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It la becoming evident thnt Senator Quay
la determined to flglit lila tariff speech cut If
It takes nil summer.
The nemo of democratic statesmanship will
have- been achieved when the present con
gress succeeds In passing a free trade bill
with lots of protection In It.
Great cities are built , not born. The way
to make n great city Is for every one Inter
ested In It to do his sliaro In lifting It up
and not to attempt to pull It down.
Senator Hoar'H hot shot on the tariff must
have reached the vital parts of his demo
cratic adversaries. A psrson can always
tell when his flre reaches homo by the yells
which follow.
Every one must recognize In the reelection
tion of Chl3f Seavey to the presidency of the
National Union of Chiefs of Police a neat
compliment to the city of Omaha and to the
state of Nebraska.
All the newspaper press of the country
combined have not made the amount of cap
ital for the Coxoy movement which the
police court persecution of Its leaders In
Washington Is creating.
Sooner or later the pig-sty perspective of
the river front must be wiped away. There
may bo no money at this thno with which to
park the squatters' retreat , but means can
and must bo provided for making the city's
front yard presentable.
The latest calculation puts the numbr of
the new tariff amendments at 100. And It
Is still growing. If there Is anything left
but amendments by the tlmo the bill conies
to a vote It will only bo because Its framcrs
want to keep something by which It can bo
identified.
Nebraska has a great many Commonweal
politicians that could easily bo spared , and
they do not all belong to the populist party ,
cither. The republican party could very
well get along this year without a number of
Its camp followers , who have been out of
honest employment for a long time.
Up to the present tlmo the crop conditions
In Nebraska are extremely favorable. There
Is no apparent ground for the belief that the
financial stringency is to Increase as far as
local Interests are concerned. Good crops
nnd good prices for grain will counteract
the effects of the greatest ot financial
panics.
Congressmen will have to pay for the cam
paigns they may hereafter make to secure
re-election , unless congress shall adjourn to
accommodate their appointments. If a con
gressman has to lose his salary for every
day that ho spends at 1101113 looking after
his political fences ho will bo more econom
ical with his time.
The delegates to the Hibernian convention
are making a most favorable Impression
upon the people of Omaha who have thus far
had the pleasure of meeting them. They
will compare well with any representative
body that Is to bo found assembled In na
tional conventions of organizations Instituted
for similar purposes.
The Hibernians have every reason to feel
proud of the display mndo by them In their
grand street parade yesterday. ' No one saw
the procession but admired It. The uni
forms were bright and fresh , the music good
and abundant , the men , for the- most part
well drilled and well marshalled , TaUen
altogether , the Hibernians presented as line
an appearance ns any body of men who have
over participated In any parade In this city.
Mr. Coxoy made the mistake of his life
when ho neglected to form the numerous
Commonweal armies Into n trust and then
send a powerful lobby In broadcloth to
Washington. Instead of n reception with
clubs the Commonweal magnates would then
have received the freedom of the city nnd
would have been allowed to trample down the
grass with the same recklessness wth ) which
other trust magnates trample down the
rights of the people ,
How many times Is the city to be com
pelled to expend money to remove the
squatters from the streets along the river
bottoms ? The best way to get rid of the
squatters and to remain rid ot them la to
transform the bottoms | ntoa _ park , A pub
lic park along th river front would pay the
city In inoro ways than one. It would settle -
tlo the squatter problem onca nnd for all to
the trout relief ot the city olllclals upon
whom lias devolved the duty of clearing
Viem oft the streets.
- Tha Union Pacific and. the street railway
companies have declared their willingness
to sbaro their duo proportion ot the cost
o ( repairing the Sixteenth street viaduct.
The I ) . & M. company persists In Its deter
mination to shift the matter on to others.
The tact that two ot the principal bene
ficiaries nra disposed to bo fair In the matter -
tor makes it the duty ot the council to
bring the I ) . & M. people to a sense ot thulr
duty lu the premises. The demand ot tbo
lty Is not an unreasonable ) one.
run sroAtt urnrnru :
T.Vrr promises to bo a great deal of dls *
satisfaction developed among the democrats
In congress with the sugar schedule ot the
tariff bill a * It now stands. Representative
Warner of New York In outspoken ngalnst It ,
saying that thorp will be lesa revenue for the
government and n heavier margin of prolcc-
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tlon for the Sugar trunt under a rate ot 40
I per cent ad valorem , with one-eighth of a
I cent additional on refined sugar , than was
afTordH by the original scn.ilo schedule. Ho
declared In a recent Interview thnt It would
be better to have no bill than ouch n bill as
tint. The ad valorem duty la computed on
the Invoice price of tlui snigur , which Is less
the price In the New York market by the
cost of trAtifcpoHatlon from the plantations
In Cuba to the seaboard , the ocean freight ,
the value of the coverings and the profits In
New York. The trust would have to pay
duty at 10 per cent , according to Mr. War
ner's construction ot the sclidliilo , only on
this low value of raw sugar and would have
nil the protection afforded by a duty of 40
per cent on the higher value of refined , plus
the discriminating duty ot one-eighth , and If
another part of the plan Is carried out , plus
one-tenth of a cent on sugar from Germany
nnd all other countries paying on export
bounty or the equivalent of such a bounty.
"I cannot afford , " said Mr. Warner , "as a
man of honor or a democrat , to support such
a program. If the trust has us by the throat
I would rather sec congress adjourn without
passing the bill than pass such a bill as
that. "
The democratic Philadelphia Itecord takes
practically the eamc view of the sugar sched
ule. It says why raw sugar should bo sub
jected to an ad valorem duty and refined
sugar to a specific duty Is past finding out.
"An ad valorem duty of 40 per cent , " says
the Ilccord , "would be ns near as may bo tea
a specific duty of 1 cent a pound on raw
sugar at ruling prices. Why then not make
the duty specific at once and have done with
It ? That refined sugar Is not also subjected
to an ad valorem duty can be explained only
In the Interest of the trust , for this Is mani
fested not In the Interest of either the gov
ernment or the consumers. " That paper
further says that tinder this bill the valua
tion on most of the Imports ot raw sugar
would bo made on the plantations of Cuba
nml Porto Ulco , and the lower the foreign
valuation the less the revenue of the govern
ment and the greater the advantage of the
Sugar trust. Hut no matter how much the
duty on raw sugar should fluctuate there Is
to bo no fluctuation In the duty on refined
sugar. While raw sugar may go up or down
In the market the duty on imports of refined
sugar Is to be fixed , certain and specific. The
Ilecord urges that there Is no larger article
of Importation to which an ad valorem duty
Is so 111 adapted ns sugar and there Is none
to which the specific form of duty Is better
adapted. It declares that there is no public
reason why raw sugar and refined sugar
should not bo subjected to the same form of
duty.
The planters ot Louisiana are not all sat
isfied with the proposed schedule and at a
conference held last week Issued n call for
a convention to meet May 11 to take action
In opposition to It and to organize a move
ment for the election of United States sen
ators from that state favorable to giving bet
ter protection to the sugar Interest than It
would get under the proposed schedule. In-
dead . It Is obTlous that the benefit which
that Interest would get from the proposed
duty on raw sugar would bo very small , and
as a stimulus to the development ot the In
dustry , < ' would be practically valueless. It
Is hardly probable , however , thai the sugar
producers can obtain any better considera
tion from the party In control ot congress
and In view of all the effort that has been
mndo in their behalf it seems pretty safe
to predict that the sugar schedule , which It
Is understood Is ; entirely ( satisfactory to
the trust , will not undergo any further re
vision , while the proposition to repeal the
sugar bounty clause of the McKlnloy act
by means of an amendment to ono of the
appropriation bills will doubtless prevail.
The democratic plan regarding sugar will
do the producers little or no good , while it
will materially Increase the cost of sugar
In the aggregate to the consumers.
sun * QANAI * VKOJECT.
The producers of the northwest are Inter- ,
csted In the proposition recently reported
upon favorably by the house committee on
railways and canals for the survey of a
route for a ship canal between the head of
Lake Superior and the Mississippi river.
Representative Klefer of Minnesota , refer
ring to this proposition In the house a low
days ago , said there are flvo different pos
sible routes , and that If a practicable ono
Is found and the canal Is built there will
bo n saving on freight In the one single
Item of coal alone to the people ot Minnesota
seta , the Dakotas , Kansas , Nebraska and a
portion of Wisconsin of over $1,000,000 a
year. Ho said that millions of barrels
of flour and millions of bushels of
grain are annually finding their way from
the northwest to the cast by way of the
laXes , nnd he thought this a proper tlmo
for congress to consider the expediency of
beginning the construction ot such highways
of commerce.
There Is probably no doubt as to the
physical feasibility of constructing a canal
between the Mississippi nnd Lake Superior ,
nnd such an additional means of transporta
tion may become Imperatively necessary In
the course of tlmo with the greater develop
ment of the productive capabilities of the
northwest. It is also entirely credible that
such a waterway would have the effect to
materially reduce the cost of transportation
both on what the northwest ships nnd what
It receives. But manifestly the government
Is not now In a condition financially to un
dertake an enterprise of this kind , nnd when
It will bo so cannot bo foreseen. The con
templated canal , In order to bo of the high
est service , would cost n great deal of
money , nnd the probability Is that the pub
lic treasury will not for years bo In a posi
tion to stand such demand upon It. Then
there nro other projects of a similar char
acter which are perhaps quite as Important ,
If Indeed they should not have the prefer
ence. Still a moderate expenditure for a
survey the amount proposed Is $10,000
might bo judicious nt this time , In order
that the practicability of the project could
bo determined and the question of construct
ing the canal hereafter discussed with an
accurate knowledge as to the most desirable
and feasible routo.
It was urged by Mr. Klefer that the con
struction of such a work would give labor
to a good number of unemployed and would
benefit not merely ono district of ono state ,
but the whole country. This consideration
will probably commend Itself to gome , but
If congress should at once take action favor
able to constructing' the canal , it would bo
at least a year or two before work could be
started , and the present unemployed would
got no relief from It , It Is to bo hoped that
long before work on this proposed enter
prise could be commenced , even If congress
should voteto proceed with It as soon as
practicable , there will ba no necessity for
1 urging It on the ground that It would pro-
I vide work for the unemployed. The project
> Is unquestionably worthy of consideration
I and , as already observed , the time is almosl
' certain to come when such a waterway will
i bo absolutely necessary. That time , how-
| ever. Is still somewhat remote , and at any
rate tlm enterprise must wait until tha pub
lic treasury In In more plethoric condition
than nt present or than It Is likely to be
for some years to come.
Till ! LIMITAIIOIW HKAtftKU.
The plot to pcrpotUAto the Thoinson-Hous-
ttn electric lighting monopoly upon the
citizens and taxpayers of Gmaha Is progress
ing In strict accordance with the decp-lnltl
plans of Mr. Wiley. Emboldened by the
case with which ho has been able to con
trol his puppets In the city council Wiley
has become even more audacious than he
himself originally proposed. In having the
accepted bid ot Pardee & Co. for supplying
the city with needed electric lights nt $112
per year set osldo In ordqr to reatlvertlso
for new bids ho notifies all prospective com
petitors that no contract will be awarded
without the previous consent ot the man
who owiis ten votes In the city council. Dut
not content with this advantage he pro
ceeds to shut out even a nominal competi
tion by calling for bids to supply lights only
for the remainder of the current fiscal year.
Who will Invest money In an enterprise that
must start on such a precarious foundation ?
What contractor will bind himself to put
In an expensive electrical plant upon a
promise of patronage for a few months only ?
What kind of a farce with straw bidders
put up only to bo knocked down docs Mr.
Wiley Intend to perpetrate upon this com
munity ?
This juggling with these electric lighting
bids goes to confirm the general conviction
that It Is founded upon a scries of corrupt
bargains. When the councilman must fish
up the most ridiculous lot of flimsy paper
excuses to explain their votes It Is pretty
safe to say thnt they' arc afraid to toll the
real reasons that Induce them to betray the
Interests of the city In so brazen a manner.
The cry for cheaper electric lights than at
the price of $112 Is a delusion Intended to
blind the taxpayers. It the councilman arc
so anxious to save money to the city they
uro certainly going about to do so In an In
explicable manner. All Wiley wants Is to
be left In his present position , where ho can
charge the city $140 and $175 for the lights
he Is now furnishing and keep out every
would-bo competitor. This enables him not
only to bleed the city , but also to extort ex
orbitant prices from private consumers , who
can turn to no other source for relief.
There Is a limit to which the citizens will
endure such a bare-faced outrage. It will
.soon bo necessary for them to rise up and
to insist upon having a council that docs not
belong tooth and nail to Wiley.
CUIIT.ilLIXU ItECKlVlMS' POn'KRS.
Ono of the results of the recent congres
sional Investigation Into the Northern Pa
cific strike Injunction order of Judge Jenkins
will doubtless be the enactment ot legisla
tion by congress designed to curtail the
powers now exercised by receivers appointed
to administer the property of bankrupt cor
porations. The recommendations of the In
vestigating committee were In the direction
oC prescribing by statute the extent to
which the federal courts should be permitted
to assume an arbitrary control over persons
nnd property employed under the receiver
ships which they have Instituted. The legis
lation suggested by the committee alms to
curtail the powers o'f the courts In these
matters and to compel the courts to pursue
the provisions of statute rather than to
leave them free to develop their own juris
diction entirely apart from statute law.
Congressman Terry of Arkansas , who was
a member ot the congressional investigating
committee , now goes one step further and
proposes by a bill which ho has prepared
nnd which ho Intends to Introduce and push
in congress to curtail also the powers ot
the receivers which may be appointed by the
courts. The purpose of Mr. Terry's bill , as
well as can bo gathered from the outline
transmitted in the dispatches , Is to correct
the abuses that have gradually sprung up In
recent receiverships , particularly railroad re
ceiverships , by which the roads are con
ducted for the solo benefit of ono set of
creditors to the detriment of other creditors.
A departure was made from this practice by
Judge Caldwell In the case of the Union Pa
cific receivers when ho ordered the latter to
pay all debts contacted for work , labor , ma
terials , machinery , fixtures and supplies of
every kind , Including damages to persons or
property accruing nftcr the execution of the
mortgage under which the receivers were
appointed. This ruling , however , is not ono
universally followed by federal courts. To
make It BO Mr. Terry will endeavor to have
It Incorporated Into the statute law of the
federal government nnd applied generally In
all the courts.
It has been evident for some tlmo that
bounds must be set by congress to the ill-
defined powers now exercised by receivers
under federal courts. The precedents gov
erning such receivers have grown up almost
without restraint of any kind and have led to
abuses that urgently demand reform.
Whether It Is Mr. Terry's bill or some other
bill that shall bo finally decided
uponthis Is a subject which
congress cannot afford to neglect.
Until wo have oomo comprehensive legisla
tion covering the whole field of receiverships
the courts will bo filled with never ceasing
litigation arising out of controversies respect
ing the powers ot the receivers.
A Fluidit
Mayor Demls' veto of the concurrent reso
lution of the city council naming Lewis M.
Rheem to fill the vacancy In the clllco ot
city electrician until It shall bo filled pur
suant to the manner provided by law Is brief
and to the point. Ho withholds his approval
on the ground that the resolution Is In effect
the appointment of a city electrician by the
council , when the power to appoint that
officer is legally vested In the mayor. The
position taken by Mayor Demls Is amply sus
tained by the law and the charter. No
where Is authority conferred upon the coun
cil to name persons to fill apppolntlro offices
that may happen to bo vacant. The power
to create offices not specifically provided for
by the charter Is vested Jointly In the mayor
and city council. An ordinance creating
such an clllco must originate with tlu council ,
and It would bo tlm height of usurpation for
the mayor to perform his part In the enact
ment first. It Is equally the height of usurp
ation for the council to take the Initiative In
making appointments when by law the ap
pointing power rests with the mayor alone ,
subject orly to the consent of the council.
The charter Is clear and explicit on this
point. In section 143 It makes It the duty
of the mayor to ap'polnt certain officers men
tioned by name "and such other appolntlro
officers as may bo authorized herein or
specially provided for by ordinance. " The
next section provides that the appointees ot
ono mayor shall hold office until the con
Urination ami quatlffchtlon of their suco s
sors , but makes ' 'ijioiitlon f any powc
of the council to'tionia ' officers for vacancies
for which there nr < * no hold-over Incmii
bents. The wholoBt\frlt \ ) of the charter Is
that tht mayor slia/l / , nominate and the conn
cil confirm nppclutlvet officers. Any actloi
on the part of thf council to reverse this
procedure Is subversive of our entire frame
of municipal government. All the councl
has to do to get''complete control ot the
greater part cf tlifc mlmlnlstrnllvn machinery
of the city Is to legislate the present olllcers
out of existence , create nsw officers , refuse
to confirm notnlnaVfona of the mayor , name
the officers by concilrrent resolution am
pass the resolution 'c\er the mayor's veto.
Whal the council can do In on * case It can
do In all cases. Its action Is a piece of
flagrant usurpation. Its nominee can secure
no valid title to the office of city electrician.
If he attempts to exercise the duties of the
office nnd to draw the salary appertaining to
It , ( he comptroller should be enjoined from
Issuing the warrants for.tlic money.
The retirement of Richard Crokcr from the
active leadership of Tammany Is on Incident
of some political significance. Ho has
shown marked ability In that capacity , and
It will not be an easy matter for thnt polit
ical organization to find n man who will en
tirely fill his place. Under his predecessor ,
John Kelley , Tammany attained Its highest
efficiency ns a political power , nnd Croker
has many of the qualifications of Kelley ,
under whom ho was thoroughly schooled and
trained. The explanation of his retirement
Is that he Is no longer physically able to
bear the strain of the work he has to do ,
but there Is reason to believe that this Is
not the only reason or perhaps the princi
pal ono for his retirement. Ho has nol
been satisfied with the course of his party
In congress , nnd republican victories In New
York nnd elsewhere have doubtless con
vinced him that the cause of the democracy
In the Immediate future Is hopeless. To
give up the leadership of the greatest dem
ocratic organization In the country now Is
to escape the odium of defeat which
threatens the party and to keep his credit
as a successful leader unimpaired. It Is
highly probable that this has far more to do
with Mr. Croker's retirement than the con
dition of his health.
It Is gratifying to note thnt the Com
mercial club has In contemplation the run
ning of excursion trains to points In neigh
boring territory for the purpose of promoting
trade relations with this city. It Is not
stated whether the plan of the Kansas City
Commercial club Is to be adopted or whether
country merchants nro to bo Invited to visit
this city periodically by means of stated
trains chartered for the purpose. In ad
dition to this commendable scheme may bo
noted the activity of focal amusemenfi ca
terers who propose to run occasional ex
cursion trains from points In Nebraska to
this" city. Daso ballr' ' managers and the
manager of the Cu't-o lake pleasure resort
are arranging a system of excursions which
bid fair to become , popular If properly con
ducted. It will be a Jnlstake , however , to
haul the excursionists , through the city to
the pleasure grounds-nwlthout stopping In
tfeo city. Such trains should bo advertised
to stop , both com'ing nnd going , at down
town depots so that passengers may have
the option of remaining in the city or going
directly to their 'dcdtinatlon. Amusement
managers cannot popularize their excursions
in any other iwa'y. j.Two-fold benefits can
thus bo realized. It Is a point worth sav
ing. -
Mr. Jules Lombard In his address before
the Commercial club voiced the stock argu
ment of the railroad managers In their op
position -to legislative Interference with
freight and passenger tariffs. Helng a rail
way man ho could not consistently entertain
other views of the subject. Dut tliero Is
a feature of the conflict that has In past
years been waged between the people of the
west and the railroads that Mr. Lombard
entirely overlooked. Ho said nothing of the
determination on the part of railway mana
gers to dominate the party conventions of
western states and to control the selection
of men for all Important civil ofilces. It
Is this pernicious Interference In the affairs
of government against which the masses
cry out. No man will deny the patent
truth that as factors in the upbuilding of
a state , from the farm to the metropolis ,
the railroads are supremo. When they conclude -
cludo to confine their efforts along legitimate
lines the people of Nebnrska will bo quick
to reverse their attitude toward them.
One point which Wiley and his henchmen
In the council forgot when they took up that
Minnesota decision as an argument that the
city can make no contract for a pried longer
than the existing tax levy Is that. If In
point , It must apply to the contracts which
they themselves already hold. If a contract
extending over more than a year Is Invalid
for want of power in the council , what becomes -
comes ot the contracts for electric lighting
under which Wiley is drawing $140 to $175
per light per year from the city ? The ono
just about to expire Is for three years. The
other calling for $175 per light and supposed
to hold until next November ! was entered
flvo years ago. To be consistent now ,
Wiley should bo estopped from setting up
his five-year contract when ho comes to
draw the next Installment of the exorbitant
price of $175 for the 100 lights called for by
his first contract.
Now You'ro blumtlng ,
St. J ul3 Republic.
Omaha Is destined to become a great
inunufacturlnK nnd a great jobbing center ,
lierhups ns great as St. Louis.
Talking About Homathlni ; Kite.
I'hllailc/plihi / Times.
Talking1 nbout thp Weather In general Is
not regarded as ) ilKi ( conversation , but
here's the Junior senator from Pennsylvania
talking about two
Cleveland mill thu lrlag ,
New folk Sun ,
Mr. Cleveland luiileij down the American
flag In Honolulu. Is ho Koineto haul it
down In the United Srntes , too , and run up
the red lingIn Its
Huro 'Thing.
Qlol > fI)5piocrat. )
The income tax.wliput ( | ) New York , New
Jersey and Connec.Ucut BO securely in the
republican column 4hut they cannot be
wrenched therefrom by anything short of
a political earthquake.
Loyalty to the Nlgm of the Tlmo.
Chicago'Po > t.
"Coxey" will go thundering down the
corridors of time U.H the name of the man
who obeyed the fundamental law of the
and under the most trying circumstances
the man who kept ofC'tho ' uraus.
The Omnipotent IIruminor ,
Minneapolis 'Journal.
The supreme court has decided that a
drummer can sell goodii manufactured In
one state in another Htate without paying a
Icensu tax for the right. The decision Is
lased on the rights of Interstate commerce.
Whllo a municipality may tax drummers
selllni ; Roods * manufactured In the state
where Bold , they cannot tax them If they
B ll goods made In another state. This de
cision was In a Pennsylvania appealed case
and may result In the repeal of all Buch
icenso taxes.
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Nebraska City Press. Judge Allen W
Meld Is developing a potent dcalro to fao.-
Ilrynn ngoln In the congressional race. He
can have the nomination It ho will RVC | an
Indemnifying bond to carry his own city and
county.
Lixlngton PlnneT ! Jack MncCnll has
never been an office seeker. It required th *
united efforts of hla best friends to persuade
him to cjiter the race. Ho Is novr "In It , "
and "In It to win , " and will bo the next
governor of Nebraska.
IJrokrn How Republican ! Jnclt M-icColl of
Lexington Is receiving the general nupport
of the rcpullcans In the western part of the
state for governor. Ho also has n strong
following In some of the eastern counties.
Should ho bo the choice of the republican
convention ho would roll up n Urge majority.
Lincoln Repullcnn : The crop ot republican
candidates for congressional honors In this
district Increases day by day. The ro.id to
congress Is going to bo easier to travel this
year than It wus two years ago , but It will
be n mistake for the p.trly to Imagine that
It Is going to bo a walk-away. Overconfidence
fidence has lost many a battle.
North Platte Tribune : J. T. Mallnlleii ,
supcilntendcnt of the state Industrial school
nt Kearney , was In the city organizing his
forces for a congressional nomination this
fall. He Is nn enthusiastic republican , yet
his republicanism Is of that unselfish sort
which will cause him to step aside In case
ho feels that ho Is not the strongest and
most available candidate for the party.
Howclls Journal ( dcm. ) : Thcro Is strong
talk ot Jndgo Irvine , who made the rncc for
supreme judge on the democratic state ticket
one year ago , being nominated by the demo
crats of the Second district for congress.
Irvine Is Immensely popular In Omaha nnd
Douglas county , as was most thoroughly
demonstrated by the large vote that ho re
ceived there last fall. Ho Is a man ot ability
nnd would make his presence In congress
felt.
-Kearney Hub : The republican state con
vention should bo hold not later than the
1st of August. Let the campaign start early
nnd cover all the ground. Republicans have
nothing to fear from a long campaign and n
full discussion of political Issues , state or
national. On the contrary , the party will
have everything to gain by It. This Is n
republican year and Nebraska republicanism
must bo nt the forefront If It would win the
state , elect six congressmen nnd save n
United States senator. Nerve and aggres
siveness will be the requisite for the approaching
preaching campaign.
VKtU'Lll A SI ) TlllXdS.
Sign of the times : Keep off the grass.
The Hibernians are decidedly long on pro
cessions.
The Coxcy Idea of good roads Is to keep
away from them.
Ex-Preslilent Harrison plucklly refuses to
attach u boom to his sleeves.
Chauncey Dcpew supports woman suffrage.
Possibly his support Is a joke.
Andrew Cnrnegle's mummies have not
stuffed the blow hole agitation.
Congressman Dave Mercer Is snld to have
contracted the chewing gum habit.
The millionaires' club blackballed Senator
Wolcott of Colorado. Silver has lost Its
charms.
Emperor William has actually written n
song without words. Who said the age of
miracles had passed ?
Flvo hundred mistakes have been dis
covered In the tariff bill. The greatest mis
take ot nil was the Introduction of the bill.
Ex-Secretary Charles Foster of Ohio Is In
Now York and reports that his monetary
affairs nre gradually getting into good shape
again.
Eastern newspapers seriously discuss "The
Right to Do Rich. " That is not the real
question. It Is "How to Get Illch. " There's
the rub.
Daniel Lockwood of Buffalo , N. Y. , is a
prominent candidate for the democratic nom
ination for lieutenant governor of the Em
pire state.
"What Is n hobo ? " asks nn exchange. A
hobo Is n man who voted for a change and
got It , and now foots it to Washington to
kick against It.
It is not Improbable , with the present de
velopment of his gall , that Colonel Drcckln-
rldgo will Inaugurate ; a lecture season on
"Personal Purity. "
The retirement of Boss Croker Indicates
the tiger is singed. The tiger belongs to
the cat species , and Is popularly supposed
to have nine lives.
Flvo years is the limit of the Income tax
clause. The provision Is a wise one. Ere
the limit Is reached the authors nnd sup
porters will hardly have standing room on
the earth.
Frank Hatton Is the fifth cabinet officer
appointed by President Arthur to pass over
to the majority. Frollnghuysen , Folger ,
Timothy O. Howe and Benjamin II. Brewster
were the others.
Dourke Cockran hurried to Chicago to lec
ture on "American Patriotism" and was
docked two days' salary by congress. It Is
a costly thing for congressmen to be pa
triotic nowadays.
There Is a naturalized Chinaman In Merl-
den , Conn. , who is a veteran of the war for
Lhe union. But his greatest distinction lies
In the fact that ho has never applied for a
pension because ho lost his "pigtail. "
That glowing literary production. "What
Congress Has Done , " Is a bold plagiarism
It was distributed In the United States senate -
ate on the 2Cth ult. , nnd actually provoked
smiles on the face of Senator Quay , who had
Just completed the 'steenth Installment of
his speech on the tariff.
There are two vacancies In Now York
City's delegation to the btate constitutional
convention. William C. Whitney , one of
the democrats , has resigned , nnd Nelson J.
Watcrbury , democrat , Is dead. Those vacan
cies leave the democrats with only sixty-
seven members , against 108 republicans.
There was presented before the Academy
of Mcdlclno at Paris , this week , n man who
lad been deprived of his voice by a throat
tumor , but who could talk freely by means
of a sliver larynx that Dr. Kraus had fitted
ilin up with. Impressarlos In search of
silver toned gingers should feel Interested In
ils case.
A'KlIlt.lSK.1 , I.V .Y
The work of putting down artificial stone
walks around the Institution for tha Blind
at Nebraska City has begun.
Ono flrm nt Mason City shipped during
: ho month of April 3,840 dozen eggs , and
claims to hold the state bolt as heavy egg
shippers. Mason City only has about 375
nhabltants.
Editor Durrows of the Dennett News tried
o clinch a nail with hla kneecap , but It
didn't work to his satisfaction , and he Is
now laid up as a result of the- battle of
Wounded Knee.
A man living below Nebraska City saw a
colt enter the Missouri river on the Iowa
side and swim across the stream against
ho strong current , landing' below a steep
mnk. The horse was guided to a spot where
10 could reach solid land , and Is being held
o await the arrival ot his owner.
Fred Wagner , a farmer near Norfolk , tried
o untangle a piece of barb wire , and before
10 knew what was happening the wire
wrapped Itself around his nose and nearly
pulled his proboscis off his face. Ho will
save the member , but It will never be as
> rctty as It was before the encounter.
A number of stories of the severe hall
Btonn that visited Superior nnd vicinity are
printed In the Superior Journal. Al Lapham
unhitched his horse In the field and jumping
on ono started for homo , but was knocked
off his horsa by the hall and lay Insensible
on the ground till the storm was over. The
toppock brothers had their teams run away ,
ilrs. Hlegler , north of Lapham's , was badly
bruised by tfio hall , and her husband was
struck by an extra size stone , which cut a
lolo through his hat and a gash In his
calp , and so stunned him that ho rolled
nto a ditch and lay there for some time
unableto got up. John Druco mourns the
oss of a three-ton stack of alfalfa , while
Mill Lyno Is out a couple of hundred chickens
and a largo number ot small pigs that could
lot bo gotten under shelter In" time to save
hem ,
Irrigation Allntlon. |
Denver Republican.
It Is probable that the Irrigation con
vention which met In McCook , Neb. , will
awaken a deep Interest In the Hubjcct of
rrlBatlon In that stale. The farmers iind
n senernl all the people of the western
> art of Ncbrauku are very greatly Inter-
sted In Irrigation , but they have only
ccently become aware of how much It
would help them la the cultivation of their
arms.
AW Affl ) JVJ(1liJlf.XlCJ ? > H.
T ) n > < r News1 The report nf the congrcs-
tonnl committee on Jtulgj Jenkins * fnmoui
Not thorn Pacific order la n stlnglnK rvbuko
of that judge. No corruption was alleged
nnd none was found , but the order Is charac
terized ns an arbitrary use of judicial power
nnd a statute to prevent such abuses In the
future Is recommended.
Louisville Courier-Journal ! The majority
of the nuhcommttte * are on firmer ground
when they call attention to the abuses that
have grown up under the powi'M assumed
by United States judges to appoint receivers
for railroad corporations. Tho.io powers
have been greatly nbunH , nn the report nv
sorts , for the purpose of averting pursuit of
creditors nnd preventing the enforcement of
lawful obligations , Tha powers thin oxer-
claed by the courts are declared to bo purely
of their own crivntlon , tint ajccrtalncd or
limited by statute , nnd therefore dangerous.
Chicago Poit : Labor has won n victory
through the report of Congressman llontnnr'n
special committee appointed to Investigate
Judge Jenkins' course In the Northern Pa
cific Injunction proceedings. The report says
that there was found no proof of lnu ntloniil
wroiiKdoInt ; on the part of Judge Jenkins or
of collusion with the railway attorneys. Hut
It holds thnt the Judge grtntly exceeded his
powers nnd acted contrary to nil precedent
and In n manner which Is In the hluhcat
denn-o dangerous. In short It scores Judge
Jenkins unmercifully while exonerating him
from criminal intent.
Chicago Herald : The best and moat
thoughtful minds have looked upon the re
cent labor caaca In the courts ns , perhaps.
the beginning ot peaceable , Jus-t nnd effectual
methods for tha settlement of labor dlspnt.s.
Judicial methods are better thin strikes ,
lockouts , personal assaults nnd riots result
ing from differences bctwc-n employers and
employes. "By legal procosa" Is .the civil-
Izfd and humane plan of enforcing all
rights and redressing nU nroims. The
trouble with the report Is that It Is written
lu u demagogical spirit for dcmagOKlcal pur
poses. It Is a stump speech of the quality
usually addressed to gangs of strikers at
street corners , except that It Is clothed In
bctUr language.
Detroit Free Press : The doctrine laid
down by the committee Is so elemental , so
consonant with the teachings of common
sense nnd the theory of the Individual's right
to his own labor that Its enunciation In this
emphatic form Is not at all surprising.
What la surprising Is that U should ever
have been questioned and especially that
It should have been questioned by anybody
of learning enough to secure n position on
the federal bench. The committee odds to
the surprise by Its complete exoneration of
Judge Jenkins from nil suspicion ot Inter
ested or Improper motives , for if there were
some room for suspicion ot that kind the
Judge's rulings would not have been as Inex
plicable as they were.
C///.V ClWVKLliS.
Atchlson Globe : The men don't have
any of the house cleaning to do , but they
make all the fuss.
Chicago Inter Ocean : "I'm afraid there Is
something wrong- with baby lie slcepi so
much. "Don't wniry. dear , he may croxv
up nnd be a great policeman. "
Philadelphia Record : "Time's up ! " nb-
sent mlmledly exclaimed the referee ns he
pawned his watch.
Inillnnapclls Jourrnl : A boy connot be ex
pected to take Ulndly to the liiwn mower
until one Is Invented thnt mnkes at least as
much nolso as a tin can nnd a piece of
rosined string ,
Philadelphia Times : The Chinese , even
n this country , bind their girls' feet so
they can't go. For thnt matter , they're
not disposed to go themselves.
Lowell Courier : Kvcn the women who
arc compelled to go afoot In thlo world
of unequal conditions may possc&s a grace
ful carriage.
Yonkers Statesman : The Indians nl-
ways sing before a light. So do the opera
singers.
Buffalo Courier : A petrified woman has
been found in Illinois. It Is suspected that
her husband paid a dressmakei 's bill wlth-
Indlnnnpolls Journal : "The world " re-
maikcd the tired nnd downtrodden teller
"owes every mnn a living. "
' I gueFs you are rip lit. " nts nted the voracious
cious plutocrat , "and if you would like to
have the debt collected , 1 am ready to at
tend to the " matter for about 00 per cent
commission.
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CUKIIKKT I'JWSK/.llTli.
Chicago Post.
"Oh , for the old , old days , " he sighed.
"The ilajs of long ago ,
When trousers cut extremely wide
Flapped Idly to and fro.
"n'1 ' 'l ' * 0 , that style .rctlrn | , I swear-
To old '
clays I'd i evert ,
For then I could with safety wear
My wife's divided skirt. "
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Oh , pretty , dainty , maiden fair ,
On the avenue strolling ;
Your lovely bonnet , silken hair
In wavy collets rolling.
No gown more neat or sweeter looks :
Search not you cannot llnd ;
But hist ! Oh , hark ! Great Scott ! Gadzooksl
Your necktie's up behind !
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Truth. > *
Whene'er we drive my love doth don
A hnt she calls divine.
\ The 'i"11"3 ' fretful porcupine rmiKoil "like ; " quills upon
Ami when I'd fain , with love elate ,
A kiss on her bestow ,
Those pins my beauty lacerate ,
Because she struggles ao.
REDUCING THE BUTTER TAX
Mamlereou Ilns n Bill to Out the Rovcmio
Impost In Two.
CHANGES THE REGULATIONS GENERALLY
rnl l < li > t Ulovrlitml CunrliiilPi Ilio
Oillrn Nomlimlliiin for Ni'linnl < n-Sumo
iiiiMlht.i | ( ) ut Mi < rucr nnil
the New I'llnUnif Olllrn.
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1107 K Street N. W.
WASHINGTON , May 0.
Senator Mnndcriioti today Introduced a bill
to ainciitt the act passed August 2 , ISStf , do.
lining butter , nlso Imposing a tnx upon nntf
regulating the mnmifncturo nnd snlo of oleo
margarine. Among the provisions of tht >
bill lit one that wholesale il en lor a In olco-
margarine Hhall pay $240. Instead of $4SO ,
nnd thnt rolnll dealers slmll pay $24 , Instead
of $ IS , ns hoictoforo. U nlso piovlilea that \ '
the tuba Inhluh the oleomargarine U j
packed must bo mndo ofood tin , or other
suitable material , ns the commissioner of I
Internal revenue shall prescribe. K nlso *
makes one Instead of ten pounds the mini
mum quantity In which the product can bo i
packed. '
The president today bent to the senate the
nomination of Ambrose 3. Campbell to be <
register of the land ofllco and of 1'atrlck Gib
bon ? to be receiver of public mcncys nt Mo-
Cool ; . The pr'sldcnt also nominated Klmor
Williams as receiver of public moneys nt
O'N'elll and W. II. Morrison for the same
ollleo at Lincoln. Heprcscntatlvo Hryan rec
ommended Morrison for the receivership at
Lincoln and also endorsed Campbell for tha
land oinco nnd Gibbons for receiver of pub
lic moneys at McConk.
Fourth-class postmasters have been np-
polntcd ns follows : Nebraska Drulo. Keith
county , Jennie C. Proper , vlco II. 0. Dun
ning , resigned ; Lebanon , lied Willow county ,
11. K. Wnugh , vice A. J , Hlcli. resigned ;
Macon , FrnnUHn county , U. DeJOngo , vlco
Mrs. A. M. lirlgga , removed ; Paul , Otoa
county. A. M. Durr , vlco Edward Mltznor ,
resigned.
Iowa David. Mitchell county , V. W. Jen
sen , vlco D. 10. McLaughlln , removed.
South Dakota Canova , Miner county , L.
II. Canlleld. vice Thomas Wilson , removed.
John I > . Thomus of Omaha Is In the city
for n few days , and J , J. Phllhln , also of
Omuha , Is u dulug.ilo to the convention ot the
American Ticket Sellers association In Wash *
Ington.
Representative Mercer was very much
pleased today with the action the house has
taken In regard to the government printing
ollleo bill. In the committee on public build
ings nnd grounds , of which he Is n member ,
Mr. Mercer advocated the erection of tha
new printing ollleo on n government reser
vation , nnd leaving the selection of the slto
to the committee. The house has endorsed
that proposition.
Mr. llryan said today that ho has not yet
made up his mind as to his candidacy for
governorship or whether ho will stand for re
election to congress. He said good liuniorcilly
thnt maybe he will not stand for anything.
Mr. Mercer today presented a petition of
the Omaha members of the Society of Mod
ern Woodmen protesting against the Incomi
tax feature of the Wilson bill.
The Postolllce department has acted ad
versely upon the application of East Omaha
for a separata postolllcc on the ground that
the mall service at that point does not WIT.
rant the Increased expenditure demanded ,
llepresentatlvo Mercer made every posslbli
effort to secure the establishment of another
office , but the department has been Immova
ble In opposition to the proposition.
The successor to Postofflco Inspector John
Steen of Nebraska has not yet been selected ,
but ho will be soon. The removal of Mr.
Steen from ofllce was secured by charges af
fecting his conduct ot the ollleo as well as
other matters. The charges were made
largely by Ilev. Mr. Myers of Wahoo , where
Mr. Steen resides. It is alleged that Steen
himself preferred charges against the post
master at Wahoo because ho refused to remove - ,
move the postofllco to a building occupied by
Stcen's brother. There are other papers re
lating to the case on file at the department.
Ilojiillsts in llnnnll Still Hold Out.
WASHINGTON , May 9. The president
sent to the senate todny a letter from Min
ister Willis nt Honolulu , enclosing n copy
of resolutions adopted by n. mass mcetlnff
of roynllsts April 9. The resolutions , after
setting forth that the call for a constitu
tional convention prescribes for electors an
onth of allegiance to the provisional gov
ernment of Hawaii. ulllrniH tliiit those pom-
posing the meeting and nil loyal citizens
will lofubo to take such onth and refrain
from voting for delegates to the cpnslltu-
were , by
tlonal convention. The resolutions
vote of the meeting , sent to Minister W11II9
with a request thnt lie forward them to the
government nt Washington.
Knrtliqiinko In Venezuela.
WASHINGTON , May 9. Secretary
Grcshnm today iccelved the following cabla
from Mr. Bartlemnn , the United States < I
charge do affairs at Caracas , Venezuela : jl
An earthauake on the 2Sth ot April destroyed - J *
stroyed he cities of Egldo and Merldan
and several villages. Tl.e . loss of life a
said to bo heavy , and assistance would us
appreciated.
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