Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATLTRDAY. MAY 12. 1801.
flHK OMAHA DAILY HEE.
n. t. junior.
ilvility MOUXINO.
' BtwC'ltllTION.
r > Kl1r " ( without Hnnitiy ) . Ono Y .ir . J w
Pully HH.I Siimliiy , On * Ynr . l W
fix Moulin. . . JM
M.mlin . 2 H
l- lie.Onf Ycnr . J J >
y Hff , On * Yrnr. . . . . . ' 2
live , Ono Yenr. . . . . . . . . . . . >
OI'I'IOKS.
nmiilin. The tt < y > IliillillnK.
Bonili nmnlm. cmncr N nnd Twenty-fourth 8t § .
Council llhiffn , 12 I'enrl ulrect.
Ohlruuo unire , 317 C'lmmlwr nf Omimerrc.
Nf\r York , llooniii IJ , II imil 15. Trlbuno
IVnrhlnxton , H07 K utri-rt , N. Vf.
All romniiinlcntlonii rolntlnR to now * nn-t eill-
tortnl matter nhouM lx > nildirnDCil : To the Ivlllor.
iifHiNr.HH urrrnns.
All liunliiP * ! ! IcdorH nnil rpmlttnnM * nhotilrl tws
mMifMCil to The Heo I'ulillslilnit Mmpnny ,
Omnlin. Drartx , clicckn nml ponUiltlri * orders W
to nmiTo pnynlijp In th < > Onlor of Iho cnmpany.
Till : HKK I'UIIMHIIINU COMPANY. '
BTATtJMIJ.VT Ol' CIIK'UI.ATION.
flmrRo II. Txncliuck. rrrrrlnry of The Dee Tub-
) l lilnit comnnnv , bring duly \vorn , ny thnt tlin
nnunl number nf full nml rnmplete copies ot The
Dnlly Morning , evening nnd Himdny ll printed
ilurlnu tlio montli of April , 1WI. wns ns '
I cm deduction ) ! for unsoM and returned
copies l',032
Totnl drtld
Pally avcraRO net circulation 22.CI7
* fiumlny
ciKonot. : n. TOBciircic
Bworn tfi bcforr > me nnd rol * crlbotl In my r rM-
cncc tlil 2 < I ilny of Mny , not.
( SVnl ) . N. P. FKII. , Notnry Public.
Coxey was no sooner pushed upon the
grass than he was pulled on to the carpet.
Thursday was Nebraska day In congress.
'Allen held the boards In the senate , while
Kent monopolized the time of the house.
Omaha receives another compliment from
the American Ticket IJrokcrs association In
the election of Us delegate. Mr. J" . J. Phllbln ,
OB first vice president. Omaha appreciates
the compliment.
If our school grounds arc to bo made at
tractive this year the work of beautifying
them must begin very soon. People will not
care to sit In the school ground parks after
Know falls next autumn.
We presume the knowing lawyers of the
city council will see that that Minnesota
decision Is conveniently reversed , .or at
least dlscrcdifed , by the time they want
to engineer another long time contract Job
through the council.
A clarification of the atmosphere In the
center of the city from the soot which Is
poured Into It from the chimneys of build
ings whoso owners have failed to comply
with the smoke nuisance ordinance would bo
a welcome event to the people who brcatho It.
Minnesota republicans Intend to begin
their campaign early this fall , their state con
vention having been summoned for July 11.
The truth of the matter , however. Is that
the republican campaign has been going on
i all over the country ever since the demo
I cratic administration came Into power.
It was not so very many days ago that
tlio railroad company In this city that re
fuses to obey the law In regard to the re
pairing of the Sixteenth street viaduct was
clamoring for police protection for Its own
box cars. It's poor law that won't work
both ways once In a whllo.
The visiting Hibernians complain not of n
lack of hospitality , but of a too lavish hospi
tality that has Interfered with the transac
tion of the business of the order. It Is the
good Intention that counts. Omaha docs the
entertaining. That Is her part In the work
of the convention , and all agree that she is
doing It well.
Blow the trumpets ! Beat the drum ! Omar
Madison Kem , representative of the Sixth
congressional district of Nebraska , actually
secured the passage by the house , under a
suspension of the rules by unanimous con
sent , of his bill providing for the resurvey
of Grant and Hooker counties. Credit to
whom credit Is duel
The managers of the Midwinter fair at
San Francisco are recognizing the demand
for cheap admission on Sundays and holidays
that comes from the working people who can
take advantage of the exposition only on
those days. The stockholders of the World's
fair would unquestionably be considerably
richer If a similar policy had been adopted
for the Chicago exposition.
Federal officials have not yet announced
having run across any of the 1,000 or
2,000 Chinamen who forgot to take out
registration papers before ths time limit ex
pired. Perhaps they are In no hurry to find
them. The United States stands a good
prospect of being called upon to pay the
passage home of all the Mongolians who
want to return to China within the next
tow years.
Although denlld the privilege of riding
tree on stolen trains , the Sanders Industrials
have secured the privilege of riding free on
the regular train that has been chartered by
the government to take them to Topeka. The
dlfforonca Is Iho difference bstweon coal can
and passenger conches. It Is also the differ
ence between riding at the expense of the
railroad nnd riding nt the expense of the
United States government.
Wyoming populists have dually cometo
the conclusion that they had all the demo
cratic fusion they wanted at the last presi
dential and state election and that , profiting
by their experience , they will this year bo
cusiollixn of their own fortunes. Whfn they
tried fusion with the democrats before they
found that they had elected the democratic
candidates , while their populist candidates
had bbtn loft high and dry. They are con
vinced that they cannot do any worse by
going U alone.
The worklngmon of the United States
voted for a change and good times In 1S92.
Since that time , according to the press dis
patches , the average wages of the men em
ployed at the great Pullman car shops has
decreased from $2.90 to $1.85 per day.
Other wages hav > bean reduced In similar
proportion In nil parts of the country. It
may not bo fair to atcrlbo tha general slump
In wages to a mere change In the political
complexion of the national administration ,
but It Is certain that the prevailing uneas
iness depends largely upon the uncertainty
as to tha course of Important ligUlatton
now In the hands of congress. The sooner
tbo national lawmaker * finish their voluble
discussion of tariff measures , GO much sooner
irlll confidencereturn. .
run STATK DKIIT.
In accordance with the auggaaMon nffcrt'1
by the mipreme court In the opinion which It
handed down denying Uir > application of Gov
ernor Cronnso ( or a writ of mandamus to
compel the state treasurer to Invest the Idle
school moni'yii In fltnlo warrants , the .State
Board of Educational Lands and Funds has
passed resolutions setting aside certain sums
for the purchase nf stale warrants nnd empowering -
[ powering the state tresiKiircr to act for It In
examining the warrants that nmy be pre
sented and In acquiring them for the school
fund. The resolutions of the board provide
that 1200,000 be appropriated for the purchase
of outstanding registered general fund war
rants , with accrued Interest , that are to bo
called In , while $230.000 Is appropriated for
the purchase of current unregistered war
rants already drawn , as well ns those that
may hereafter be drawn against the general
fund. As soon ns the registered warrants are
secured for the school fund they nro to cease
bearing Interest and thus save the stun that
would otherwise bo expended for
the people of the state.
ly ) this operation , should It bo carried
through without further obstruction or delay ,
the state debt will shortly bo reduced by
? 45Q,000. The state will cease to pay Inter
est upon $200,000 of this at the rate of T per
cent , which tlio warrants have been drawing.
The school fund will not be In any way
augmented , but Instead of being deposited In
favored banks for the benefit of private In
dividuals It will be applied to the uses of
the state In paying warrants drawn upon the
exhausted general fund , to bo repaid to the
school fund so soon as the general fund shall
again have a surplus at Its command. This
will leave but n comparatively small portion
of the school fund uninvested , although oven
then the warrant Indebtedness of the state
must remain for the time at considerably
more than $230,000.
The warrant Indebtedness of the state has
of recsnt years assumed alarming proportions
tions and Imposed upon the slate a huge and
unnecessary burden of Interest. Since
August , 1S91 , the Interest charged has
amounted to nearly $150,000. All this time
vast sums In the school fund have been
lying Idle , which , It applied to the ex
tinguishment of the state debt tinder the
law. would have saved almost tlijs entire
amount. Every obstacle which Ingenuity
could devise has been pushed forward to
prevent the state authorities from making
this application of the school money to the
reduction of the ; itnto debt. . It Is but
natural to expect that the same policy of delay -
lay and of Interposing legal technicalities
will be continued despite the order of the
board. Already rumors are being spread
that the holders of registered warrants will
refuse to hted the call when Issued nnd
will claim the legal right to hold their In
terest-bearing certificates until the general
fund shall bo replenished from the usual
sources of taxation. Their object would be ,
of course , to draw the 7 per cent Interest
from the treasury nnd at the same time to
keep the money in the school fund deposited
In banks , where the benefits arising from Its
use accrue to some one not tlio public
treasurer. Should such an effort be made
the people will expect the proper officials
to carry the Issue to an Immediate deter
mination. They have had enough specious
delay already. If the state debt Is not
speedily reduced by the amount of Idle
money In the school fund the people will
want to know the reason.
FAVOR , A I'OOUXO LAII' .
The bills pending In congress to authorize
railroads under certain conditions to enter
Into pooling arrangements were given an
Impetus by the action a few days ago of a
committee appointed by various state rail
road officials favorable to the proposed legis
lation. The railroad commissioners of var
ious states , at their annual convention last
year , appointed a committee to consider the
subject of pooling , and last Tuesday the
committee made n report to the sixth an
nual convention of the state railroad com
missioners , held In Washington. This report ,
signed by all but one member of the com
mittee , recommends the repeal of the anti-
pooling clause of the Interstate' commerce
net. It Is nrgued by the committee that If
the railroads were allowed to pool or other
wise divide their earnings , that the rates
would bo much moro stable , which would
greatly benefit the business community , and
that discrimination nnd unfair arrangements
with largo shippers would cease. It wns
also urged that If the anti-pooling clause
were repealed the labor of the Interstate
commerce commissioners and the railroad
commissioners of the various states would
bo lightened and their authority hotter re
spected , because It would bo In the Interest
of the railroad companies to see that the
law was maintained.
The report favors unconditional , , repeal.
It also favors legislation to give immunity
to the contracting- agent of the railway
and the shippers who testify In regard to
discrimination. It Is expected that this re
port , taken in connection with the fact
that the Interstate commerce commission
has practically recommended the repeal
of the anti-pooling clause , will have much
effect In congress when It comes to consider
this subject. The Indications are that the
sentiment In congress favorable to allowing
the railroads to enter Into pooling arrange
ments , under certain restrictions nnd sub
ject to the supervision of the interstate
commerce commission , has gained strength ,
so that the prospect for the adoption of the
proposed legislation Is regarded by Us advo
cates as very good. The railroad presidents
throughout the country are unanimously of
the opinion that the remedy for rate wars
and the consequent decreased earnings of
the roads will be found In the repeal of the
anti-pooling clause of the Interstate com
merce net. In a recent Interview Mr. Depow
said that the slow Improvement In railroad
busliless Is duo mainly to the difficulty of
maintaining rates , for , In spite of the most
carefully drawn agreements , the cutting of
rates still goes on , the weaker roads. In the
absence of pooling arrangements , having
to "scramble" to got their share of the
tralllc , Mr. Dcpow expressed the opinion
that the amendment or the Interstate com
merce law as proposed would have a sal
utary effect , nnd that with the
privilege of pooling their earnings ,
under proper restrictions of law ,
the railroads would bo able to do busi
ness on a paying basis. It may bo said that
the rate cutting Is In the Interest of shippers
generally , but this Is probably n mlitako.
It Is doubtless only the largo shippers that
obtain any advantage from It. Hut at any
rate It would seem to bo better for all that
there should be stability In rates , and It has
boon conclusively shown that this Is not
attainable under present conditions. It Is
perhaps not too much to say that every rail
road In the country Is violating the
law by discriminating between shippers , and
there Is no way to prevent this , every
attempt to do so by the commission havlnff
failed because of tbo decisions of the courts
rendering It powerleBB to secure the needed
testimony. Discrimination can now bo prac
ticed with Impunity , tbe Uw In this regard
lioli'K onllrcly worlhl-'x * . \Vl h n Miffully
guard. ; ' . ! pooling nrningcmcnt the nillrondu ,
n H Mid In the report of the state coinmls
Si'wu-M. would find It to their Interest to sco
I'int ' the law was maintained , and whlIP
rules would probably bo somewhat higher
all shippers could feel that they won being
treated alike. A tentative application of
pooling under Judicious restrictions
prove highly satisfactory.
THK T.IWW lltr.l , AXt )
The pending tariff bill proposes to give
benefits of Incalculable value to nearly
every Canadian Interest. It does not go
quite ns far In thin respect as did the meas
ure which came from the house , because In
the latest revision duties are placed on sev
eral agricultural products that were made
free i tha Wllsou bill. But In Us present
form the measure would bo n great boon to
our northern neighbors In stimulating the
development of a number of their Industries
which for a long time have been nt a stand
still. Referring to this In his speech on
the tariff bill Senator Halo said that the
measure was made up after a fashion that
could not have .belter satisfied the Cana
dians had a committee of their own taken
kha subject lit charge and fixed their own
schedules and duties. Ho pointed out , ns
anybody can sco who will take the trouble
to examine the bill , that It practically nnd
substantially opens up the markets of the
United States to the agriculturists of Can
ada and to nil the producers of Canada ,
without any compensation to the people of
tha United States , without any reciprocity
whatever , nnd with no conditions of any
kind asked. It gives to Canada , without
any offset or any compensation , all that
the Canadian people have asked for nt any
time within the last ten years. In 1890 our
Imports from Canada , chiefly of farm pro
ducts , were to the value of over $10,000,000.
In 1S92 , under the operation of the McKlnley
tariff , they amounted to- but little moro than
$1,000,000. This difference of $ (5,000,000 ( was
made up by increased supply In the United
States , to the advantage of our own pro
ducers , nnd this advantage the pending tar
iff bill would destroy.
The amendment Introduced by Senator
Gallingcr. providing that the tariff act shall
only become operative so far as It concerns
Canada upon proclamation by the president
of the United States , to be made only In the
event of the Canadian government declaring.
a desire to enter Into commercial relations
with this country which will reduce the
duties on American products and the con
summation of such an arrangement. Is a
proposition that will undoubtedly meet very.
general popular approval. There Is not a
valid reason why Important American inter
ests should be subjected to Canadian com
petition without requiring any sort of rec
iprocity on the part of Canada. The govern
ment of the Dominion has for years per-
slstently discriminated against American
products. Her whole commercial policy has
been hostile to this country , as in every
other way she has manifested an unfriendly
disposition toward the United Stntes. Even
now the Canadian government Is discrimi
nating against American shippers through
the Welland canal. Recently that government
has revised Its tariff , but not In a single In
stance was any change made- that would
benefit any American manufacturer or pro
ducer. There was no concession to better
trade relations between the tv/o countries
and no intimation of a desire to promote
such relations , but , on ther contrary , the
declaration of a purpose to firmly ndhero to
the existing policy. All talk of reciprocity
has ceased In Canada slnco the democratic
party came Into power , and If our govern
ment wore now to make any overtures look
ing to reciprocity they would undoubtedly
be rejected by the Canadian government ,
such Is the confidence of the ruling party
there In the Intention of the democrats to
throw open the American market to the
manufacturers and producers of Canada with
out asking anything In return.
The pass'age of the tariff bill as It stands
would give a great Impetus to every
Canadian interest. It would Inaugurate
there an era of unprecedented progress and
prosperity for that country. And to the
extent that it produced this result American
Interests would suffer. It Is not to bo ex
pected that Senator Galllngcr's proposition
will prevail. It is hostile to democratic
policy. But It contemplates a Just recogni
tion of American Interests and will bo en
dorsed by Intelligent and unprejudiced pub
lic opinion.
T1IK DUTY 0V ASSKSSOltS.
The city council at Its last mooting de
termined to drop the resolution thnt had been
Introduced Into that body Instructing the city
attorney to bring mandamus proceedings
against the several assessors In order to
compel them to list the property which they
assess at a fair market value. Instead of at
the absurd fraction of the real value which
they have been accustomed to enter on their
books. The fact , however , that no man
damus proceedings will bo instituted by the
city council affords no license to the assessors
to continue to violate the law which they
are sworn to observe. Their duty ( n this
matter Is so plain , so clear to every ono who
will read the provisions of the statute , nnd
has been explained and emphasized so fre
quently in the public press , that they will
bo unable to excuse tholr actions on the
ground of Ignorance.
It Is probably Just as well that the Idea o
Instituting mandamus proceedings has been
abandoned. The duty of the assessors Is so
distinctly defined that doubts have been ex
pressed whether a writ of mandamus would
Ho were It applied for. There Is n certain
discretionary power vested In the assessors
which the courts would hesitate to direct , but
that discretion must be exorcised within
the lines laid down by the law that Is to
say , the assessors .jnust attempt to report
the true value of property listed by them.
Tlioro Is absolutely no warrant for thorn to
divide the true value by 6 or 10 , or
by any other number. A. writ of mandamus
could not make their duty moro plain than
U now Is. On the other hand , It might tend
to create an Improslon that In the absence
of Eiich writ Iho assessors are free to violate
tlio law as they may ECO fit. It Is tholr duty
to obey the spirit of the law , mandamus erne
no mandamus.
Omaha Is suffering constantly from un
favorable comparisons with other cities ,
founded upon the grossly unjust figures that
are taken to represent her tax valuation.
The Plttsburg Financial News only a few
days ago contained an article giving a resume -
sumo of the census bulletin on municipal
taxation. In which It held Chicago up to
derision In the matter of Its tax under
valuations. At the same time It says that of
the twenty-eight cities enumerated , In not
ono Is the assessed valuation half as low In
proportion to the true valuation as In Chicago
cage , "with tlio one exception of Omuru. " Is
this the kind of reputation which Omaha de
sires ? Does olio want to bo advertised as
being possessed ot taxab'0 wealth Insignificant
In comparison with that ot other cities , and
as being burdened by a nominal tax rate that
frightens the prospective. Investor at first
iliuira { ? A fair tax valuation will rcmnvo
tnnitc otiHlai-l ? ! * to tlfiYihn' * progress and
pnwpf-rlty. It wllf'Vsitie ' the limit of In-
debtedn RA and permit1 Ilk to roiitlimo n policy
nf public Impruvoniftit's' ' It will l-r ncn the
tnx rate to normal * proportion' . What wo
need Is not new lc&l lhlon. ( It IH the on-
turccmnnt of tlm lojl ( l.llii ( that wo already
have. The nsxoisor fvliu falls to do his duty
should be held rcsioii | lil6 for hlx failure.
The Chicago Tlnlds goes to some trouble
to correct what It , ipa'p wns nn orr.-.ncons
report Inadvertently sent out of this city
last full to the cITocf that Congressman
Bryan spoke here Hli Bunntor Allen before
a populist mass meeting. "Uryan , " It
says further , "wns ad'vortlscd to speak , but
It was done without hla knowledge or con
sent. He refused to speak and was at
Washington the night oC the meeting. "
Perhaps Mr. Bryan considers himself too
good to speak before a populist mooting.
Ho does not , however , consider himself too
good to fish for populist votes or even for n
populist nomination for the office ot
governor. The Times suggests him ns n
senatorial candidate acceptable to both
parties democrats nnd populists. Would
Mr. Bryan , after refusing to address a
populist meeting , consent to secure nn elec
tion to the senate by means ot populist
votes ? The very Idea of such Incon
slstoncy Is abhorrent.
Judge Doano's pointed observation In ref
erence to detectives that do not detect Is a
reflex of local sentiment. Municipal sleuths
seem to have been blindfolded. If they de
tect anything U Is u class ot potty offenders
having no political pull. One of tlio alleged
detectives has rccnntly made repeated visits
to the house of a man suspected of robbery ,
now a fugitive from justice. It Is claimed
that the ladles of the house have entertained
the detective sumptuously when ho visited
them late at night. If the mayor could en
gage a real detective to watch some of the
alleged detectives of this city , many ques
tionable escapades could bo exposed. It
should not be necessary , however , to scan-
dallzo the city In order that reform meas
ures may be applied In that direction.
The death of Henry Grebe will be mourned
by many citizens In this community. For
thlrtx-threo years ho has resided here , win
ning and holding the esteem of his fellow-
men. Many times he was called to responsi
ble public positions , nnd In the performance
qf his duty his fidelity nnd Industry were
steadfast and marked. Mr. Grebe was one
of the sturdy pioneers who helped to build
the foundations of Omaha and lived to see
the village of 1861 grow to be the metropolis
of the Missouri valley. In later years ho
had not taken an active part In the affairs
of the city , but he enjoyed the confidence
and respect of his neighbors , to whom his
death will bo a personal , bereavement. His
Integrity will stand' ' an example to the
younger generatlonvot men.
The man who Is attempting to bolster up
Congressman Bryiin'sl senatorial boom
through the editorial Columns of the Chicago
Times might do wcl } tcj revise his Informa
tion concerning Nebraska's representation
In congress. If , as life says , Nebraska Is
represented In corfgrc'ss'by ' four republicans'
two populists and , one democrat , Bryan
must bo posing as' airdemocrat and as a
republican at one tthd tl ) same time. Such
a course Is not , well. , ciicuaf Jd to win the
much desired popuiarltji with the populists.
Sandbagging Voprhco.4.
Glqbo.Democrat.
There has been a gain of 1,000 republican
votes In Senator Aroorhees' town of Terre
Huute during the last year , and thnt Is
what his neighbors think about the serv
ice that he has rendered to the trusts
In the tariff matter.
Illustrating n lIUHlnoss Maxim.
Washington Star.
The proposition to give the Union Pacific
railway 100 years In which to pay Its debts , "
considered in connection with numerous
just and unsatlsllcd claims against the gov
ernment , recalls forcibly the business
maxim that an easy creditor Is generally
poor pay.
Tlio Toglo of Statistics.
Globe Democrat.
People who nre fond of considering the
logic of statistics will be Interested In ob
serving that the returns ot the Indiana
municipal elections show that it the cam
paign had been for Htate officers the re
publicans would have won by nearly 35,000
majority.
An Aggri-giitfcin of Hlumlcrs.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Secretary Carlisle Is quoted ns authority
for the statement that there were 500 mis
takes In the tariff bill as it came from the
finance committee of the senate. That ,
however , Is a small matter with .the party
In power , ns "a tariff of some sort" Is all
the democrats expect to pass.
Tobiirllngtiiii Harvesting Fame.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Hon. Tobo Castor , though not n
democratic office holder himself , would like
to be the cause of otllce holding In others ,
lie IH urging Mr , Cleveland to appoint one
Crawford pension agent nt Omaha. A man
with such u name ns Tobo Castor doubtless
has Influence with the present administra
tion.
.Small HuHliK'na.
Denver Hopuibllcnn.
The conviction of Coxey was small busi
ness , or rather his prosecution was , for the
prosecution was primarily to blame. It
would have been much better nnd more
dignified on the part of the authorities of
the District of Columbia If they had let
Coxoy nnd his men meet on the steps of the
capltol , nnd no grout harm would have been
done If they had been allowed to walk on
the grass.
Tlio SenntnWhat Is It. "
Chicago Post ( dem. )
The "compromise" tariff bill In the sen-
nte has been prepared and published
finally. It shews the effects of the "snnd-
bngglng" In numerous dents nnd protuber-
nnces and IB ns much worse than the ° > 'un-
compromlsed" bill of the finance committee
ns that measure woo worse than the Wil
son bill. In nearly every Instance In which
a change Is nmdo the direction Is toward
protectionism.
Of course the Sugar trust profits ngaln.
The Industry with .which that "Interest"
labored with the ppqculatlnf ? senators has
been substantially .rewarded. Wo Imagine
the trust 1ms novgQt , nil It wants nnd
Hometlitni ; more thrtt It expected. Senator
Murphy secures cmteetislons n.s to collars
and cuffH , Senator Smith get duties on
his Interests , and herujnnd there the otliei
eastern ( senators luive picked up Items
which they missed In , the earlier struggle
In committee.
_
Itcprem-ntuHvti'of tlio West.
Jjlncoln .News.
Some of the srilnllrbores In the local
newspaper field appear to bo offended be
cause the Newa 'agrees In a number of
Instances with Tliu Omaha liee , nnd are
trying In their poor. . vvpllh wa > " to use this
as capital ngalnstJlHS paper. It mlgnt
bo Just ns well toi state that despite the
persistent mlsrepre > , omnton | and vllllflca-
tlon of Ilosewuter by the corporation
mouthpiece hero , people who have uny renl
knowledge of thejui 'Hpnper situation In
Nebraska , the policies nnd achievements of
the respectlvo papers , know that The liee
never attnckH a public olllcer , exposes n
ruscnl br rubs tlio fur of a designing
politician without good grounds for It , nnd
it has Invariably proven the truth of Its
charges. They also .know that The lieo
stands today the representative paper ot
the west , with n larger nnd better start of
writers , a moro complete telegraph report
and better In every department tlmn any
other paper In the great midwest. The
News la not enamored of some of Mr ,
Itosuwnter's political methods , but It does
admire his newspaper ability , his courage
nnd his fearlessness. If that la criminal
the News pleads guilty , Meanwhile It
will continue. ! to speak Ita mind about public
ofllcers and public measures , thu mere fact
that a man who holds a public otllce being
able to throw u. Uttlo advertising to It once
In a whllo not belUK considered In this
olHce , OH In others , as , giving him any Im
munity from criticism.
nrintit / . iv.x r/n.v p x
Ti ! voln on tbo regljlnttloit bill In the
Commons proven again that Uovbery nnd
Uitrcoiirt hnv .to such hold on the elomenl.i
which make up tin ? government majority
\
us Gladstone lnid. Ilarcourt eantidt hold
the majority log tliar In support ot any
itKMSuro because It Is n government : nen -
tire , nml defeat on It would mean retirement
anil dl-solntlcii. and Itusebory's liMdernlilp
I Is not of the sort which holds the rank and
j i fllu of the party to tholr duty , Tliero U n
i xrouliiK disposition among the members of
j the majority and the groups Into which It
H divided tp magnify grievances and refuse
to make concessions for the general good ,
Gladstone could Induct or compel n subordi
nation of these private and teml-prlvatc mut
ters tu his general program , as he obtained
the assent of everybody to tin * monopoly
of the time of thu Commons which ho gave
to home rule for Ireland and thu employers'
liability bill. Were he at the helm now
It Is doubtful If the government majority
on the registration bill would have been cut
down to fourteen , by Indifference and worse
on the part of the government supporters ,
In many respects this Is the narrowest es
cape the government has had , and thu most
nlarmlng. The bill Is supposedly one In
which the whole party behind the govern
ment Is Interested the liberals and radicals
because It practically does awuy with plural
voting , enfranchises n very Urge number ot
worklngmon who have been deprived of the
tuffrage hy the old registration require
ments , and the Irish because It promised
to Increase the homo rule vote In the next
Commons. Primarily the bill was Intro
dnccd to strengthen the liberal und radical
vote In the constituencies , and all well-wish
ers of that party wore counted upon to vote
for It. It seems that eight or ten Irishmen ,
a group ot radicals and n few liberal * were
present when Saturday's division took place ,
but did not go Into the government lobby ,
and that others absented themselves. If
a dozen more had followed these bad ex
amples the Hosebory government would have
fallen.
The real significance of Prince Bismarck's
address to the societies of Danish war veter
ans Is beginning to bo appreciated In Berlin.
These noclctlca are absolutely nonpolltcal ,
and consequently little weight was ut tlrst
given to the congratulatory allusions made
by the ex-chancellor to the disappearance
of the differences of opinion which existed
thirty years ago concerning the future of the
duchies of Schlcswlg and Ho'.steln. The re
port ot an Impending modification of the
German Imperial policy of coercion hitherto
maintained In the duchies conquered from
Dnnmark In 1801 , when taken In connection
with the address of the ex-chancellor , seeinh
to Indicate a more. Intimate understanding
between them and .the emperor than had
been suspected to exist upon a question of
current politics. The subject of this under
standing seems to be a plan to abolish all
distinctive laws applicable to Schlcswlg und
Holstcln , and to extend to the residents of
the conquered duchies the same rights ac
corded to Prussian born subjects of the cm
plre. Hitherto the Schlcswlg-Holsteln of
ficials have had considerable discretionary
powers , nnd although they were Instructed
to use them with the utmost consideration ,
they have often applied the exceptional laws
in a despotic and arbitrary manner. Clt
Izciis have been expelled upon the slightest
pretext , and permits to hold meetings of any
kind within the duchies have generally been
refused by the local Prussian odiolals. The
Interdict was extended even to literary , nr-
tlstlo and educational reunions , and quite
recently a request from the Danish pastors
In the duchies to be permitted to preach
twice a week In the Danish language was
dented by Dr. Borse , Prussian minister of
Instruction nnd ecclesiastical affairs. This
regime of repression , It Is believed , will be
soon replaced by a few administrative laws ,
leaving little or no discretion to the govern
ing authorities.
? *
The attack upon the Austrian government
recently delivered In the Austrian Uelchs-
rath by Dr. Grogr , the leader of the Young
Czechs , was a vigorous political arraignment
and has attracted a good deal of attention.
In ono place he said that to promise nnd
not to perform wns a characteristic feature
of our time. The present period In Austria
was marked by faithlessness and breach of
promises given , at least so far as the Bo
hemian people were concerned. The prime
minister wns one of those nobles who had
Inscribed the cause of Bohemian state rights
upon their banner , and he still maintained
at every opportunity that he held faht to that
program. Notwithstanding that fact , hdw-
ever , Prince Wlndlschgratu recently de
clared that ho did not know what the Bohe
mlan question meant , although formerly ho
had energetically defended it In the Diet at
Prague. That was evidence , said Dr. Gregr ,
.that those nobles wore simply weathercocks
on the palace roof In Vienna. It was easy
to conceive that the Young Czechs could not
place much trust In a cabinet formed of such
personages. They must also refuse their
confidence to tha government on the ground
of Us program. In his criticism of the
ministerial policy ho Insisted that It gave
no Indication of how the government pro
posed to deal with the social question. It
has abolished tlio legally guaranteed liber
ties of the people nnd hindered the national
and Intellectual development of whole racss.
In the effort to maintain an unjust predomi
nance It had allowed free scope In the great
est kingdom of the empire to a-Statthaltcr
whoso methods offended the moral sense of
every respectable person. Such a > govern
ment could lay no claim to morality. It
had spoken In Its program of acting
with frankness nml sincerity. The Young
Czechs would , he said , keep the ministers to
their word on one Important point , nnd
would ask why they maintained the state of
siege In Bohemia and whether they were In
clined to advlso his majesty the king nt
last to carry out the solemn promise which
ho made' to the Bohemian people In the re
script ot 1872 nnd to allow himself to be
crowned king of Bohemia. The government
had stated that they would not permit them
selves to bo Intimidated by threats , and ho
replied that the Young Czechs would not bo
terrorized by the menaces ot the ministry. ,
* * *
There are numerous signs that the process
of Germanlzatlon In Alsace-Lorraine has
made considerable advance. From divers
quarters of Alsace It has been asserted by
these who ought to know the temper of the
people that there Is no longer nn Alsatian
question. Even In Lorraine , where the
French element Is moro numerous than In
the almost entirely German-speaking pro
vince of Alsace , the people , although still
friendly toward the French republic , have
found something better to do than to pose
as trrcconcllablcs or martyrs merely to
plepso the Parisian boulevardlers. The In
terdiction by the authorities of Colmar , In
Upper Alsace , forbidding an amntour dram
atic society from performing the opera
"Gnlothea" In the Franch language has
aroused they Indignation ot the sensible Ber-
llncrs. The action of the authorities Is
justly criticised by the Berlin press us likely
to do moro to maintain French feeling In
the Helchsland than would the performance
of 100 French plays. Public opinion In
Germany would overwhelmingly sustain a
policy ot conciliation and equal rights In
Alsace-Lorraine , and the government might
find the curtailment of the arbitrary powers
vested In the local officials of the Helchs-
land quite as expedient nmK useful as the
proposed abandonment of coercion In Schlcs-
wlg-HoUteln , The dictates of justice and
a sound Imperial iiollcy both demand a re
form In the direction Indicated.
*
Great excitement , which threatens to bo
followed by serious International complica
tions In the extreme Orient , has boon caused
by the assassination at Shanghai of Klm-
okk-Klun , tha chief plotter In the Korean
massacre of December , 1881 , upon which oc
casion seven of the chief ministers and two
princes of Korea wore slain , Klm-okk-
Klun , after a brief period of authority , had
been compelled to flea from Korea , and had
found a refuge In Japan. For ten years In
cessant attempts had been made to entice
the Korean refugee out ot Jnpanoo juris
diction , and he was Induced to make the
trip to Shanghai , where ho met his death ,
only after a promise of Immunity from the
Chinese minister at Toklo. The duplicity of
the Chinese authorities has naturally
aroused the Japanese to a .fever heat of
hostility against China , and In view of the
long existing rivalry between these coun
tries to gain control In the affairs ot Korea ,
the Shanghai Incident may furnish a pretext
for an acute crisis In the relations between
the two great empires ot the east.
TIIK .fl'Mf.ir 1IKK.
Attention Is called to the leading
of HIP Sunday Ileo. Mo noteworthy
' .hem , perlnps , Is M. Keh' ' latest SUIVOJM ,
"I.ourdcs , " , i continuation ot which will ho
( 'nrponter'i letter from China Is full of
InttTMlliiK factn. Ho tr.tvvU in unbeaten
paths , and whul ha wrlli-s Is now , , unl fr >
that re.i cn nf great value lt newiiMpor
renders.
Charles Kmory Smith , diplomat and editor.
wrllo < eiitei tulnlnxly ot Amorlcan travelers
In Knropo , lie U eminently quitllfltd from
oxperlenec abroad to handle the subject
sjtlafnctonly.
Another chapter of life on the Omaha
bottoms U given. It Is Interesting In that
It portrays to the more fortunate the milliner
of existence nt the fug end of civilization
within n stone's throw of the citadel.
The Soldiers nnd Sailors homo at Grand
Island Is a state Institution ot which com
paratively little Is known. The Sunday lice
will contain a description of the home , tell
ing how the disabled veterans are t-ured for.
Very few adults In Omaha know anything
about the int'thodM of practical Instruction
In vogue In the public schools. In a special
article The Sunday lloo will tell of the
work now being done to properly teach the
young Ideu how to shoot. Many Important
facts will bo brought out ns the result of
recent visits to < soinc ot the schools of the
city.
city.Tho
The Hock'ty pane will contain a faithful
chronicle of doings In the smart world ; the
sporting department will treat of all timely
topics and recent events , whllo the secret
Koclotlos and musical societies will find
adequate representation In the columns ot
The Sunday Bee.
No paper west of Chicago can boast of a
market page equal to that of The Sunday
B e. Special efforts are made to lift this
feature of The Sunday Uco above and beyond -
yond competitors.
With unrivaled facilities for gathering the
news of the world , and especially that of Us
own territory , readers of The Sunday Bee nro
assured of Its excellence In that important
regard. All newsdealers sell The Sunday Bee.
jiutTir.
Philadelphia Record : Hoax Do you
think the English tongue will ever become
n dead language ? Joax Well , judging
from the way Home people persist In mur
dering It , It ought to be dcnd now.
Chicago Tribune : "Ay , there's their
hub ! " soliloquized the tragedian , us he
stood on nn eminence nnd took his first
view of Boston.
Buffalo Courier : Jlllson says the owner
ot a menagerie may occasionally lose
track of some of the other nnlmal * , but
he invariably has all his leopards spotted.
Milwaukee Journal : This Is the time of
year when young married men waste n
great deal of nervous energy nnd high
aspirations In making a garden.
Washington Star : "What makes them
call that particular style ot verse 'blank' ? "
asked the girl who always wants to know
something- .
"Because , " replied the young man ,
"thnt's the condition In which It leaves
your mind. "
Plain Dealer : There Is much tenderness
In this seemingly cruel world but the
butcher rarely finds It.
Philadelphia Record : Muggins So you
made your debut us nn actor last night ,
eh ? How did you get on ? Footlitc Oh.
I got on all right , but I could not get oft
quick enough.
Chicago Tribune : "Well , how's things ? "
asked the deaf nnd dumb man.
"All rlKht , ns fur ng I kin see , " nn-
swercd the blind man. "Well , what , are
you klckln' nbout ? " he ndded , turning to
the legless man. who had begun to
grumble about something- .
OUT OF THK DEPTHS.
New" York Pr s.
She loved to chat nnd to initislp.
And scandal made her gltiil ,
But she hadn't made nny acquaintances ,
And often her heart wns snd.
But she joined the sewing circle.
And the sadness left her brow ;
She knows the affairs of each family In
town ,
And a happy woman she's now.
A l.YIHV OF VHXEl' .
Clilcoso Record.
To Washington went Coxey ,
To found n. now regime
The people's self-made proxy
With his altrurlan dream.
And with his draggled minions ,
All marshaled , by one Browne ,
Who shared his vast opinions , '
He marched Into the town.
He sought the people's torutn
On capitollne hill
To make the languid quorum
Regard his wish and will.
And as he thither hied him
He had through lawns to pass ,
And bold policemen spied him
A-walklng on the grass.
Whereto he stands convicted
Our Coxey bold , nlas !
Convicted nnd evicted-
Ills dreams nil "gone to grass. "
BLAME BELONGS ON CONGRESS
Responsibility for tbe Disaslrotti Ornsh of
tlm Old Ford Tlien'cr ' Building.
PROSECUTOR LOOKING FOR A VICTIM
1'nrsnlt of. Colonel IVcil Alnniviirtli lln *
A limit iiiU-il : uiiil the Sfiiroli In Mltll
111 PrniucMVlilt j lt : n Cor
. ! ) ( M Him HI ) .
\VASIII.VOTO.V IIUIU3AU OK THK HUB ,
1107 K Street. N.V. .
WASHINGTON , May 11.
The dl.'trlct attorney and other
legal limits havn thus fur been
willed In tholr wulcrlaklng to nnd
j it victim ii | < on wlioiu tu fasten the
I responsibility tor llio Ford's theater dlsastur
I of last Jmu > . Tlio hunt for a victim 1ms
boon diligent and painstaking , but unauccess-
[ fill , because tlie sleuths have boon on A
false scent all of the time. They have u.v
swncil from thrt llrst that Colonel I/red Alns-
worth , who happened to bo the army olllccr
In charge of the old bulUHnK when It col
lapsed , ought to b. made the scapegoat. Hut ,
ns a mutter of tact , the real party upon
whom the blame should rent Is the congress
of the United States.
Colonel Kred Alnsworth has soon consid
erable frontier * hoi-vie ; , principally In Ari
zona and Texas. Ho was called hero by the
late Surgeon General Ilaxler , who know his
tnmllllcatlons. lie came hero a captain , was
promoted to the grade of major by regular
process , and NVUB. made colonel by net of
congress , as a recognition or his cillclcncy
as on executive olllcer. Colonel Alnsworth
imulo his clerics work us thty never worked
bcforo. Ho brought the work up to date ami
systematized everything.
The correspondent of The Heo was n clerk
In the old Ford's theater , eighteen years
ago , for moro than a your. After shaking
the dust and grlino of the old rattletrap from
his feet the correspondent returned to Jour
nalism. In August , 1SS2. cloven years before -
fore the theater collapsed , ho wrote an arti
cle for an Iowa paper describing the condi
tion of the building , and predicting a holocaust
caust or a crash , and denouncing congress
for Us niggardly refusal to put the building
In order. And yet , eleven years afterward ,
when the disaster occurred , an attempt was
made tu fasten all responsibility upon Colonel
Alnsworth.
Representative Hager of Iowa today made
a written request to the deli commissioner
to supply ono carload of whlto bass to bo
placed In Laku Manawa at Council Blurts.
The commissioner Informed Mr. Hager that
they would bo shipped within a short lime.
General Grosvcnor of Ohio will speak at
Lincoln on June Iat the meeting of the
Nebraska Republican losgue. Representative
Uolllvcr of Iowa will also he present , and ho
has promised to speak at Omaha at the re-
imcst of Air. Mercer.
Representative Halncr today made a fa
vorable report from the committee on agri
culture of his bill to establish and maintain
agricultural experiment stations In Alaska.
Commissioner Lochren today appointed tha
following doctors to bo members of boards
of examining surgeons : Nebraska Ed. II.
Cnmmlngs and T. I * . Livingston , I'latts-
mouth ; J. K. AVhlteman , J. M , Hlrkner and
J. 13. Spitz , Edgar ; Adolph Opperman. Au
burn. Iowa C. V. Campbell , Atlantic.
South Dakota A. G. Allen , Ueadwood.
Andrew Phillips has been appointed post
master at Erlna , Garfield county , Neb. , vice
Michael O'Connor , resigned.
TllK ItiirtSlin TAllllW HILL.
Cleveland I'lnln Dealer ( ilrm. ) : The new
tariff bill proposed by tlio nuance commit
tee of the Hennte Is a. conservative bill , n
very great Improvement over the Wilson
bill , nnd should be passed Into n law. It
will , as near ns we can llguro It , be a ru-
auction of the tarlft from the JluKlnley bill
of nbont 33 per cent.
Washington News ( dem , ) : In their des
peration to do something In the way of'
tariff revision the democratic majority In
the senate and house nmy bo dragooned
Into support of the compromise , but the
hostile attitude of the democratic press to
ward this measure presages a reckoning at
the bar of public opinion that will be de
cidedly unpleasant to those responsible for a
measure that is regarded , rightly or
wrongly , as n "miserable makeshift , or a
surrender to protectionism.
Kansas City Times ( dem. ) : The closer the
amended tariff bill Is scrutinized the moro
obvious the bctrnynl of the democratic
party appears. Uavld II. HIU nnd Edward
Murphy , jr. , of New York ; James Smith ,
Jr. , nnd John It. Mcl'hcrson of New Jersey ;
Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland and Calvin
S lirlce of Ohio , nil elected to the pennto ,
by the stntes they represent ns democrats ,
have turned traitor to the party that hon
ored them , and , like rJenedict Arnold , sold
for n consideration the principles they pro
fessed to revere nnd support.
Louisville Courier-Journal ( dem. ) : If In
the democracy of this country there Is u
depth of contempt which hud not before
been stirred by democracy's alleged repre
sentatives In the United Stntes senate
within the past six months , It has certainly
been reached by the action of the nuance
committee In the latest "compromise tariff
bill agreed on. It would be us prolitless as
It would be humiliating to multiply words
on this miserable betrayal of a cause for
which years of struggle had been given and
for which the most signal of political
triumphs had been won.
The lament iiialtnrs anil HolloMOf
,
line clothui on earth
Your monoy'B worth or your money Im'r.
fesr
11fr
frF Stilts Saturday. i
4
Vs
i
i
r
A pair of stilts free to every boy purchasing $2
worth or moro in our children's department Saturday
a new lot just in Boy's elegant 2-pioee suits as I
f-
fF low as $2 The Unost long out , long1 pant suits in the
world for $9 Endless variety of boys' furnishing-1 ,
includinghats. . l
BROWNING , KING & CO. , 1C
i S , W , Cor , Fifteenth and Douglas Streets.
ifia