoul honor to him
self or the judicial cloth.
Kails City Journnl : Kilwanl Hosowater
was sentenced to jail for thirty days and to
pay a fine of $500 for contempt of court by
Judge Scott of Omnha. The Irnto Heo man
was hustled off lo jail , whore ho remained
for six hours before ho was allowed to pass
out again on a supersedeas granted by Iho
supreme court.Judgo Scoll has bitten off n
tremendous chunk nnd the air is purple In
the neighborhood of The lies ,
Tekamah Utirtonlan : Kdltor Iloacwatcr of
The Omaha Dee was thrown Into the Douglas
county Jail for an alleged contempt of court
by the erratic Judge Scott and remained for
eight hours. Besides a thlrly days' incarcer
ation $500 in Heo dollars has been imposed.
The case has been appealed to the supreme
courl , which will reverse H. Judge Scolt
needs no rope to hang himself ; he's hung
already when The Dec editor gets after
htm.
htm.Ucd Cloud Chief : Judge Scott certainly
ought to bo Impeached for his unwarranted
action In the Hosewater case. Ho senlenced
Rosewaler of The Dee lo thirty days In jail
and assessed a fine of $500 for an article
that ono of the reporters furnished for
The Bee company about the judge. In Iry-
Ing lo maintain the dignity of his court
ho has fallen short nnd made it a farce.
The press of this country cannot be muzzled
by such methods.
Platte Center Signal : E. Hosewatcr had
his trial before Judge Scotl for contempt of
court , and ho was convicted and sentenced to
pay a fine of $500 and go , to jail for thirty
days. Ilosewater was In Jail about Miree
hours. It Is reported that Scott made a
monkey of himself , as usual , by administering
a lengthy lecture. It Is the cuslom of this
honorable gentleman to do more lecturjng on
the bench than a stump speaker does In a
fall campaign , and ho trios lo act as judge ,
Jury , witness and prosecutor all at the same
tlmo.
Genoa Leader : Judge Scott of Omaha sen
tenced Edward Rosewater of The Omaha
Hoe to pay a fine of $500 and serve thirty
days In the county Jail because The Dee re
cently criticised the acts of this most honor
able ( ? ) Judge. He has not only proven him
self to bo a demogogue ot the worst type ,
but has most outrageously degraded the posi
tion ho holds. Judge Scott Is a public offi
cial holdlnga public position and therefore Is
subject to public criticism. If the Judicial
gag Is to bo applied to the press , then may
God have mercy upon our people.
Nebraska City Press : Judge Scott's
friends will have a great deal of trouble in
explaining the sanity of his notion In send
ing Edwnrd Kosowater to jail. Ho seems
to have disregarded all the safeguards to
personal liberty , and Indeed it is doubtful
if almost any person might not be sent
to jail at the caprice of n Judge If such a
precedent Is to be followed. The Judge has
liad the satisfaction of emabrrasslng a per
sonal enemy , but to accomplish this ho hns
had to got down into Ihe mlro of potly per
sonal splto and drag with him the honor and
dignity of his courl.
David Clly Banner : Judge Scott of Omaha
has tried and convicted Edward Hosewater
for contempt of court. His sentence was a
fine of $500 and thirty days In Jail. The
charge against Hosewator was claimed to bo
occasioned by a criticism ono of Iho ro-
porlors for The Hco had made upon the
Judge , but was In fact basea upon a political
grudge he wanted to setlle. The decision
was an insult lo Impartial judiciary work
and a forcible sample of judicial usurpation.
Judge Post of the supreme court , however ,
allowed stay In stale against Hosowatcr and l
he was released under bond of $1,000.
Weeping Waler Republican : Judge Scott
yesterday sentenced 13. Rosewater to pay a
line of $500 and spend thirty days in the
county Jail for contempt of court. The judge
might do worse things than put Hosey In
Jail , but ho hns Inthis case proven to our
mind that he ( Scotl ) has wheels In his head.
A reporler on The Boo wrolo Iho arllclo re
flecting on a decision rendered by Judge
Scolt and the reporter was the man trlod ,
but the judge had a grudge against The Bee
proprietor and ho sentenced him. Hosowater
was relenhed by Judge Post after having
been locked up for four or five hours.
O'Neill Sun : Judge Scott of Omaha should
bo Impeached for sentencing Editor Rosewater -
water of The Bee to thlrly days In jail and
to pay a fine of $500. Scott is a disgrace
to the bench and bar of Omaha. Mr. Hose-
waler would not willingly and Intentionally
Impugn the acts of a court. Ho knows better
than lo do &o. Judge Scott Is In the wrong ,
else lie would not have vented his spleen
In such a vindictive and retributive manner.
Mr. Ilosowaler was afterward released on
ball on a lelegraph order from Judge Post
of the supreme court to Ihe clerk of Iho
illslrlct court , Judge Scolt refusing to recogv
v
nlze an order by lolephono. Impeach Scotl. l"j
Grand Islam ! Times : If there Is a commission - '
mission do lunatlco In Douglas county , the
rimes wouul commend Judge Scoll lo U ns a
shining mark. A dlstrlcl Judge who dcllber-
ilely organizes himself Into an entire court
liidgo , Jury and witness and convicts a
citizen Nvlthout evidence , even denying him
tha rights which nro legally his due , IB nineli
a curiosity , but moro of a disgrace to the
ludlclary of our state. Editor llosewator of
'ho Omaha Bee , In skimming along , tel ing of
Lho peculiarities of "Great Scott , " and slm-
l/ly hilling the high places In doing BO , In
curred the displeasure of tills almighty per
sonage , nnd to satisfy his ikslro for rovcnga ,
linrbored for a year or moro , the Judge ,
jpon a forced prctcnso ot upholding the
llgnlty of tlio bench , sends Mr. Rosewater
o jail and Imposes a fine of $500 upon a
rumped-up charge of contempt , supposed to
iavo been shown the court In an article
ivrlttcn by ono of Iho local reporters of The
Deo. In pursuing the course ho did , Judge
jcott disgraced himself and the profession
10 represents , and the bar of his illslrlct
ihould make ono more effort to have him de-
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from the plnc ha ha * demonstrated
himself unfit to fill , and flght It to n finish ,
South Omaha Ttltmno : Doubtless Judge
Scott knows how to bo fnlr nnd Impartial ,
but there worn so many broad nnd crimson
threads of Intcntu hatred running from thr >
bench down through the trial of Editor
Itosewatcr for contempt of court that con
viction \\ns evident at the very beginning of
the henrlng. That Iho nmnnnr of conduct-
Ing this f.iu will bring Judge Scolt and Ma
court tmdor the shadow of the utipreino contempt -
tempt of advancing civilization , nml cause
the future historian of the nlnolcenth cen
tury to refer to this trial ns tvltlcnx" of the
crtldo and hcnthrnlsh methods of Nebraska
civilization In 1S94 , there Is not much doubt.
Gibbon Dencon : Judge Scott of Omnha
sentenced E. Ilixottnler. editor of The
Omaha Dec. to thirty days 111 Jail nnd n I
line of $300 nnd costs of prosecution for |
alleged contempt of court by publishing nn i
article criticising Judge Scott's court. Mr.
Uosowator was In Jail nbout Ihroo hours ,
when ho was released by order of Judge
Post of the sttptvmo court. And now Judge
0. H. Scott Is being condemned and roasted
all over the stain for the outrageous way
In which he acted and for his rnnllclous
utterances In declaring the finding of the
court. And this In the face of the fact
Hint The Dee editor wns proven entirely
Innocent of the charge.
Tohnmah Herald : The Herald , ni a demo
crat , would ordinarily take great delight In
Hcclng republicans fight among thom.ielvcs ,
and while wo believe all republican editors
ought to bu locked In Jail ns a mittablo pun
ishment for Ihelr false doctrine , the fact
cannot bo overlooked that Judge Scott IB
Rtepplng far In excess of common sense ,
law or decuncy In bin arrant sentence passed
upon Editor Hosewator Tuesday. After playIng -
Ing horse for several wcek In persecuting
the editor and The Heo force , ho brought
Uosewntcr to trial Tuesday nnd ndjudgcd
him guilty nnd sentenced him to Jail nnd
assessed him 1500 fine for alleged con-
lompl. The best citizens of Omnha nro not
mealy-mouthed In condemning the judge.
Friend Telegraph : The action of Judge
Scolt of Omaha In .sentencing Edward Hoso-
water of The Uee to thlrly days In Ihe
county Jail and to pay a fine of $300 for al
leged contempt of court , Is a direct blow at
the freedom of Iho press nml a menace to
the liberties of the people. When courts
cease to be the servants of the people and
wield a power so despotic that no ono dare
open his mouth In defense of law or justice ,
Iho llmo has arrived lo call n hall. It Is
our opinion that Judge Scott will yet very
much regret his action In this matter. So
far ns we were able to gather from a perusal
of the evidence adduced at this trial there
was not a scintilla that would show that
Mr. Kosuwator dictated the alleged contemp
tuous article published In The Boo or oven
knew of it until after Its publication.
Nlobrarn Pioneer : The sentence of Edward
Kosowater , editor of The lieu , by Judge Scott
for alleged contempt of court is ono of the
most ridiculous outrages ever committed by
any court In this liberty loving country.
Russia has scnrcely a worse method of ad
ministering justice. Slnco Nebraska has nn
apparently insane man administering In a
court of justice , it would scum ns if any
respectable bar should elevnto the profession
by Instituting impeachment proceedings ,
ngalnst such an erratic Individual. A sensa
tional Judge Is about the lowest and most
contemptible judge that civ 1'zallon can own.
Mr. Itosowator's Hoe may often bo wrong ,
and ho endeavored lo explain mntters In this
case , but the whole proceedings of Judge
Scott have been insanely hostile nnd crim
inally prejudicial. Kosowater stock has taken
a big jump by the sentence of thirty days
In jail nnd ? 500 line.
Jolts from Almmil.
Philadelphia Record : Editor Rosewater of
Omaha has been jailed for contempt of
court. It is not often that Rosewater is (
jugged. I
Plttsburg Dally Financial News : Judge C. i (
K. Scott of Omaha will learn , when ho comes ' '
up for re-election , that n proper exercise of {
Ihe rlghls and liberty of the press Is one \
highly appreciated by the American people. '
Ills sentence to Imprisonment of a reporter
and the edllor of the Omaha Heo , because l
of an expose of the abuse of the manner of "
administering justice ( ? ) was manifestly u J
transcending of his powers as a judge nnd a
small piece of potty spile work lliat is ignoble -
noble In him as a man. Wisdom is not al
ways found In newspaper offices , but liberty
to criticize tha action of public ofllcrrs. If
done In a proper spirit , is a con&lltutlonal
right , and the public as well as the news
paper men nro Interested In any attempt to
abridge or to deny it.
Minneapolis Journal : The Omaha Bee's
stenographic report of the trial of the Hose- :
vatcr contempt case before Judge Scotl of ! '
Omaha presents an Interesting study of judl-
cial asbiimpt on and Insolence.
Throughout the taking of testimony Judge
Scott bristled with malicious Interpolations
and a remarkable feature was the fact that
he had previously prepared nn order of com .
mitment and could hardly wait for the con
clusion of the testimony , which was favor
able to Editor Ros water , before ho blurted
out a tirade of abuse of that gentleman , and ,
without asking the prisoner if ho hail any n
thing to say , as Is cubtomary , hastened to
deliver Judgment for the defendant's Im
prisonment for thlrly days for criticising In
his paper the action of the judge In a case
which had been adjudicated. It was proven ,
however , that Rosewater did not write the :
article or order It to bo written.
Such ostenlatious malevolence by a Judge '
on a district court bench and such pene
trability to criticism rather seems to con '
firm the Justness of the Rospwator charge
that Scott had shown unlawful partiality In
the disposition of certain cases. The Idea
I ' that a Judge U above criticism In ft matter
| | ndjudlentod Is nn HHsiimptlon of which Ilia
| judicial mind everywhere mioulil bo rollevcd ,
A Judge , ns n nubile olUcinl , U lawfully sub'
Jed to criticism , not only ns to ndjudlcnlcil
cases , but ns to his rulings pending the de
termination of a caso. Uf Inlt there hnvd
been several rune * nf judicial nnsumptlon ol
snored nml Inviolable attributes throughout
I the country , which cannot be too severely
I rondomnuil. A judge on the bench nxudliig
' mullet * and pcrxounl hostility toward n do-
fondnut In n case on trial beforn him Is not
competent to hold such a position ,
Wichita ( Kan. ) Eagle : The Imprisonment
of Editor Hosuwatcr by the Omnha jndgo ,
the Intervention of Judge C.iMwoll jy hh
United Slates nmrshnls , ami tin hud i'p ol
the United States semite ngalust .UUCP Jen
kins , nil occurring day before yeat'.Ttlnv , as
reported In yostcrday morning's dispatches ,
hut emphasize the K.igle'8 cxprosiljns ot
lalo , touching tjtiic\-nuulu ! \ laws anil judicial
tyranny.
The mcnnce to popular Bovcrnnunt trday
Is not the law-making power or cvrciillva
authority , but Its Judiciary. 'I ! io fears ol
the people that Justice may bo denied them
arc not from r. rulcrshlp which Mlicrci In
themselves , but tn the prefecture of courts
against whose mandates the fundamental
law of the land has sealed their lips and
withheld their ballots.
Coxey's unarmed army may r irrh nnd
countermarch , may ns living pet'llona '
charge and rotrcnt , being Mislntned by the
bread of Ihoso who earned It nnd enrouraKUil
by the sympathies ot all these whom the
exigencies of unprcpitlous times have con
spired to cruelly pinch nnd lorluro , until
relief through governmental action or eco-
tiomtcnl agencies hns como to the hind : but ,
If Iho wreck of values , the peril of fortunes
nnd the illstress of states and -ommunltlcs
which have afforded the opportunities lo the
courts to declare that their nile of preco-
dontH Is higher than the will of Iho porplo
as found crystnllzed In legH.itlvo omicl-
mpiilB ; that no law can bo of "fleet until
sanctioned by IhHr findings ; Hint personal
liberty Is only possible by Individual sub
serviency nnd In mule respect to cturts ,
shall result In shenring federal Judges of
their abstracted prerogatives and unwar
ranted dominion , then the Imprisonment of
Editor Hosewater , the military order of
Caldwell and the petty tyrannies of Jenkins
will bo held to have been , If outrageous , jet
providential and not In vain ,
ST.in : i'i
Falrfleld Herald : Wo have it on good
authority Ihal Marsh Elder wants lo go
back to the legislature ihls fall , nol so much
for flic honor , bul as n vindication of his
past record.
Hustings Democrat : Our chief reason for
desiring the nomination of Judge W. Q.
Hastings of Snllno county as democratic
candldnto for governor Is that ho Is n gen
tleman nnd n scholar 303 days In the year ,
and n democrat every minute.
Wayne Democrat : II. I' . Shumwny of
Wakelleld Is being boomed by n few admir
ing friends for lieutenant governor on the
republican ticket. There Is no doubt but
what II. P. could fill Tom Majors' shoos
very acceptably to all concerned.
Bloomlngton Echo : Probably not ono
man In a hundred knows the name of the
governor of Nebraska. This Is the reward
that comes to the governor In these days
who merely attends to his business and
refrains from making a jackass of himself.
Genoa Leader : Let the republicans steer
clear of corporate Influences this fall In
their nominations and they will not only
elect a stale llckol but also five repub
licans lo congress and a legislature that
will elect a republican successor to Senator
Mandcrson. \
Stockvllle Republican : There nro two or
thrco republican newspapers in Ihls district
that will , immediately after the congres
sional convention , find themselves In a fix
and bo compelled to "shoot or give up the
gun. " They are making some very bad
breaks If they only knew It In trying to tall :
W. E. Andrews oul of the nomination for
congress. The republicans , the ones that
do the voting , and "thal's what knocks , "
nro unanimous for Andrews. The kick ,
coming from the source It docs , looks a
llttlo suspicious and probably If Iho true
reason was known Andrews would have a
stronger following than over. Frontier wih
send a solid Andrews delegation to the con
vention.
Papllllon Times : Wo are sorry to see Iho
McCook Times-Democrat , which wo have
liereloforo admired , apelng the Omaha Beo's
tactics in fighting W. E. Andrews for the
congressional nomination. The Tlines-Damo-
ral's treatment of Mr. Andrews is grossly
infnlr , and we canont help thinking that It
snows It. Two years ago Mr. Andrews ran
ihoad of Governor Crounso and every candl-
late on the republican slalo llcket In every
jounty of the dlslrlct. If that does not
ihow him to bo n vote winner we would like
.ho Times-Democrat to tell us what ono
s. If tlio Times-Democrat hasn't the figures
ve can furnish them. The fImud-Democrat
loosn't have to support Mr. Andrews if tt
loesn't want to. but the tactics It is using
fighting htm will not make any friends for
ts candidate , whoever ho may prove to bo.
The Uuty of Congress.
Chicago Tilbune.
What la wanted Is the restoration of the
American wage scale. The disavowal by
ongress of an Intention to meddle with
irotcctlon will restore that scale , will glvo
I'ork to the iron moulders anil to other tin-
mployed moelianlcs , and will dissolve the
'Industrial armies. " They will cease to ox-
st when the wage workers are at work
nco more and turn a deaf car to the Invl-
ntloiiH of the recruiting officers of the Cox-
yllcs.
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