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N. 1' . Klltl. , Notary 1'ulillc.
On tlio wliolc May day turned out to bo
a rather tame affair all tlie world over.
Arc tlio democratic lawyers of Omaha to bo
excluded from the benefits of tlio district
attorney's olllcc In this stnto ?
Do not forget that every dollar expended for
labor or material by patronizing homo In
dustry IB canal to $10 put In circulation.
JiKlgo Scott's attention Is respectfully
called to the presence of a largo number
of dentists within his Jurisdiction who are
said to have a powerful "pull" with mcm-
bora of both bench and bar.
It Is remarkable with what ease the rail
roads secure n report on the bill amending
the Interstate commerce act so as to permit
pooling , whllo bills for the protection of tlio
pcoplo and employes languish In the com-
mltteo pigeon holes.
The 10th day of May will bo the twenty-
fifth anniversary of the completion of the
first Pacific railroad. As yet no steps have
been taken In Omaha to commemorate the
event and celebrate the day on which the
golden splko was driven.
Of course there Is no clew to the lynohers
nt Missouri Valley , It would be an extraor
dinarily Intelligent coroner's Jury that
would discover who comprised the mob per
petrating the lynching. That Is not what n
'j ' , coroner's Jury Is summoned for In cases of
t * * "
this kind. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - .
If Uuftalo mil's wildwest , shows continue
to draw upon the Inhabitants of the Indian
reservations for performers In his great
nggrpgatlon at the same Increasing ratio as
during the past few years the American In
dians will constitute the most widely trav
eled class in the whole United States.
No discrimination should bo made by the
county commissioners In compelling ox-
county oulclals to straighten up their ac
counts. The county has been quite liberal
in the remuneration of Its employes and
can not bo expected to defray unauthorized
expenses for work which the regular offlco
force Is paid to perform.
The members of the State Modtcal associa
tion arc discussing proposed changes In the
medical code which aim to abolish the dis
crimination against those practitioners who
do not belong to one of the recognized
schools. Los > s cede and more common sense
would ralso the association several degrees
In tlio common estimation put upon It by the
public.
DCS Mollies people have probably become
well enough acquainted by this tlmo with
the character of Kelly's army to revise
their opinions so hastily expressed whllo
the army \vns lingering on the banks of
tno Missouri. They may now reserve their
denunciations of the "cowardly conduct" of
Omaha In pursuing a humane corn-so toward
a body of men whoso chief offense Is their
poverty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Judge Ambrose deserves to bo commcndo'l '
for exhibiting a great deal of forbearance In
the recent proceedings In the street car casa ,
when thcro was provocation for Instituting
contempt proceedings. The Judge did more
to preserve the dignity of the court by Ignor
ing the personal reflections from the lawyers
than could have been done by seeking re
dress at his own hands and punishing tlio
lawyers for contempt.
The arrest of Coxoy and his chief assist
ants upon charges that are merely technical
in nature Is another stupid blunder. It was
frivolous and altogether unnecessary , Inns-
much as they had not succeeded In creating
any disturbance demanding the Interference
ot the police. It Is moro than likely to
create that sympathy for Coxoy throughout
the country the lack of which has been the
greatest drawback to hla venture. It offers
an opportunity for the populists In congress
to Jump Into the breach as the defenders of
the oppressed and.to make political capital
out of the occasion. It gives Coxuy and his
friends the desired chance to pose as mar
tyrs to the cause of oppressed humanity. It
will , moreover , stimulate other bands and
armies ot the unemployed to press on toward
Washington to reinforce Coxoy.
ff
[ t Danbury , Conn , , had a smallpox experi
ence the other day very similar to that
which Omaha underwent a few weeks ago.
A shabbily-dressed utranger walked into the
city hall and after making n tour of the
ofllcos vat down In the selectmen's room.
When finally noticed and requested to state
his business , ho answered , "I've got the
smallpox. " Examination by a physician
" confirmed his own diagnosis and ho was
promptly quarantined In the streets until
preparations could bo made to care for him
elsewhere. Kvery ono In thu city hall went
through a process of fumigation and vaccina
tion. Two cases moro precisely alike in
cities BO widely separated , could scarcely
bo Imagined , They show how buroft of
reason the victims of a ucourgo of this
kind become , exposing an entire community
to contagion for want ot a proper appro-
elation of what they ought to do.
\rOHKIXtlMKlf \
The great danger to the Interests o
Amorlcnn worklngmen In Imprudent le.ufcr
ship and uvnrconfldenrc. It Is n very oa j
thing to wreck .1 worthy cause by hasty nm
Ill-iulvlscil nrtlon. Tim hlntory ot Atilerlcnt
Inlwr Is full of dlt.istroun Incidents causei
by foolhardy attempts on the part ot * hol
headed lenders to plunge boond their depth
The prerequisite In every content must hi
good citizenship ntul respect for law.
The good example net by General Kellj
In refusing to avail himself ot a cnpturci !
train for carrying hh army eastward from
Council llluff.t gave him an Impregnable
position before the country nnd enlisted un | .
versal popular sympathy In his behalf. The
nggresslvo policy which Grand Master Sov
ereign proposes to Inaugurate , as outlined
by the dispatches from DCS Molnes , will ,
If carried out , place General Kelly and the
cause he has espoused a very question
able attitude. The seizure of railroad rollIng -
Ing stock by force cannot be justified under
any pretext. It Is revolutionary nnd must
lead to bloody collision oooncr or later. Hall-
road property Is not common property , ami
would not bo subject to willful seizure even
If the roads were owned and operated by
the government. The railroad managers
may bo very arbitrary nml exacting In their
demands for accommodations and rates , but
under the law this Is their privilege. Any
attempt to coerce the railroads by strikes
of their employes will meet with llttlu popu
lar sympathy. On the contrary. It Is lia
ble to create n reaction In popular feeling
toward the men who block the highways of
commerce and subject the public to Incon
venience and loss b reason of discontinu
ance of train service.
The only legitimate course for General
Kelly nml his army Is to purauo their way
eastward as they have donj from Council
llurts ) to Dos Molnes. Their forced march
across Iowa may entail hardship , but It will
Borvo as an object lesson what law-abiding
Amcilcan citterns can and will endure when
engaged In a movement they believe to be
for the common good of the tollers. Such a
spectacle would bo moro Impressive than
parading In the streets of Washington and
unrolling a petition on the steps of the
capltol.
TllH CIIIHAT ZOllTllKllA' STlltKK.
Strikes undertaken at a time of Industrial
depression seldom result In a signal victory
for the strikers. Moro frequently the men
engaged In strikes against wage reduction
have been unable to carry their strike through
to a successful finish. The Great Northern
strike Is an exception. In this Instance
the railway employes have secured In tlio
brief period of eighteen days practically all
that they demanded In the first place. The
order reducing the wages of all classes of
trainmen by 10 per cent Is withdrawn and
the men go back to work under the condi
tions that prevailed before the strike. The
railroad company recedes substantially from
the attitude which It had previously assumed.
The success of the strikers will necessarily
give a considerable Impetus to the American
Hallway union , under whose auspices the
contest waa waged. This organization , to
which the others have looked somewhat
askance , will thereby secure a status In the
labor world which up to this time has been
denied It. It has shown more strength than
was expected by most of Its critics , although
at the same tlmo Its discipline has by no
means approximated perfection. It none
the loss effectually blockaded the operation
of the Great Northern road , with Its COO
miles of track , for nearly three weeks , shut
ting oft some of the communities along the
line entirely from railroad facilities , seriously
Impeding the prompt dispatch of the malls
and demoralizing the railroad's business gen
erally. It was by the pressure exerted
through the commercial bodies of Minneapo
lis and St. Paul that the. strikers ultimately
gained their contest.
A further point of Interest Is the method
by which the result has been brought about.
President Hill of the Great Northern has
contended all along that ho was willing and
anxious to submit all differences to arbitra
tion , but the officers of the American Hall
way union professed to fear that they would
not be able to secure a fair and Impartial
decision. So confident were they that they
would win at all events that they refused to
agree to any proposition looking toward arbi
tration until almost the last minute. Hav
ing once accepted this method of settling
the problem they must have had their faith
In the policy ot arbitration materially
strengthened by the outcome. The settle
ment ot the Great Northern strike Is an ad
ditional argument for the cause of arbitra
tion.
ir/wjv.s nvir orJOAY ; uvsixnss.
Mr. S. L. Wiley Is decidedly smooth and
as handy at tricks as a three-card-monto
sharp. Ills talent and ingenuity In devising
loopholes through which boodlors can creep
with Impunity arcas matchless as his per
sistency In blocking any effort to got an
honest city electrician and competition In
electric lighting. When Mr. Wiley found
himself beaten two months ago In the bids
for electric lights his man Friday , Hascall ,
denounced Pardeo & Co. as straw bidders ,
Impostors and blackmailers , who wanted to
hold up the Thomson-Houston peoplo. When
the parties filed a satisfactory bond for
$23,000 as a guaranty Wiley's acrobat fairly
leaped from the trapeze and struck right
and left against any further franchises being
given for electric lighting. Hascall fol
lowed up this thrilling performance with
the omnibus ordinance which embodied con
ditions that no company could accept. This
attempt to perpetuate the existing monopoly
was KO brazen and glaring that the Wiley
contingent In the council lacked the courage
to put It through and face their constituents.
Then came the Junket to California , which
afforded thrco weeks further procrastina
tion.
tion.All
All this tlmo Wiley had one thing In view
only , and that was to retain his grip on the
city and prevent the competing bidders from
getting a foothold. His tactics were all di
rected to that end , and his steady and
ctcalthy efforts have been aimed at the
final rejection of all bids so as to leave him
In position to continue charging at the ex
pired contract ratu for an Indefinite period.
And now Wiley has taken a now tack.
Ho has directed a personal letter to mem
bers ot the council , pledging himself to sub
mit a bid lower than $112 per lamp If they
would reject all bids and vote to readver-
USD for now bids.
What cxcuso Is there for such a piece of
Jugglery ? Two months have elapsed since
the bids for electric lighting wcro opened.
The lowest bidder has Illed a sutllclent bond
as a guaranty of good faith. The Thomson-
Houston contract has expired and the city
has been left at the mercy of Wiley by the
failure of the council to close the contract
with Pardeo ft Co. Wiley's personal letter
to councilman U no guaranty to the city ,
oven It thcro was any excuse for readvor-
Using at this Juncture. Thcro Is nothing
to bind the Thomson-Houston company to
carry out Wiley's personal pledges. There
la nothing In that letter by which Wiley
himself coul'l be held responsible for n do ) .
Inr. There In nothing In the letter thai
would compel the Thomson-Houston coin
pany to lower Its present rate If Wll y cat ;
Indtiro Pardcc & Co. not to compete or tc
put In a bid higher than his own and share
profits. Defeating competition by rcjoctlnp
the lowest bid nnd readvertlslni ? Is by in
means n novel trick. It has been ptnyoi
time and again by paving contractors OIK
grading contractors , and was to have beet
the trump card In the garbage contract
Suppose Pardcc & Co. can bo Induced note
to bid again , and Wiley concludes not tc
submit n bid or purposely should submit n
bid dcfectlvo In form , what recourse wouli
the city have against paying the $144 pc
tamp Instead nf $112 ? .
Kvery councilman who goes on record In
favor ot rejecting all bids and readvertlslng
will advertise himself as a willing tool o
Wiley and unworthy to represent the tax
payers In any capacity.
THK QtisTiox or i-'itKt ; s
The bill that has been Introduced In the
house ot representatives providing for ad
mitting to American registry foreign-built
ships owned In this country Is likely to
como up for consideration at any tlmo and
Involves a question ol very great Im
portance. In the opinion of our most exten
sive ship builders If this measure should be
come n law the coiucquonces will be very
damaging to the ship building Interests , un
less there Is a reduction In the co.-t of labor
employed In that Industry that will bring It
to the level of similar labor In Great Britain.
The only advantage- which the foreign ship
builders have over the American Is In the
cost of labor. The president of a Drltlsh
steamship company , who Is visiting thla
country , recently stated that the additional
cost of ship building In the United States ,
which Is 30 per cent greater than In Eng
land , Is duo to the higher wages paid ,
"You pay the ordinary laborer , " said this
gentleman , "as well as the skilled mechanic ,
ono-thlrd moro wages than wo pay the samir
classes In the old country. All the dif
ference In ship building between the two
countries lies In the labor. The materials
as a rule are cheaper In the United States.
I can get steel plates for ships In this
country today cheaper than I can get them
In England , but It costs so _ much moro to
put them together. It Is also very much
more expensive to fit out a ship In this
country than It Is with us , because all the
supplies and the equipment and the little
tricks that wo arc obliged to have on every
ship are from 20 to 40 per cent cheaper with
us than on this side of the Atlantic. " Such
testimony must of course be accepted as con
clusive with respect to the labor cost ot
.ship building In Great Britain and the
United States , nnd this being so the question
to bo determined Is a very simple one. Shall
wo adopt the free ship policy at the prlco
of cutting down the wages of labor In the
ship building Industry to the British stand
ard ?
The Importance of restoring the merchant
marlno of the United States Is conceded by
everybody who has given any attention to
the subject. The vast sum of money that
annually goes Into the coffers of foreign
ship owners In payment for American
freights and passengers Is a great drain that
ought to be stopped or greatly reduced. It
would be Immensely to the benefit of our
producers If this money were kept at homo
and expended among our own people. Be
sides our foreign commerce would unques
tionably bo most materially benefited if it
could be carried on under own flag. How
shall this most desirable condition bo at
tained with a duo regard to all the Interests
Involved ? Under the existing policy wo have
steadily lost ground , the amount of mer
chandise carried In American bottoms last
year being less than ever before , and doubt
less the record for this year will show a still
further decline. There Is no apparent rea
son to expect that the future will bring any
Improvement If the present policy Is contin
ued. Some change of policy , therefore ,
would seem to be manifestly necessary , but
whether It should go as far as the free ship
proposition is questionable. But this propo
sition Is in line with democratic policy and
Its adoption Is to bo regarded as more than
probable.
lA' VKGAXDW CUAKOK.
Nothing could bo moro unfair or uncandld
than the democratic charge ) that republican
policy Is responsible for the popular dis
satisfaction and unrest which are finding
expression In the movement toward the na
tional capital from all parts of the country
of bodies of unemployed men , who profess
to believe that they can secure some relief
from congress. A western organ ot democ
racy and free trade declares that what It
is pleased to call "tho new anarchy" was
"born ot the spurious doctrine of protec
tion , " and makes the utterly false asser
tion that It has been encouraged by the re
publican press "to gratify nn insane par
tisanship. " The historian of the future , ex
amining the events of this tlmo with a clear
vision and an unbiased mind , will state the
case differently. Ho will see , what must bo
obvious to every unprejudiced man today ,
that not protection but the threatened over
throw ot that policy Is responsible for hun
dreds of thousands of men being In Idleness ,
and that It Is the hopelessness of the out
look duo to this menace which has Inspired
a small proportion of the unemployed to
turn their steps toward Washington In quest
of relief for themselves and their follows In
Idleness. No republican In public llfo and no
republican newspaper has encouraged this
movement , and Instead of ascribing It to
republican policy It would bo much nearer
the > truth to say that It was Incited by the
ndlttorcnco and contempt with which the
petitions ot the Industrial classes have been
treated by the party In control of congress.
When democratic representatives refuse to
give any attention to the written appeals
of the people and seek to discredit them It
s not surprising that an effort Is made to
glvo thcso representatives an object lesson
of the disastrous consequences of their pro
posed policy.
But what Is the real purpose of the men
who arc marching to Washington , aa their
oadcrs have proclaimed It ? It Is to ask
congress to authorize an Issue of hundreds ot
nllllons of currency In order to provide work
tor them. They believe there Is not money
enough In the country nnd that the govern
ment ought to Increase the amount. What
mrty Is responsible for this fallacy ? Has
not the democratic party for years fostered
ho demand for moro and cheaper money ?
; t was for greenback Inflation twenty years
ago and it Is for silver Inflation now. A
oadlng democratic senator , Morgan of Ala
bama , recently told ills constituents that
what Is needed for the restoration of pros-
icrlty In this country Is moro money and
hat If wo had a per capita circulation equal
o that of Franco the question of tariff would
bo unimportant. The great majority of dem
ocrats , at any rate in the south and west ,
agrca with the Alabama senator , and so do
! o\ey and those who are following him to
Washington. Another tnfng. Which party
s It that U responsible for creating and fos <
ttrlrg n popular Rontlmont Itostlla to cap
ital and cmlcavorlnjf to array the worklnn
classes against the employer : * ot labor , thua
the need of the. 1'now anarchy ? " It
h the democratic p.tMy'that has Inceritiantly
nurtured a spirit of : reVolt among the people <
plo and Is still doinggoto the extent of Its
Influence , More pro'nollnced nnnrchlsltc ut
terances were never'1 'hoard anywhere than
are contained In the"'BlM > feeh with which tha
democratic tender of the United States sen *
ate , Senator Voorhgos , opened the debate
In that body on tin * tariff bill , und other
democratic senators ' 'h ' s not been far behind
'
hind him , ' ,
In nil the long pcrlpd during which the re
publican policy wosfi RCC ) ire against assault
there was never an Intimation ot such a.
movement as Is now taking place of Idle
men marching to the scat of government to
ask relief from thr representatives of the
people. When thu democratic party came
Into power thes * men were well employed
and well paid. They would bo now but for
the democratic threat lo destroy or greatly
Impair the republican policy of protection.
Fair-minded men can have no trouble In
fixing the responsibility for existing condi
tions. .
The Union Pacific debt reconstruction's
are playing a very clever game before con
gress. The representatives of foreign syndi
cates of bondholders and their allies , the
Now York and Boston stock Jobbtrs , profess
to bo very much put out over the Olney
octopus bill. They have registered a. most
solemn protest before the congressional com
mittee on Pacific roads against some of the
conditions In the Olhey blanket mortgage
scheme , which contemplates the consolidation
of the bond nnd the floating debt of the
branch lines and extensions with that of the
main line of the Union Pacillc on a 2 per
cent Interest charge , with the option of
converting these bomb within twenty-five
years Into a G per cent octopus bond. The
alleged objection to this' plan by the Jolly
maRqiieraders from Holfand , New York nni
Boston Is to the proposition that the present
claim of the government against the mall
line of the Union Pacific shall be extended
Co the whole system , when In fact they have
for years past been anxious to consummate
just such a deal. The fact is the Olney oc
topus gives the stock Jobbers and bond Jug
glers all and moro than they could have
hoped for , but they want to smooth the way
for the professional boodlemcn for playing
upon the credulity of their constituents.
After examining the ventilation of the hall
of the house of representatives nt Washing
ton a committee of experts has arrived at
the conclusion that the ventilating system
must bo radically \yrong and recommends
that a new system be Introduced. The ven
tilation of the house has been a veritable rat-
hole , into which each successive congress
has poured the public money without remov
ing the Innumerablp causes o complaint.
Some experts ought to hivest'gato ' what be
came of the money that Jias been spent upon
the system of ventilation. That needs ven
tilation as much as Vho house Itself.
Another federal judge1 has declared that
dealing In options Is nothing moro nor less
than gambling and bas rpfused to give judg
ment for violating contracts arising out of
such transactions. If this doctrlno becomes
generally accepted the , option broker will
have to rely upon the honor of his patron
rather than upon the obligation of a contract
Under such a limitation ( ho business must bo
confined within a smaller field.
I'rnniitni o ConrliiHlnn.
I'hllailelplila Times.
Another reason why Coxey hasn't scared
congress Is that the majority there belong
to the unterrlfled.
A 1'rolniiKinl t'Instcr.
Denver N'ewa ,
Attorney General Olney's plea , for the re
organization ot the Union Pacific company
would extend that corporation's debt to the
government for 110 years. It will hardly
llnd much favor In congress.
- o
AVIioro iKiioritnro li HHss.
Now York llecoidcr.
The wild editorial asses ot the London
press nro predicting the downfall of the
republic because ot the Coxoy armies. A
thousand years after the English monarchy
Is dead the republic of the United States
will be alive and kickingIt came to stay.
l.ibrl In n Niimo.
Kansas City Star.
Kansas courts have been called upon to
decide that ualutlng a man as "IJrec'.tln-
ridge" Is a gross and painful libel. And yet
while other states ure wrestling with such
questions Kentucky Is expected by the
proud possessor of this name to vindicate
him.
o
DlHli-rss.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Secretary Herbert continues In distress
over the scandal of the defeotl/e armor r. nte
furnished the new cruisers nnd hattl slili't ,
but Mr. HeibtTt can do nothing about It.
The president has to stand by ins b.trtfaiiiH.
That letter of Carnegie's denouncing the
republican party nnd protection was worth
something t < xjho administration , but not as
much as Is being- paid for It.
, Lot UH lltno IVaco.
riillmlolplil.a Record.
Well ! well ! The confederate veterans as
sembled In reunion nt Birmingham , Ala. ,
yesterday ( Grnnt'H birthday ) unanimously
adopted a resolution asking the Grand Aimy
of the Republic to accept Atlanta's Invi
tation to hold the grand encampment theie
In 1SS5. Truly , the aspiration of General
Grant. "Let us have peace ! " has been more
than fulfilled. Peace has been followed by
concord and brotherhood. It is a long way
to Atlanta , but the Grand Army boys ought
to go there again ,
1'ouuilliif ; ii SocliillKtlo Scheme.
New Yoik Sun.
To put the Income tax law upon the stat
ute book Is to authorize a communistic and
conflscatory system ot which no man can
tell the end. Its advocates cannot dendun
the opposition to It by this pretense of its
temporary character. Whether for ono day
or for a thousand years , the principle of It
and the evil of It are tlie same In kind. It
Is class taxation. It Is tlie beginning of
Inequality and the end of democracy. It Id
the lobbery of the well-to-do for the benefit
of the loss well-to-do. It Is the confiscation
of private property for Ihe benefit of private
Individuals. It Is an attack upon the rights
of property that no man who believes In
property can nffoitl tocountenance. .
fiovrrnor JiicliMm at tlui Vront.
SprlnKflclJ ( Mass. ) Republican.
Governor Jackson pl'Iowa Is a sample of
the kind of man n.o.1 wanted In public olllco
when a matter Is tplbe dealt with of the
"Commonweal" nrmy Bort. Ho haw called
out the mllltla of/Ulu state since Kelly's
army reached lo/vn , 'und then sent the
soldiers homo again. When Kelly talks
with him he tells Uh.p.- army to go ahead ;
when a railroad attorney gets Ills' ear ho
favors suppresslveN'uctloii , and so on. The
man to meet such in emergency Is ono dis
creet enough watchtliUy to keep his liaruln
off as long nh the' ' band of wanderers Is
keeping within the/ / rights common to nil
citizens , and qulckl nnd fearless In action
when common rlnMs ; como to be trans
gressed. If Washington Is possessed of
such otllclals , therolwlllbeno trouble ,
The Vindication of Mather lliihlmrtl.
ChlcQKD Tribune.
Now that Kelly'8 army has left the
vicinity of Council Bluffs , where the recent
llsturlmnccs occurred and an attempt was
muleto seize trains , and the pcoplo of that
city have an opportunity to make them
selves heard , the real facts In the cu.so are
coming out. Thirty-four of the wholesale
Inns of Council Bluffs have joined In a
card to Marvin Hughltt. president of the
S'orthwestern road , stating that there has
> een no meeting of business men In that
city to denounce the action of Judge Ilulj-
bard , as stated by some papers. At a
nubtiequcnt meeting of business men the
ictlon of the railroads was declared to bo
Ight and legal and was heartily Indorsed
by them. At the same inuetlng It was de
cided to make a public statement of what
really occurred In Omaha and Council
muffs.
IT.UI'l.K tXI )
Ooxoy'a road was pretty l-ard , yet the fin
ish was through flowered p.tths.
Thp shaking up of the Moribund In Greece
Is n foretaste of what the fall Imi In store
for American bourbons.
"All , sweet nro the use * of ad-verslty , '
fervently exclaimed the poet , as he pocketed
a remittance from the soap manufacturer.
In view of the annoying and Irritating fre
quency of the practice , some method of arbi
tration should bo adopted to prevent ball
teams going out on strikes.
The sultan of Turkey Is about to under
take it tour of Hurope with half a hundred
wives. Poor man , his courage lacks the
essential Ingredients of discretion.
Congress ought to set nslde a dny to hear
the Commonweal "Unknown. " Otlierwlto tin
Impression will got nbroail that professional
courtesy Is n lost art among fnklrs.
Andrew Carnegie's purchase of Egyptian
mummies was completed at nn opportune
moment. From all accounts the antique
st fts arc fcr moro tndurli'R tl nn ( he pinto ho
Is furnishing the guvrrnintint.
Nations rock In salamlc convulsions , nature
has Its seasons of life and Inertia , armies
conic nnd go , men arc born to strut nwhllc
upon the stage nnd pass Into dust. All
things change , with ono exchiinqe. The price
ot Ice In Omaha bids defiance to the laws ol
nature.
Every week or no furnishes evidence ol
the unamerlc.tn spirit ot New Yoik. The
Press of that city records the melancholy
fact that "at the end of this memorable
( grand opera ) performance the stock of every
florists' stand4Inofohlllo cmfwypcmfwyppuu. "
The decline of United States In the metrop
olis shocks and shivers the palladium ol
liberty.
It may Interest those wr.o have rend pen
sion speeches to know that there are about
4,000 persons living In foreign countries who
receive checks from Washington quarterly In
payment of pension ? . Tl.cre arci,0 0 In C n
niln , who rovelvo $315,000 a year ; COO In Ger
many , receiving $98,008 n yc.ir , and 75i ) In
Great Britain whose checks aggregate $120.-
990 a year. Ono man In the FIJI Islands
draws $21 every three months , and four
tlmea a year checks nro sent to men who
are living In Africa.
Hlchard D. Barclay , who severed his
active connection with the Pennsylvania
Railroad company on the first of this
month , was the Immediate helper of Colonel
Thomas A. Scott when the latter , ns assist
ant secretary of war. had charge of military
transportation by rail during the war of the
rebellion. The services that he then ren
dered wore of the greatest value to the
country , and when Colonel Scott became
president of the Pennsylvania railroad he
marked his appreciation of them by making
Mr. Barclay the general assistant. In which
position he was retained by President Hob-
orts.
I'liuiir.KSs STiiviiiii.K twit , rusncK.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : Even death gets
tired of waiting for the red tape lo unravel
at Washington.
Globe-Democrat : Thcro never was any
reasonable room for doubt about the validity
of his claim , and he asked nothing but , the
confirmation of his title to a piece ot prop
erty that he had acquired by legitimate pur- >
chase.
Boston Globe : If the history of the Mc-
Garrahan case shall stir up congress to sec
to It that at least a decent fighting chance
shall be afforded to a claimant against the
government a great and much needed re
form will bs established.
Washington Post : A victim of protracted
injustice , of a cruelty unprecedented , of n
wrong without parallel , he has passed to a
reward with which human tribunals have
nothing to do ; and the vast property of
which ho was robbed Is still In the hinds of
the robbers.
Cincinnati Commercial : Though poor in
all but expectations , McGarrahan had the
spirit of a millionaire , and longed for the day
when he might reward those who had been
kind to him. He never grew fulsome in
promises , but he entertained notions of what
ho would do "some day. "
Detroit Free Press : Had he devoted to
any straightforward business one-half the
energy , perseverance and labor he gave to
the pursuit of this wlll-o'-tho-wisp he would
undoubtedly have made a worthy suctuss of
It , to say nothing of the freedom he would
have enjoyed from the wearing anxiety lo
which he has at last succumbed.
Chicago Record : It Is a story of a long In
justice , in which the contributing factors
were political Intrigue and congressional
dilly-dallying and stupidity. On the other
side was a patient , kindly soul , who believed
the United States government would not fall
to right the wrong It did him. Now It can
never be righted , and the fact Is an ugly
spot in the country's history.
Indianapolis Journal : The rlrh owners of
the New Idrla quicksilver mines , which they
stole from poor Billy McGarrahan , can enjoy
their dishonestly acquired property now In
peace , but they ought to cower under the
consciousness that they kept the rightful
owner of the mines out of his property
nearly forty years , and finally pushed him
into his grave , worn out and broken-hearted
New York Tribune : McGarrahan , Just
dead and burled In Washington , was Un
representative of hope deferred , but It did
not make his heart sick , and he outlasted
a succession of public men , carrying his con
tinuing disappointments with never falling
cheerfulness , and probably making a better
living out of his visionary Mexican claim
than If ho had come Into Its possession forty
years ago.
o
Till' } JOI.l.Y tsOUI.S.
Yonkers Gazette : The Irishman's view of
It : "It's a great shame , so It Is , that a man
cudn't have a llttlo Immortality before he
doles. "
Now York Weekly : Fair Missionary
Wung , why don't you como to our Sunday
school ? Laundryman ( apologetically ) 1
goteo wife In China.
Texas Sittings : Mr. Blunt My dear count ,
you remind me of a watermelon. Count In
vat way ? Mr. Blunt Although you are very
seedy , you are admitted Into our best families
without question.
Washington Star : "It certainly has done
Silas good to Jlno the church , " said Mrs.
Corntosscl.
'I'm glad to hear It , " said the visitor ,
"but how kin ye tell ? "
"Ho went Hshln' yesterday an' owned up
tor not glttln' a bite. "
Puck : Temperance Advocate My friend ,
pause botoro you enter that gilded den re-
llect you have a family , no doubt children
waiting for you at homo !
Dejected Stranger Yes , but my wlfo Is
cleaning house !
Philadelphia Times : Policemen think they
have a hard time , but they ought to know
what burglars go through.
Now Orleans Picayune : The man who loves
tobacco only to smoke , will take s.nuft when
It comes to a pinch.
Indianapolis Journal : "Anyway , " I don't
send pcoplo Into eternity , " remarked the tola-i
phone to the trolley.
'No , " retorted the trolley"you merely ruin
their Immortal souls. "
Chicago Tribune : Many a man who howls
loudly about the "wrongs of society" and
the "Inequalities of our social system" al
ways lets his wlfo carry the baby.
ABOUT THIS TIME.
New Yorlt 1'ri-sn.
The advertiser paints the fence ,
The huttcrlly Is on 'lie.tng ,
The shrike Is heard In thickets dense ,
Nocturnal lays the bullfrogti sing ,
The crow the corn Just sprouting swipes ,
Largo strings ot tbh the angler slaya ,
Tlio congressman Is laying pipes
And vernal poets piping lays.
Tlllll' TU II.s"l'ttl.Vl'Mi *
InillnnnpollH Journal.
He la an nntl-baso ball crank ,
Anil to his faith HO true
That ho won't wear his diamond
Until the season's through.
Nor will he feast his Inner man /
Upon his loved mlncc pies.
For fear tlmt In the pastry's depths
There may be hidden Itlcs.
Last Sunday , at his boarding house ,
He raised a wrathful howl
Because the only meat there wan
Waa stuffed nnd roasted fowl ,
Last week , also , he foronwore drink
And will not booze at ull ,
For fear some friend may ask nlm In
To "come and have a bull , "
ROASTED TO A RICH BROWN
Judge Scott Turned Over and Uastcnl by the
Press of the Country ,
ONE MORE TWIST GIVEN TO THE SPIT
Clcitlinl with ii I.lttlci ttrli-r Authority ll
Arrngntr * to llliii elf .Uti-lutc | < of
liifullllillliy nml ( live , I'ull
Suiijr to Vliulli'tUriien-t ,
Howolls Jotirntl : When The Omaha Bee
gets through with Judge Scott that some
what cranky Individual will bs enquiring
where ho Is nt.
York Times : Kvcrybo > ly In Nebraska Is
acnrrd to death for fear Judge Scott lll un
dertake to fine them In proportion to the con
tempt they feel for him.
Sitlum ( Ore. ) Statesman : The basted free
dom of the press doesn't count for much In
Omaha , where Editor Hosewator of The Bee
has bi'cn Jailed for printing In bin paper n
truth which reflected upon an autocratic
Judge.
Butte Gazette : Kdltor Hosewnter of the
Omaha Dee has been fined $500 and aentenced
to thirty days In the county jail for contempt
of Judge Scott's court. It will bo a big ad
vertisement for The Bee. but will not reduce
the contempt.
Hebron Journal : Judg ? Scott of Onmlm
will not bo sustained by public t > cntlmcnt In
his contempt proceedings against the editor
of The Omaha Bee for publishing a criticism
against his rulings. Such contempt pio-
eeedtngs nro boomerangs.
Humphrey Democrat : When a judge
stoops so far bciiMith the dignity of his oin.fr-
lo deny n citizen his more legal rights he
should be weighted down In a tan yard with
a load of Llmbergcr cheese until the stench
would become so great that It would pene
trate his filthy conscience.
Sac City Sun : For criticising In Ills piper
the partiality of an Omaha judge , Kdltor
llosowatcr of The Omaha Bee was arrested
by order of that Judge for contempt of court ,
sentenced to thirty days In jail and a heavy
line , nnd sent to jail without an opportunity
to appeal and glvo bonds. It is ono of the
worst outrages against the ecdoin of the
press ever committed In America.
York Times : Perhaps Judge Scott is
anxious to become noted as the most In-
famrus Judge Miat over sat on the bench In
America. Again , perhaps ho Is crazy. It
Is a serious and awful thing to contemplate
a madman occupying the position of judge
of the district court. Ag.tln , It Is posslbl-
that ho Is a natural stinker of peculiar and
oxqulslto fineness. It is hard to sl/.o up n
freak sometimes.
Columbus (0. ( ) Journal : The action of
Judge Scott In Eentnnclng Bdward Hosewater
of The Omaha Bee to Imprisonment for
alleged contempt of court was n rather high
handed proceeding. But Scott Is probably
one of the follows who , clothed with n llttlo
brief authority , Is inclined to make angel *
weep. Instead of showing his contempt for
the court Editor Hoscwatcr was probably tryIng -
Ing to conceal It.
Sacramento ( Cal. ) Bee : The attention of
the readers of the Bee Is particularly called
to a dispatch from Omaha , to bo found on
the seventh page of the paper today. In
reading It one could well Imagine himself to
bo in Hussla , or In England during the days
ot Jeffreys of Infamous memory. It Is not
the "license of the press" which needs to be
checked , so much as It Is the damnable-
autocracy of the coutts.
Mobile ( Ala. ) HeRlstcr : There are still
some sturdy sons of liberty left In the land.
Ono of them Is Edward Rosewater , editor
of The Omaha Bee. Hoas sent to Jail
for contempt of court n few day ago. He
got a supcrsedeas , and Is out on bond. The
case Is Interesting. It Is the general be
lief of lawyers that the finding of the court
will bo overturned by the supreme court
when the case comes up for review.
Leavenworth Times : A Judge at Omah.i
sentenced Editor Hobowator of The Bee to
jail for thirty days and fined him $500 for
contempt ot court In criticising the action of
the court in punishing a poor man nnd re
leasing a rich man , both of whom had been
engaged In the same crlmo. In this action
the judge does not hurt Hosowater , but does
moro than a thousand newspaper criticisms
could do to bring the court Into contempt.
Peorla (111. ( ) Herald : Judge C. H. Scott ,
who Is holding forth nt Omaha , has taken
the first btep toward kicking himself oft the
bench. In his court a poor man was severely
punished whllo the son of n rich man was
Klven hlh liberty , though guilty of the same
offense. Because the paitlallty in these cases
was commented on In The Omaha Bee , the
editor , Mr. Hosowater. has been Imprisoned
and heavily fined by Judge Scott. It Is safe
to predict that Scott will be out of a Job when
Hosewutor gets through with him.
Central City ( Neb. ) Democrat : It looks to us
as If Judge Scott of Omaha , In his contempt
proceedings against Editor Hobewatcr , Is
either the must arbitrary and vindictive
Judge on earth or else ho Is as crazy as a
March bare. The article In The Bee on
which the prosecution was founded was not
written by Mr. Hose-water , nor was he aware
of Its publication. Wo have no doubt but
that the editor is guilty of contempt for
the judge every day that ho lives In fact
wo don't see how ho can help It but In the
case complained of ho certainly Is not guilty.
The freedom of the press Is Involved in this
case , nnd every newspaper In the stale ought
to como to Hosewater's defense. It makes
no difference whether wo like the man or
not , he I * nt least n fearless and nn abU
editor , ntul nil the pres * ought to resent
this pi'rsonitlo.t. A few liotiri In Jail will
not hurt the nn-nt editor iin < l It will powlhly
hlp his subscription / * ? . ft at the principle
Involved couifs homo to nil of in. Wo uitl
the editor godspeed In hl efforts to roust
the Judge mill we trust ha will cook him to
the ( | ti.'cn's tunicWo iinvu ouraelf roailul
editor * and preachers , occatlotmlly. hut \ 11
never tiled our hind on n Judge. That must
bn delightful. Turn him over. Kdwiml , and
ro4st him on the othar side.
llurwelt ( Noli. ) iJniutprlBp ; Some tlm.- ago
Tim Omaha Hoc took occasion to critU-Uti
f-'oloiH-l Scott , who W M afterwards elec'cd
district Judge of the Omaha dlnlrlct , and
the other day the hmiurnblo Judge , to pet
even , had UospwaUr "pulled" for contempt
of court , i he alleged "ronlempt" arising from
n publication in The live wherein compar
ison * were Indulged In. The Judge acting na
prosecuting witness , and as the court prompt
ly found the prisoner "guilty , " nnd. without
allowing him to sny a word In his own de
fense , sentenced him to rMrty days In Jnll
nnd to pay a line of $500. Judge Scott
will hereafter find a whole lot of cm/tens
who have as much "contempt" for him in
has IMward of The Ileo.
Kvansvllle ( Ind ) Tribune : Mr. llosewat r ,
olltor of The Omaha t'o , hns bren tentencul
to Jail for contempt of court. The offon o
was that n reporter for The Hoc , without Mr.
Itosfwnter'H knowledge or sanction , wrote n
local article , In which ho pointed out the
Inequality In the administration of Justice In
that city , citing as evidence of tlm fnot the
case of two men who had been r.-iught rob
bing a mllw.iy station. Ono of thorn , bulng
a poor man , was sent to prison , whllo tins
other , the FOII of wealthy parents , was given
his liberty without the i-nsn coming to tr > al.
The Judge who had dismissed the case was so
dlnturbed about HIP article that ho nont to
Jail the rrportcr who wrote It and tlio pro
prietor of the newspaper that print oil It.
There Is a Justifiable and unliistitlablo way
of criticising n public olllolnl. and oven a
Judge on the bench Is not so sacred
a persomigo that a newspaper \ debarred -
barred from expressing nn honest opin
ion ns to the wisdom or honesty of
his nets. If there IK now a greater
freedom on the part ot the press In crit
icising a Judge limn there formerly was U
Is In a great measure duo to the conduct of
the Judges themselves. Whatever apparent
sanctity used to bo felt for the Judges of our
courts , much of It has been sacrificed by the
Judges In the unseemly scramble too many
of them go Into to secure olllees. When u
candidate for judgeshlp resorts to the same
tactics to secure his nomination nnd election
that n village constable employs to secure
his position the former must not feel hurt
If the public regards the two us about on a
par personally. If a Judge once elected
uses his position to secure a continuance In
office , or to "make himself solid , " ho must
expect the contempt which the public may
feel and the newspapers express. Contempt
of court and contempt for a man who hap
pens to bo a Judge arc by no means the
same thing , and oftentimes a Judge may do
a thing that will bring the wliolc Judiciary
system of the stale Into greater obloquy
than will all that any .newspaper could say
of him Individually. When a Judge holds
that any fair criticism of his acts Is a con
tempt of court he has mounted n higher
horse than ho can ride.
Hay City ( Mich. ) Tribune : A few days VT
ago a local article appeared In Tlio Omaha ' r
Dee pointing out the partiality that had been
shown certain prisoners by Judge Scott of ' |
the Douglas county district court. Two men JK
had appeared before him , charged with breakIng - < . *
Ing Into and robbing a railroad station , and "I
one a poor man was sentenced to prison , M
whllo the other the son of wealthy parents \l \
was allowed to go free without even the U
formality of a trial. There was no ques- J (
tlon as to the facts In the case , but the f ;
judge , feeling aggrieved that they should i <
appear In public prints , had tlio reporter ; ,
who wrote the article brought before him > ;
and sentenced him to thirty days In Jail for fj
contempt. Thinking , doubtless , to make a \
good Job of It , Judge Scott concluded to v
also arraign Kdltor Hoscwatcr of the offending - {
fending journal. When the case was culled I
for hearing on Tuesday last the court pro- i "
ceedcd to pass sentence , but this did not ;
suit Mr. Hosewater , who stood upon hla 1
rights and demanded that he should bo j
heard , and , although there was much confusion - "
*
fusion , ho managed to say that If there * t
was any contempt on his part It was of i
the people of Douglas county for helping
place a man of Scott's stamp on the bench. v (
After six hours In Jail Mr. Hosewator was
released on n supreme court supersedeas ,
and the whole affair has aroused the great
est public Indignation against the Judgo.
In benighted and czar-ridden Ilunsla the
course of Scott would have been fully In
Keeping with the spirit of his surroundings
and would have excited no surprise , but
that the editor of an American nowspapcr
should have been summarily jailed for a
statement the truth of which stood un
challenged Is almost beyond belief. The
courts are made up of men who are only
human , and In many instances thcso foun
tains of Justice have become clogged nnd
corrupted and would have caused wide
spread evil but for exposure by n fearless
and untrammelled press , keeping watch and
ward over the interests of the people. The
liberty ot the proas to criticise public ser
vants was among the principles that were
fought for by our ancestors , and It Is too
late now for a man llko Scott , n coward
and perhaps worse , to successfully abolish or
abridge It. _
How TliuuH Iliivu Olmiigeil.
Qlobc-Domocrnt.
The enthusiastic reception of Harrison by
the republican convention at Indianapolis
suggests that Cleveland would be very dif
ferently treated by u democrat' : convention
at Albany.
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