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ononoi : 11. TZSCIIUCK.
Hworn to before mn nml nulncrllieil In my pres
ence this 2d day of Mny. lfl. ( )
( H.-nl ) . N. 1' . Kiil/ : . Notary Public.
Tlio rule against former office holtlora docs
not npply to tlio offlcci of public printer.
Dy what autliorlty of law docs tlio city
council assume to make appointments to city
-offices that happen to be temporarily vacant ?
Wo Icavo It to the labor organizations and
the shippers of Council Dluffs to settle
among thcirisctves the differences as to the
responsibility of Omaha and Omaha news
papers for Kelly's sojourn In their vicinity.
The success of the Joint convention of the
Nebraska nnd Iowa state dental associations
In progress In this city ought to afford a
hint to other associations of professional and
business m'en and laborers to adopt similar
plans. The benefits conferred arc plain and
indisputable.
Since the meeting of the democratic cau
cus on the tariff bill Senators Vest and
Voorhees have become better Informed as
to the proposed compromise changes In that
measure. Their Ignorance upon this point a
few days ago must now bo all the more ex
asperating to them.
A now drain upon the treasury supply of
gold for shipment to Europe threatens to
bring- the gold reserve again to that point
whom Secretary Carlisle considered It nec
essary to Issue bonds to secure moro gold.
The Impaired gold reserve Is a reserve" only
in name since the present administration
took hold of the treasury.
The county commissioners will be Justified
in making such arrangements to refund the
court house bonds now drawing 6 per cent
Interest Into bonds drawing H6 per cent In
terest as will result In a clear saving to the
county In the long run. Tliero Is no reason
to tie the county down to long time bonds ,
but an opportunity to effect a real saving is
not to bo overlooked.
Lincoln has been belittling Omaha for per
mitting Kelly and his army to pass through
this city and for dumping It upon Council
Bluffs. Now Lincoln's small contingent of
booted petitioners Is heading for Omaha.
But Omaha is not so narrow minded as to
resent the Invasion as a measly exhibition
of supreme selfishness and parsimony on the
part of the citizens of Lincoln.
The Sunday Bee will tell about the cele
bration In Omaha years ago when the east
ern terminus of the Union Pacific road was
located hero. If the report bo true that the
Illinois Central is soon to build a line Into
Omaha It should bo made the occasion of a
rousing celebration. This city wants a di
rect line to the northwest and a connection
with the great Illinois Central system will
bo the opening wedge. Let Omaha arise and
bid the newcomer welcome.
In contemplating the success or failure of
army officers as Indian agents the Intelligent
citizen will not attach much importance to
the warfare being waged against the agents
at the Omaha and Wlnnebago agency and
against Captain Hay at a Wyoming agency.
The fact that hungry politicians are deter
mined to discredit army olllcers in their
management of affairs at the Indian agencies
simply shows that the flesh pots of office
have not lost their charms for the average
patriot ,
When the partisan democratic Philadelphia
Itecord takes occasion to praise Mr. Frank
\V . Palmer , the outgoing public printer , who
had charge of the government printing olllce
during President Harrison's administration.
It must bo Incontestable that Mr. Palmer has
given no cause for complaint during his In
cumbency of the ofllco. The new public
printer , Mr. Benedict , was not able to com
plete his former term In this office with such
a record , and It Is not safe to o-tpbct hla
presort term to bo nuic'i letter than his flrJt.
Somebody must bo putting the screws
down upon the principal democratic leaders
of Now York. Only a week or two ago they
wcro loud In their praise of Senator Hill for
his bold and open attack upon the Income
tax feature of the tariff bill , ami they quickly
backed up Senator Smith and the other
recalcitrant democrats In their opposition to
this obnoxious measure. Now they are
denouncing Hill for his attitude toward
the Wilson bill and arc apparently endeavor
ing to whip him into line with the adminis
tration supporters. For inconsistency they
nro hard to beat.
national democrats can derive but cold
comfort from the election of n democratic
congressman In the Third Ohio district on
Tuesday of tills week. The vacancy was
caused by the death of Congressman George
W Honk , who was also a democrat and
? had boon elected In November , 1S92 , by a
majority of 4,310. The newly elected candi
date , Sorg , carries the district by a majority
of only about 1,700 , a decrease of gomo
2,400 from what "Is predecessor secured.
DID Now York Sun , alluding to the signifi
cance of this contest on the day before the
election , added this Illuminating remark :
"Mr , Sorg Is a vary rich man. " This may
account for even thu Email majority by
which ho succeeded lu pulling himself into
congress.
TIIK JKNKIKS nKt'UHT.
The report'of the congressional Investigat
ing cominlttro upon the Jenkins Injiinclional
ordcra add * ona moro chapter to the Btory
of organized labor In the federal courts. It
Is , furthermore , n chapter In which organ
ized labor secures treatment favorable to Its
cattsc. While finding no valid grounds for
Instituting Impeachment proceedings ngalnst
Judge Jenkins , nor oven recommending a
specific resolution of censure for hla con
duct , the committee takes a dccldctl aland
against the abuse of authority which It
nsRerta his nctloti to have boon. The orders
Issued by Judge Jenkins were , In the lan
guage of the report , "a gross abuse of the
power of the court ; wcro supported by
neither reason nor authority ; wcro beyond
the jurisdiction of the judge , and wore
therefore void. " The position assumed by
the labor leaders Is unqualifiedly endorsed
as the correct one nnd the second writ
directed against the officers of the different
labor organizations and purporting to forbid
them front advising with the employes of
the Northern Pacific to quit In a body or to
strike Is termed "more reprehensible" than
tlio first directed against the employes only.
There nro several points In the Jenkins
report that lay bare the weak spots In our
system of law as administered by the federal
judges. Their whole equity Jurisdiction has
been developed from precedent. The law re
lating to receivers , particularly to receivers
appointed to administer bankrupt railroads ,
la almost entirely judgo-mado law , and as
such has been expanded In n way detrimental
to the prompt determination of Justice. The
system allows judges to Issue orders for a
receivership without appeal , or , If appeal Is
allowed , to hand the railroad over to the
control of receivers until the appeal may be
heard. The road Is thereby enabled to elude
Its creditors and to escape 4'aylng its lawful
debts , while the same parties who brought It
to a stage of bankruptcy are permitted to
continue In charge ns appointees of the court
and with greater powers than they had when
they managed the property In their own
right. The committee believes that the latl-
t.udo enjoyed by the courts Is too great and
unwarranted , and recommends that these
dangerous powers ba subjected to statutory
definition and limitation.
A similar criticism Is passed upon the
authority assumed by federal Judges to declare -
clare anything and everything contempt of
court and to punish for contempt without
reference to the status of the act complained
of under the statutes that ordinarily apply.
What would bo merely a breach of contract ,
or , at most , a misdemeanor , on the part of a
railroad employe so long as the road Is
solvent , Is said to bo contempt of court the
moment the road passes Into the hands of
receivers. In punishing for contempt , too ,
the federal judges assert that their power is
unrestrained , both as to amount of fine nnd
duration of imprisonment , which may bo In
flicted without appeal. The committee does
not question this statement of the law , but
it Is firmly convinced that this power , also ,
should bo subjected to more precise deter
mination by congressional enactments , which
shall prevent the abuse of the authority
claimed by the Judiciary over persons whoso
acts they may construe to bo contempt.
If the Jenkins Investigation shall result
In legislation that will render Impossible In
the future such usurpations of power as
was manifested In the Jenkins Injunctlonal
orders It will have served a most useful
purpose. The Investigation will at any rate
tend to malto the federal judges more careful -
ful and circumspect about allowing them
selves to be led Into corporation traps , and
will Impress upon them the necessity of Im
partially hearing both sides before coming
to a decision upon any matter of such Im
portance 03 this. It ought to put an end
at once to the Issue of Injunctions designed
to prevent employes of bankrupt railroads
from exercising their rights as members of
labor organizations just the same as If they
wore In the service of a solvent corporation.
T//B Finns AND TIIK WllllNG.
Every time fire breaks out In any building
In this city In which electric lights arc used
the cause of the fire is ascribed to defective
wiring. This reminds us of the now common
verdict for nearly every unaccountable death :
"Died from heart failure. " Fires In theaters ,
store houses and factories were pretty nearly
as frequent before electric lighting was
known as they have been since. Defective
wiring may bo and doubtless U responsible
for some of the fires wo have had In Omaha ,
but defective wiring did not generate all
the fires. This must bo admitted by any
rational person. The only prevcntatlvo of
fires from defective wiring Is through In
spection nnd tests by competent electrical
exports. A city electrician who Is not an
expert would bo no better than no electri
cian. An Incompetent city Inspector of
wiring would In fact bo worse than no In
spection , because no dependence could be
placed upon his work and his certificates
would be worse tjian useless.
Notf what Is to bo done to Insure electric
Inspection by n competent expert ? It seems
to us this Is not a very difficult problem to
solve. The city employs a boiler Inspector
and the ordinance requires that every boiler
In use shall bo Inspected by him and offi
cially certified to as sound nnd safe. For all
that the boiler insurance companies take no
risk until their own Inspector had made a
personal examination of the bolters and
steam apparatus. For this the owners of
buildings who take out boiler Insurance arc
obliged to pay Indirectly just the same as
the man who takes out a life Insurance
policy pays for the fee of the doctor that
examines him. Why not apply the
practice of the boiler Insurance companies
to fire Insurance ? Why should not the flro
Insurance companies designate their own Inspector
specter to test the wires In electro-llcnted
buildings ? They assume the principal risk
when they Issue the policy , and they cer
tainly would employ no electrical export
whom they did not know to bo qualified to
point out the defects In wiring and direct
what changes are to be mado. Such an In
spection will bo doubly desirable. It will
afford assurance to the companies that they
have assumed no risk on account of cloctrie
wiring , and It will afford as&urunce to the
policy holder that ho Is In no danger of
flro from that source. Inspection by an In
surance expert will moreover- put the re
sponsibility for unaccountable combustion on
something or somebody else than the deadly
wire. If wo are to have constantly Increas
ing Insurance rates under pretense of de
fective wiring the policy holders will prefer
to pay for the time and services of an In
surance Intpoctor. In the present situation ,
with Wiley , Wheeler and Hascall trying to
dictate who shall bo the city electrician the
only Way out of the difficulty ls Insurance
company Inspection. That may cost the
owners of buildings and stocks of merchan
dise moro money than city inspection , but
It will save the taxpayers $160 a month and
Incidental expenses.
Some of the mombora of the Board of ed
ucational Lands and Funds express a four
that the Idle moiuy In tlierschool fund can-
uot bo Invested lu state warrants eicept by
paying a premium for Hit tamo. Suppose
this to bo true , what of It ? Doesn't the
board buy * county bond * at premiums1 rlflht
along , nome of them entirely unjustified ? It
It can pay premiums on Douglas county
bonds It can do the sumo on state warrants.
But the people arc not ready to tolerate any
speculative enterprises In stnto warrants on
the part of the state officials comprising tlio
board or their confidants on the outside. The
Interests of Urn state must bo carefully pro
tected.
T11H \ ' < > WH OF 7.VW.LV.I.
The voters of Indiana have made answer ,
through their town elections , to the tariff re
form arguments of her democratic senators
nnd representatives , nnd It Is an overwhelm
ing repudiation of those arguments. There
Is a great deal of manufacturing done in
Indiana. All of her cities nnd larger towns
have been built up by manufactures and
their future prosperity depends upon the
maintenance of those Industries. Her popu
lation Is essentially Industrial , and It has
experienced the full severity of the depres
sion caused by the assault which the demo
cratic party Is making on the economic pol
icy of the last thlrty-tbreo years. Great
numbers of her working people are Idle ,
wages have fallen , and distress has been ns
general there as elsewhere. The Intelligent
voters of Indiana fully understand the rea
son for this condition of affairs , ns wns
plainly demonstrated by the result of the
voting on last Tuesday.
Two years ago Indiana gave Us electoral
vote to Mr. Cleveland , whoso plurality was
a llttlo over 7,000. If the late elections had
extended to the entire state the republican
majority , estimated on the basis of the vote
Tuesday , would have been between 40,000
and HO,000. Can any Intelligent man be at
n loss to divine the significance of this ex
traordinary political revulsion ? The simple
explanation Is found In the fact that the
largest republican gains were In the manu
facturing centers. The Idle worklngmen
nnd those whoso wages have been cut down
embraced the first opportunity that has
been given them to proclaim their hostility
to the democratic tariff policy. A striking
example of this Is furnished In the result
of the election at Now Albany. Long years
ago that city was given up by the repub
licans as hopeless , but It passed under re
publican control last Tuesday. More than
twenty towns which for years had been
democratic were turned over to the repub
licans. In short no such sweeping ma
jorities as the republicans rolled up have
ever before been reported In Indiana.
That the Hooslcr state can be safely
counted in the republican column for this
year nnd two years hence there can bo no
doubt. It would be well If the protest of
her people against democratic policy could
have some Influence at Washington.
TIIK SENATE AKD TIIK SUQAIt TRUST.
It has been alleged on the floor of the
scnato nnd in the columns of responsible
newspapers that senators have boon dealing
in the stock of the Sugar trust upon the In
formation which they possessed regarding
the Intentions of the finance committee.
There Is circumstantial evidence to support
the charge. No schedule of the tariff bill
has been tinkered so much as the sugar
schedule and In every change that has been
made the Influence of the trust has been
apparent. That great monopoly has main
tained a lobby at Washington during the
entire time that the tariff bill has bcon under
discussion and it Is a notorious fact that the
members of this lobby have been furnished
with exclusive Inside Information regarding
the sugar schedule by the men who have hnd
charge of the bill. The president of the
trust has visited Washington and held con
ferences with the democratic senators
charged with the duty of revising the tariff
bill. The fluctuations In sugar stocks dur
ing the operations of the subcommittee of
the senate finance committee clearly Indi
cated collusion and It Is said that several of
those senators have made fortunes from their
dealings in the stock of the trust. It is
significant that none of the senators Impli
cated In this charge has ventured to deny It
and so long as they remain silent the public
Is warranted : In believing that there Is sub
stantial ground for the allegation.
That the Sugar trust Is able to exert great
Influence at Washington Is unquestionable.
It contributed generously to the democracy
In the last national campaign and It can bo
depended upon to do so again if It is prop
erly cared for by this congress. The senate
democrats have shown themselves well dis
posed to satisfy the demands of the. monopoly
ely and there Is every reason to believe that
In doing this some of them have profited by
It. It Is nothing new for senators to malto
money by yielding to the behests of the
monopolies , but this fact does not mitigate
or render less deplorable I ho apparently well
founded charge now inado JTiat senators have
used their position to operate for their per
sonal aggrandizement in the stocks of one
of the most grasping trusts that has over
cursed this country and have entered Into
collusion with this monopoly to perpetuate
its power to exact tribute from the Amer
ican people. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
For the second tlmo the supreme court
has taken occasion to glvo the attorney gen
eral a llttlo personal advice as to his duties.
In the case Involving the constitutionality
of the law requiring the Investment of the
permanent school funds In stnto warrants
the attorney general sot up the somewhat
childish plea that In order to carry out the
lavIt would bo necessary for the Board of
Educational Lands and Funds to remain In
continuous session the year around , The
supreme court refuses to nccept the plea
that a law that Involves a llttlo work on
the part of a state official must necessarily
-for that reason bo unconstitutional. Chief
Justice Norval rather pointedly calls the
attention of the attorney general to the fact
that the purpose of the law can easily bo
attained. It will only bo necessary for the
Board of Educational Lands and Funds to
direct the state treasurer by resolution to
pay a certain stipulated price for state war
rants , and to fix the amount from tlmo to
tlmo that the board may desire to so Invest.
According to the opinion of the city attor
ney mandamus proceedings to compel the as
sessors to list property at Its fair valuation
can only bo Instituted by a taxpayer , and
cannot bo maintained by the city. The
principle applied to parties seeking a writ
of mandamus Is that they must show an im
mediate interest in the performance of the
act for which they wish an order of the
court. Every taxpayer of course liaa such
nn Interest In the enforcement of our laws
regarding tax assessment. But the city is
nothing more than the whole body of tax
payers and residents in their organized ca
pacity. The city ought to have as much In
terest In the matter as any one of the tax
payers , not to mention the additional Inter
est in that Itu revenues depend largely upon
securing a fair tax valuation. The law gov
erning assessors , however , Is so plain that
there should bo no need of further Induce-
in mils to got them to do their duties , They
willfully end knowingly violate the law every
time they list property at less than Its true
market value. The aiscntors should bo hold
to their duties under tltt tnw as It ittnnds
upon the itatuto books. J
With no word of disparagement 'or these
who Mnvo ; gone befor | , It la suggested by a
prominent republican that the now park
commissioner to bo named next Tuesday
should bo n republican ] While ft man's
politics or his activity In politics cannot be
regarded aa substitutes for qualification ,
there nro certainly \iiimclcnt number of
republicans In Omaha fully competent to fill
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the position. . '
Theory unit Condition ,
New York World.
Mr. Cleveland Is .nil record In the strong
est terms ngulnst trusts hml other con
spiracies of capital , but Mr. ClovPlnnd's
opinions seem to mnkc very little difference
to Attorney General Olney.
ChlcnRo Journal
Patriotism In booming In this ulorlous
land. Just note how willing every com
munity Is to sacrifice Its unemployed for
tlio purpose of swelling the rnnlCH of the
Commonweal nrmy located at soniu other
place.
Gimrillnn'of Spcclnl Infcri-Us.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
But whnt's the use scolding n crowd like
Hint ? The senate Is not tlio gimrdlnn of
the general Interest , but of special Interests' .
Its members who bnve a close personal In
terest In coal lands. Iron beds , sliver mines
nnd various Industrial enterprises , will see
to It that these Interests do not suffer. As
for tbe rest of the country , let It sblft for
Itself.
AVnll of tlio Doomed.
Atlanta Constitution.
In tlio face of those facts the senate con
tinues to postpone Dual action on tbe tariff.
The wheels of commerce nre stopped , In
dustry Is paralyzed nnd the discontent of
the masses Is assuming n disorderly phase.
But the sennte hreds none of the signs of
the times. The Hood of tariff tnllt rolls
smoothly along and no progress Is mndc.
The people nre out of pntlcnce. How much
longer must they wnltV
Protection mid Nntlniml Prosperity.
Chlcnuo Tribune.
It Is difficult to believe that after the ex
perience of the Inst yenr the worklngmon
will be persuaded ns easily now by the
democrats that protection Is against their
Interests ns they were In 1692. They must
bo able to see the absurdity of the claim
that the sudden nnnlc nnd prostration of
the last nine or ten months nre due to the
republican protection system. For eighteen
years the times hnd grown steadily belter
nnd the countrv had became more and more
prosperous. The development of national
resources hnd gone on Interruptedly dur
ing that period. The number of persons em
ployed In the manufacturing Industries of
the United States Increased from 2,732,503
In 18SO to 4,711,832 In 1890 , while the amount
of wages paid Increased from $1S31,000,000
In 18SO to $2,282,000,000 In 1890. There was
nothing spasmodic about the growth of the
country from 1875 up to the spring of 1MJ.
This was not a feverish , but a healthy ad
vance. This was a growth by which all
and not merely a few prospered. Every in
terest throve.
X11E OLXKV OCTOVUS.
Denver Republican : In very fine and
effective style The Omaha Bee exposes the
"truo Inwardness" of Attorney General
Olney's plan to saddle the United States
government , with I the watery obligations
of the Union Pacific company. The s.clemo
will surely bo rejcctedjiy' ' congress.
Denver News : In an article reproduced
elsewhere from The ( Omaha Bee , the first
real facts In regard to the Union Pacific re
organization bill , as dr.awn. by Attorney Gen
eral Olney , are glvorf" to"tho public. These
facts were not made Jeap In the press re
ports , but even upon that statement the
News expressed the opinion that the bill
needed considerable modification. Upon the
showing of facts and figures made by The
Bee , It Is evident that the bill should be re
jected entirely. Tim News docs not agree
with the Omaha contemporary that foreclos
ure Is necessary , as the ciihto'ces are that by
that means the government debt would bo
wholly lost. Let a fair extension bo given
on the bonds , and in 'return ' let the debt
that has been piled 'up'on the road be
scaled down , nnd the company started on anew
now basis with fljced charges so reduced
that It can pay Its obligations and at the
same tlmo meet Its competitors on equal
terms.
San Francli.co Call : Not much Is expected
of Attorney General OInoy In his official ca
pacity. Slnco ho has been attorney general
he has not shown any disposition to quarrel
with the corporations ho formerly served ,
and which , so far as the public knows , ho
still continues to servo. His proposition ,
therefore , that the United States glvo the
Union Pacific 100 years In which to pay Its
debt took no ono by surprise. It was about
what was expected of Olnoy. It was not sup
posed that ho would see any Impropriety In a
settlement which permitted the managers of
that road to keep the millions they have
taken from the people by construction and
Its subsequent earnings. The only settlement
the people of the United States will accept
Is that the law provides for. If the road can
not pay it must hand over its property. In
dividuals who have not had a chance to steal
tons of millions have to pay their debts ergo
go Into bankruptcy. The foreclosure of the
mortgages on the two Pacific lines will glvo
the government a chance to try an experi
ment. Legal control of transcontinental rail
roads having failed , It might bo a good plan
to see what would bo the effect of competi
tion. The only competition possible Is by
the government. It is not necessary that
the government should operate a road ; It
may hold a through line open to traffic on
payment of toll sufficient to pay Interest on
the cost nnd keep tlio road In order. There
will bo no trouble about competition when
the government Invites any responsible party
to run a train over a government track , sub
ject , of course , to rules and regulations to
prevent collisions.
ir.oi > iK AXn Tinxna.
Cigars made from leaf grown In the Ger
man-African tobacco fields nro sold In Lon
don. They nro called "Kamcruticlgarron , "
and are warranted to eradicate the habit
of friendly sponging.
A lot of Impatient young men In HuntIngton -
Ington , Ind. , who had urged Ilov. Samuel
Rotlicnnol in vain to abridge his sermons ,
stopped ono last Sunday by shying eggs at
him. This also stopped the service , nnd the
young men are to nnswer In court for their
conduct.
In Omaha dwells an author. Few have
heard of her , but may have read her stories ,
and enjoyed them. Her name- has ap
peared In Ballou's Monthly , Kate Field's
Washington , Youth's Companion , and other
well known periodicals. This lady Is Belle
Loulso Pierce , nnd she- lives with her sister-
in-law , Mrs. Uoo , at 1520 South Fifth street.
She Is a gentle-voiced , sweet-faced llttlo
woman. Her stories of Arkansas life are
truly delightful. She excels in dialect.
Having spent much time In the Ozark moun
tains , she loves to portray the extraordinary
characters which only those wild districts
can bring forth. MlsstPlorce has been cor
respondent for the Jmlltumpolls Sentinel ,
Chicago Inter Ocean , Kansas City Journal
and other leading dJlljea. She has con
tributed much to- religious papers , among
these the Mld-Contlncnt .and Zlon's Herald.
This clever young wojnan intends to go to
Chicago next summeriand make journalism
her profession.
Much of the fame ocjulrcd by Omaha Is
duo to the prnlsos sunjrby ) her sons dom
iciled In other parts. Among these the
newspapur men reared or trained In this city
are most steadfast III tjiclr loyalty. No
matter where they rofm/whether amid the
smiles of fortune or giving adversity a
round , seeking adventure or recreation ,
Omaha holds n largo space In their affections.
It is a pleasure to the "stay-at-homes" to
note that the wanderers manage to moro
than hold their ownvln the race , nnd fre
quently forge to the front. A few years
back Mr. A. J. Kondrlck chased the festlvo
news Item as a member of The Bee staff of
reporters. Possessing a "riose for news , " a
piquant style of expression , and the essen
tial faculty of making and holding friends ,
ho easily became n leader among his fellows.
Chicago soon annexed him , nnd there , as In
Omaha , his abilities were rewarded , ho hav
ing held the responsible position of city editor
of the Evening News for several years , lie-
contly ho moved to Arkansas and Is now pub
lisher of the Fort Smith News-Record. The
suspicion that Kendrlck holds a blanket
mortgage on success appears to have soma
foundation.
OT/II.7I l.AXDH Tlt.tX OUHS.
The arguments In favor ol a local legis
lature for Scotland are similar In tenor to
thosn which have become frimlllnr to us-
throuKh the speeches of the members of
1'nrllamont for IroIntnl. The country has
beep suffering for years from agrarian
distress nnd enforced emigration , which
has drained away much of Its beet blood
to the llrltlsh colonies. Moreover , the Scot
Is as tenacious of his nationality as the
Hibernian himself , Ho refuses to merge
his separate qualities and distinctions In
those of his southern neighbor. As n rule
ho entertains a notion , which the history ot
India nnd the other colonies Justifies In part ,
that Scotland has made the llrltlsh empire
much ns New England has made this coun
try , and Prussia the Gorman empire. It may
be urged that there Is no general paralysis
of Industry In Scotland , such nsvo Hnd In
Ireland , requiring urgent attention Out
this fact Is united with an absence of tra
dltlonal hostility to England and a safety In
geographical position which would probably
prodlsposo the Urltlsh public moro favorably
to the Idea of Scottish homo rulo. The real
objection to a local parliament for Scotland
among the English conservatives will sprltiR
from dlsllko of the consequences rather than
of the measure Itself. To refuse the concoi
slon to Ireland after granting It to Scotland
would bo nn Inconsistency , which oven the
skilled dialectics of n Daltour would nnd It
hard to defend. Wo shall probably find the
opposition fairly harmonious , therefore. In
the avowal of opinion that Scotch homo rule
Is n retrogressive step , fraught with calamity
to Drltaln and to the world.
Franco without an ally In Europe , may bo
no less n great power than she Is , but she
will hnrdly bo n disturber of European peace.
The historic analogy of the flnst republic dooj
not apply In these days when trained armies
are counted by the million , and when the
game of war has become nn exact science.
With n supreme effort Frnnco could put
nearly 2,750,000 men Into the field , but the
combination formed ngalnst her can com
mand 5,250,000. To meet Olcrmiiny , Austria
and Italy on equal tcrr.is , the Russian al
liance Is to Franco on absolute military
necessity. But If Russia Is drifting Into n
position of neutrality. If not alienation , there
must bo nn Indefinite postponement of the
French policy of revenge. If the republic late
to recovet the lost provinces It must be by
coming Into the nrena ot peaceful negotia
tion nnd uncovering , for n time at least , the
mailed hand. For nil that counts for peace
ful progress , this Is a great gain. The con
stantly Impending menace of war keeps
hundreds of thousands ot men out of pro
ductive employment , and diverts to the sup
port of bloated armaments millions of taxa
tion wrung from ovciburdened tollers. Re
move the menace nnd the yearly sacrifice
would bo unnecessary. If Germany has
nothing to fear from Russia she need not
keep a quarter of n million of armed men
within easy distance of the Polish frontier.
If Russia Is chiefly nnxlous to cement her
new found friendship with Germnny , her
great western fortresses need not be so
superlatively well guarded and the camps
which "they environ ought to become merely
points for experimental mobilization. Let
France remain as aggressively disposed as
she may , half the present peace establish
ment of the German army would , while
Franco stands alone , be more than sufficient
security against the most reckless war In
itiative from the side of Paris.
* * *
The restoration of trade between Germany
and Russia , with the prospective marriage
that Is designed to keep the relations of the
two governments friendly , will have for its
first effect upon our trade the reversal of
the conditions that prevailed during a good
part of last year. Germany will take loss
grain from us , nnd will probably send less
manufactured goods to us , though this rq-
sult will not follow so directly , for the
German manufacturers will ot course try to
hold all the new trade they have secured at
the same time that they recover their old
trade. What larger results , In years to
come , may follow from this reconciliation
of Russia and Germany Is n matter of Inter
esting speculation , but not for prediction.
Italy is nearly ruined by her military and
naval expenditures , and lately asked her
partners for permission to reduce her army ,
but this was refused on account of the atti
tude of Russia. This having undergone a
change , Italy may bo permitted * to reduce
her land forces and put some of her ships
out of commission. A report lias como from
Russia that 200,000 soldiers are to bo furloughed -
loughed , ostensibly to aid In harvesting
the crops , but with great doubt whether
they will bo recalled to the colors in the
fall. Only last year Gernfany Increased its
military establishment on account of the
danger of war with Russia ; if there bo no
longer danger of that , the increase at least ,
and perhaps something more , may bo dis
pensed with. Conscription and the enor
mous taxes necessary for maintaining the
armies and fleets have had very much to do
with the now of Immigration to this coun
try. With reduced military establishments
there will bo less for the peasantry of
Europe to flee from.
*
President Carnet is not a candidate for
re-election and In his retirement France
will lose the counsel of a man who has
proved to be much greater than anybody
believed him to bo when ho was made chief
executive of { ho nation. His administration
has not been entirely free from mistakes. It
has bcon marked by numerous stormy crises
and difficulties comparable with the most
serious the republic has endured. Hut it is
only simple Justice to say that through
them nit ho lias shown himself "rich In
saving common sense , " nnd ilch niso In
absolute honesty. Each conflict , moreover ,
has terminated in victory for the republic ,
so that today popular government In Franco
Is moro securely established and moro ap
proved than It was at the beginning of his
administration ; moro , that Is to say , not
merely through the strength naturally
gained by lapse of time , but through the
positive and aggressive virtue of things
done. M. Carnet deserves well of his coun
try , and his country Is not unmindful of the
fact. Tliero can be llttlo doubt that ho could
easily secure re-election if he wished it.
Ho does not wish It , and , thanks largely
to his own good work , there Is no Impera
tive need that ho should again assurno the
burden. He will retire , therefore , amid
"peace with honor , " with the happy con
sciousness ot having served his country well
and of having sot an ennobling example to
his fellow rulers. He will bo the first
French president who has served out his
term and retired to private life , without
compulsion and without scandal. And bc-
cause ho will have done this It will bo easier
for his successors to do the samo. The
future of French republicanism has been
made moro secure , and of popular rule In
all Europe moro hopeful , by the public
services and personal example of Sadl Car
not.
*
The spread In the Austro-Hungarlan em-
plro of revolutionary doctrines among
schoolboys and apprentices seems to have
extended to Vienna. At any rate , about 120
lads between 10 and 17 years old mot the
other day In a restaurant In ono of the
suburbs inhabited chlerty by the working
classes , under the presidency of n boy of
about the eamo ago as the dictator ot the
Omladlnn , nnd , like the latter , a Czech.
The young agitators avoided the presence ot
a police commissary by the arrangements
made for admission. The object of the
gathering , which lasted for nearly three
hours , was to establish a society of appren
tices , which , according to ono of the many
speakers , will form a part of the great nrmy
of the people In the struggle for liberty ,
cqunllty and fraternity. The speakers re.
produced the main points In the speeches ot
their elders at the social democratic meet
ings. It was agreed that In thu event of a
strike the new society should arrange for all
apprentices to join the worklngmen.
Tlio I'.xixliis fruiii Iluly.
Kunans City Slur.
Tliero wns a curloim spectacle In New
York on the d limt. Twelve hundred
Italians liinded on IIIIlB Island and C.OUU
Italians gathered to welcome their country
people. Tills would ninku neuily 7OuO
ItnllanH In Hltjht , nnd ( be 1JO > . It was Hinted ,
were but tlm iidvunce of 20,000 who nro
cxptcteil to arrive by the 1st of Juno. From
Hiicli factH an these. It would bo easy to con
ceive that In u short time thu United Btatca
would bo a new Italy ami the Italian penin
sula a ccnerally deserted region.
/.V 111 ! SVOTT ,
York Tlmtwit The Times stops the press to
sivy Jiidgo Scott has neither resigned nor
> Rene to the Inxana asylum. Rcnortn to the
effect that ho hna done ono or tlio other or
both tack foundation.
Blue Springs SentinelMr. . Uosowntnr's
contempt was to edltorlnlly ncoro the cranky ,
erratic judge for actions that evoked criti
cism , nnd the judge. It seems from this dis
tance , has taken this occasion to get even.
Blair Pilot : The Omaha Bee continues to
roast Judge Scotl with timely nnd merited
comments clipped from the press of the. coun
try. The judge Is getting lots of notoriety ,
and the kind that usually makes n man red
headed.
North Bend Republican : The newspaper
criticisms of Judge Scott's arbitrary action
In sending Editor llosewater to jail has
raised a clamor that Is deafening , but ho
dnro not put his fingers In his cars to shut
out the sound. They might get mashed In
the cogs ,
Gothenburg Star : Edward llosewater of
The Omaha Bee and Judge Scott hail another
bout last week and the editor was fined
$500 and sentenced to thirty days In Jail
for contempt of court. The Judge Is ap
parently ahead on the first round , but that
fact doesn't signify that his nctlon wns
justifiable or that he will be ahead n' the
outcome. The Judge of n district court has
no right to use his official position to Milcld
himself from the criticisms of the public
press. Ho should have no moro rights than
the humblest citizen. Judge Scott's sensi
tive nature Is out of place on the district
bench.
Pawnee Press : Judge Scott of Omaha h"s
brought upon himself not only the contempt
of Mr. llosewater of The Bee , but of the
press of the country In general. That official
organized himself Into Judge , Jury nnd wit
ness , on n pretense ot maintaining the
dignity of his coutl tried Mr. Rosewatcr
without giving him privileges legally duo
him , found him guilty , lined htm $300 and
ordered him placed In Jail for n period of
thirty days. The supreme court , however ,
came to the editor's rescue nnd released him.
The bar and the people of Douglas county
should lose no tlmo In relieving Scott from
further judicial career.
Superior Sun : Rosewatcr was found
guilty ( ? ) of contempt of court In the slnpo
of nn editorial In The Bee reflecting on the
decision of Judge Scott lafet week , and scn-
tencfd to thirty days In Jail and to pay a
flue of $500. From the slinking up The Bee
lias been giving that gnntlemnn , It appears
that Rosey Is not to be shut off oven though
ho breed another contempt case. A little
thing like that can't scare The Bee from
doing Its duty as It sees It , and Scott has
got that paper stirred up till we predict that
ho will emerge front the conflict feeling as
though he had In a most successful manner
stirred up a very live nest of hornets. Wo
want to bet on The Beo. The spite work of
Scott was rank.
j noxnx CA
Lowell Courier : Swift travels by rail ,
while his army march on foot and rail at
Swift.
Plain Dealer : It Is no trouble to sec that
wealth is a curse as long ns the other fel
low has It.
Washington Star : "I notice , " said the ed
itor to the novelist , "that in every chapter
you refer to the hero as having 'an elastic
step. ' Why do you do this ? "
"Why er you see , he's one of-these cau
tious men who never go out doors without
wearing overshoes. "
Philadelphia Ledger : E. If. Crane of
Boyd county , Nebraska , claims to have sc
ented excellent maple syrup by tapping the
box elder trees along a stream there.
Looks syruptltlous , so to speak.
Chicago Tribune : " } ou can hnvo a square
meal , " said the Maryland farmer , "If you
will come out In the back yard and turn
the grindstone for me while you're wait
ing. "
"I'm not that kind of a crank , sir , " re
plied the Commonweal forager sillily.
Washington Star : "Riches have wings , "
said the prudent man.
"Of course they havp , " replied his im
provident friend. "That's why they are so
useful In helping n man fly high. "
Indianapolis Journal : The street railway
promoter hnd been talking to the alderman
for nearly three hours , and had never once
mentioned "stuff. "
"I am afraid jviil nro n wicked person , "
said the city father.
"Me ? Why ? "
"You seem to be trying to get something
for nothing' . "
DANGERS OVERCOME.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Statesmen to the right of them , -
Statesmen In front of tlipm ,
Statesmen to the left of them ,
Bellowed nnd thundered ;
Snapped all their Jaws In air ,
Sr-nnt was their bill of fare
Yet bravely got they there ,
Coxey's two hundred.
Tin :
'Wnshlnston Star.
Once more the sun-kissed crowd we find
Upon the bleaching boards ;
Once more the glndlators come
With bats Instead of swords.
The clouds are quIverliiK with the shock
Of that spontaneous cheer.
Which wakes the woild and lets it know
The base ball game Is here.
Unheeded must our sages now
About the tariff talk ;
The festive quorum m.iy , unwatched ,
Kick up Its heels and balk ;
And Coxey's nrmy on the inuicli
Inspires no trace of fear ,
The country's wiapped in one glad thought
The base ball game is here.
111 ! $11)11 $ )
'S BIG ARSENAL. "
OB THE Mil
Special attention Is directed only to n few
of the loading features of The Sunday Uoo.
Thn story by 5ola continues to be ns nb-
sorblng ns ever n fnct which , considering
that the action ot the story Is not greatly ad
vanced , shows what n master the author Is
of his own peculiar methods ot work. Thu
description of the various diseases nnd ot
the cures wrought nro full of detnlla which
Indicate how deeply the nuthor has studied
his subject ; yet , unlike Ilalznc nnd Flaubert ,
his great predecessors ot the realistic school ,
ho nci-or falls Into error of describing for
description's sake. Everything Is distinc
tive and grows naturally out of the require
ments of the story , which Is assisted and
not retarded by all this wealth of curious
fnct. One feature Is becoming very
marked as the story Is developed. When
engaged In writing It M. Zola announced
that nothing In It would show his own
opinions on the subject or offend the sus
ceptibilities of the most ardent believer.
This promise Is being fully kept. M. 55ola
is content to present his facts candidly nnd
stralghtforwnrdly , leaving his readers 'to
draw conclusions for themselves.
Under the title , "The Golden Spike , " will
bo presented an interesting nccount of the
celebration attending the completion of the
Union Pncinc railroad n quarter of n century
ngo. Omaha ns the Initial point figured con- vj
splcuously In the great national event , , } t
and The Bee has taken pains to recall many VV
Interesting facts Incident to that early con- \ < i
quest. No epoch In the city's history Is moro ;
worthy of commemoration.
Senator Chandler has Introduced a bill In
the United States scnato providing for the
establishment of n free port on the seaboard.
The scope of the measure Is treated of at
sonio length In an article which will appear
In The Sunday Heo.
Carp's letter from Shanghai tells of the * f
big Celestial gun factory. It will be an eye- V
opener to readers of The Dee who may 1m- t ,
aglno that China must depend upon anvils |
and blunderbusses to defend the cmplro
ngalnst invasion. Her fortincatlons are Impregnable - j
pregnable and her fleet Is said to bo able to
cope with any on the high seas. The super
iority of Chinese iron Is shown , as is also the
marvelous mechanical skill of the Mongolian.
Students of political economy will bo Inter
ested in an article upon the subject of prison
reform presented in The Sunday Dee. The
paper is from the pen of Mr. Frederick
Wines , chief department criminal statistics ,
eleventh census. Mr. Wines Is the highest
authority In this country on the subject of
crlmo and criminals. He has made the sub
ject a llfo study and writes with force and
authority. Ho lias been secretary of the Na
tional Prison assoclatfon and a lender in
prison reform for many years. Ills paper
presents a striking array of facts on ono of
the most serious problems of the time.
The reputation of The Dee ns n newspaper
will be fully sustained by the Sunday Issuo.
Special cablegrams from the principal Eu
ropean news centers ; full Associated press
service by leased wire , covering the entire i
continent ; special telegrams from all points
In The Dee's territory , Washington , Chicago ft
and St. Louts ; complete local news reports , "
Including the most reliable and comprehen
sive market reports published west of Chi
cago. In fact , the news of the world Is con
tained In
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