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FKIU Notnry Public There Is a heavy demand In sight for political shortcake , with a strawberry mark thrown In , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It now looka as If the Omaha detective force would all resign In a body , or ask for a vacation at Hot Springs. The maximum freight rate law has been hung up now only a little over nine months. And the end Is not yet In sight. The weather clerk does not seem to be In harmony with the elements. Ills predic tions for the past two days have been a delusion and a snaro. Somebody Is making money out of the Industrial army business , If It Is only the poor United States marshals and their depu ties and the federal district attorneys. The lynching of negroes goes bravely on In the south , notwithstanding the repeated pro testations o' the new south that It has become - como civilized. The last case of lynching occurred In Florida. Most of the Commonweal armies In the west would not object to serving a term In Jail If they could only get the privileges that Bank Wrecker Moshor had while confined In the Omaha basttlo. Congressman Brecklnrldgo Is leaving his campaign for the moment In the hands of his friends. Under the now docking rule his absence from Washington would bo an altogether too expensive luxury. The old home of Benedict Arnold at New HaVen,1 Conn. , has been sold to a lumber firm and several million planks will be dis tributed among relic hunters and In art museums at figures to satisfy the enter prising speculator. The republican senatorial caucus disclosed the fact that all members wore united upon ono thing their opposition to the pending tariff bill. This being the case , a concerted plan of action will not bo wanting when necessity for It arrives. With the thermometer on the verge of the 90s the woman suffrage campaign In Kansas begins under most favorable aus pices for the short-haired fraternity who are out fishing for votes with their fans and scented pocket handkerchiefs. Ex-Secretary Proctor has been assigned to the committee- fisheries. Mr. Proctor Is an expert marble man and that doubtless flts him for the work which the committee on fisheries has In hand. It Is always lu order to send thei horse editor to report an operatic performance. The physicians of the eclectic school In Nebraska are talcing their turn at a state assembly to discuss matters of Importance to the pursuit of tholr profession. They should not fall to give the public their view' ' ot the code of the "regulars" which meas ures medical skill by adherence to rules of medical etiquette. There Is a great chance for the blcyclo factories to show their gratitude , fhe Com- monwealors are fighting the battle of the bJcyclo men nnd clamoring for good roads. Why can't the bicycle men furnish bicycles for the Commonwealers to ride upon. Ono good turn ought to deserve another good turn ot thewheel. . Wo were under the Impression that mem bers ot the local police force had to come up to a certain standard of physical soundness before they secured appointment to their places. Recent dcvdopments tend to arousu the suspicion that Omaha Is parading alto gether too largo a number ot Invalid } and weaklings under the policemen's uniforms. Slnca the last twirl given by Wiley's man servants 1n the council to the electric light ing contract nothing lm been heard from Pardeo & Co. The chances are now that j they have been Jnduqed to retire gracefully train the field and leave the city at the tnorcy of the old electric lighting monopoly tor an Indefinite period. There Is nothing Ilko having a pull beg pardon , a twist -ipou the councllmanlc majority. With the refusal of the United States supreme premo court to entertain the appeal ot Mc- Kane , tha couylctcd Gravesend boss , the probability that McKano will have to serve his term out becomes almost a matter of certainty. Nothing but a pardon can bring him relief now , and while public opinion remains so decidedly adverse to his claims a * now It la extremely unlikely that any " "governor ot New York will Interfere with the execution ot the sentence. Every possible resource has been exhausted by which the convicted boss might bopo to elseapo the penalties ot bla crimes , but In vain. The lesson of hfcKane's prosecution Is not to ba diminished In Its force by subsequent con donation of the frauds upon which It was Ipunded , The men who BOO that tholr boss to utterly powerless to rescue hlmselt from prison will not ba onxloua to follow tils example. SBAVITOK The resolutions Introduced by Senator Allen requesting the secretary of the treasury to furnlih tt e senate Industrial tatlstlcs a * regards the number of persons engaged In protective Industries , the number of per sons whoso wages nro claimed to bo affected by protection , and the number whoso wages are not affected , together with their na tivity -and their right to tha franchise , would , If compiled with , afford a very In structive lot of material for the tariff de bate. Senator Allen's Inquiry Is very pertinent nt thla stage of the tariff debate. The ques tion Is , how can the secretary of the treas ury or anybody else ascertain what number of workmen are affected directly and In directly In their wages by the policy of pro tection ? The census bureau can doubtless approximate the number of workmen employed In the protected Industries , but It cannot oven remotely flguro out who Is ben efited Indirectly by protection or how many wage workers would suffer by the free Im portation of forelgn-mado commodities. In other words , wo can tell haw many mon cm- ployed In ft glass factory or Iron mill nro receiving higher wages than they could earn If plate glass nnd glassware and Iron or steel products were on the freelist. . But the surplus , or , for that matter , the entire earnings of the factory hands circulated among merchants , householders , butchers , bakers and grocers accrues to the benefit of wage workers who are not empUyed In protected Industries. If American mills and factories close the men In the building trades who are not protected suffer just ns ssvercly as the unemployed factory hand. When the wheels of Industry are all In motion money circulates freely and men with small means and large means build homos , store houses and carry on Improve ments that employ unprotected labor. There never was a. tlmo when the effect of dis aster to the protected Industries has been so fatal to the unprotected trades. The deadlock In manufacturing centers has par alyzed the building trades ! n all the great cities , and notably so In the cities oh the seaboard. It has been an object lesson that cannot bo misinterpreted. Whether thojin- employed wage workers are native or alien lo comparatively a secondary matter. It must bo manifest to every Intelligent ob server that there would have been abundant employment at fair wages for n arly every man and woman willing to work If there had been no tariff tinkering and no threat of free Importations of forelgn-mado wares. Other disturbing elements have doubt less contributed largely to the financial panic and are to a great extent responsible for the withdrawal of confidence among In vestors. But ths stagnation In Industrial centers and lack of employment are charge able chiefly to the fear of radical changes In the tariff and consequent curtailment of production beyond actual needs and Imme diate demands. Figures ore often deceptive , but facts speak for themselves. It does not require a scientific political economist to demonstrate that hundreds of thousands of men are Idle today who would have been at work at living wages If congress had decided to let the tariff alone/'or had simply been content with such a revision as Is sug gested by changed conditions In the world's markets and the cost of production with Improved machinery and processes. AX POSITION. Failure of the republicans to agree upon a plan of action In regard to an Important matter of legislation Is so unusual as to cause a feeling of disappointment at the bar ren outcome of tbo caucus of republican sen ators Monday evening , called with avlew _ to 'laying out the course to be pursued by those senators toward the tariff bill. True , the report ol the conference says that there "was agreement upon the qoo. point that the bill should be beaten If possible , which was to be expected , but there appears to have boon a wide divergence of ylews as to methods for the accomplishment of this desirable , result. All did not believe that the tariff bill can be defeated , the caucus , it Is said , being about evenly divided In sentiment on this question. It seems that the eastern senators are moro confident of being able to beat the measure and are more strongly dis posed to make every effort to that end than are the western senators generally , though from some of the latter have como denuncia tions of the bill as vigorous and unqualified as those pronounced by any eastern republi can senator. Western senators. It Is stated , are opposed to any effort to secure delay for delay's sake , by which Is meant. It Is pre sumed , that they are not disposed to resort to strictly filibustering tactics , while on the other hand , he eastern senators are not un willing to adopt such tactics. This Is the Impression conveyed by the report of the caucus. It Is still to bo understood , apparently , that the republicans are determined to allow no paragraph of the itarift bill to pass with out discussion , and of course without efforts to amend the measure In the Interest of protection. If this Is the determination It Is obvious that the debate can bo continued Indefinitely. But there are various methods of securing delay It the republicans are dis posed to adopt them , but In order to make these effective the republicans must stand firmly together. There- must bo a well-set tled plan of campaign that all ot them will support. An announcement was made on the floor of the senate a few days ago which , If ft should be verified , would probably lead the republicans to agree Upon a plan of action which would Involve the application of every parliamentary device at their com mand. This was to the effect that thd pro gram Involved In the presentation of the last scries of amendments by tha democrats was for the purpose of smoothing the way of the bill through the senate , and after It ban gona out of the supervision of that body It Is to bo thrown Into a conference com- mltteev which will restore the Wilson bill and return It to the senate for approval. The statement was accompanied by a dec laration from Its author. Senator Halo , that If the last bill of the financial committee was to bo given up In conference , It the country had bcea encouraged by falsa evi dence of repentance , the bill would never go through the smiato. "Tho spirit now exhibited on the republican .side would change , " said Mr. Hale , "and the minority would find some moans to defeat the bill. " The democrats , It need hardly be said , are perplexed. They realize that the republicans can successful/ filibuster against the progress of the tariff bill and that nothing .Is to be Riiluod by attempting to , force matters. Moreover , they are not absolutely nuro ot their own strength. The republican senators who contend that the bill can bo defeated claim that there are found four to seven democratic senators who will not vote for It. Thla may .be a mistaken calculation , but It would , seem evident that the demo crat ! are not certain ot the forly-thre ? votes for the measure which they claimed a week ago. There la still talk of an effort to change tha rulea ot the- senate , but thla would In volve a struggle of Indefinite duration , and It Is hardly probable that any mch effoy wilt be made. Damocratlo criticism of the courseof the republicans la entirely natural , but when It Is claimed that thU coursa Is not approved by the business Interests of tha country the evidence l not at hand. It Is unquestionably true that the Importers and the agents of foreign manufacturer * , who have placed large orders subject to the passage ot thcr tariff bill , are exceedingly anxious that that measure should bo enacted Into law AS sooii as possible , but the great Industrial Interest * of the country that will bo affected by the proposed legislation are not asking for the pasago ot the tariff bill nnd are very generally In full accord with the republican purpose to defeat that uro If It bo possible. A CASK Iff 1 > 01XT , The decision ot the United States supreme court upholding the law passed by the legis lature of North Dakota to regulate the rates charged by owners of groin elevators for their use as public warehouses Is of moro than passing Interest to the pcoplo ot this state. It Is always difficult to grasp the full meaning of any legal decision botoro the full text of the court's opinion Is nt hand , but from the synopsis furnished by the press report It appears that the court did not for a moment question the power of the state legislature to pass an act of the character of the oneat Issue. The North Dakota law among other things established a maximum schedule of rates to bo paid for the storage of grain In public elevators , la this case the plaintiff had offered the grain , together with the tender of the charges fixed by statute , and on refusal ot the owner to accept It secured a writ of mandamus to compel him to do so. The point In con- trovorscy seems to have been whether the particular elevator which was employed during the greater part of the year for the private uses of the owner was In reality a public warehouse. The majority of the supreme premo court declared that It was and affirmed the order ot the state court. The dissenting minority , although Including four of the nine judges , grounded Its dissent on the argument that the law as Interpreted by the majority would force the owner of an elevator to conduct It as a public warehouse whether ho desired to do so or not. The dissent appears to have been In no way oc- cassloncd by any disapproval of the legisla tive enactment of a maximum rate schedule. The Importance of this decision lies , there fore , In the practical endorsement which It gives to the doctrine that the states have the constitutional power to fix maximum rates of charges for Industries that partake of a public character. This doctrine as originally proclaimed by the supreme court was enunciated In connection with a grain elevator case the famous granger case of Munn vs Illinois In which the law of Illi nois of 1ST1 , regulating public warehouses , was vigorously upheld. The principle In volved was likewise extended to railroad charges In the other granger cases that were decided at the sams time. The supreme court has from tlmo to time since then ad judicated cases in which the state's power to establish maximum rates for such Industries was assailed , but has steadily persisted In holding to the doctrine originally laid down In the Munn case. The decision In the North Dakota case , to which wo have re ferred , gives no Indication that the court , as at present constituted , manifests any dispo sition to depart from the precedents which have been set before It. It must servo to encourage the paoplo of Nebraska , In the belief that siiould the maximum freight rate law eventually come before the supreme court of the United States for Interpretation the constitutional power ot the state legisla ture to enact that law will be completely vindicated. FOR TUB MUNlGll'AL I.EAGVE. The bane of American cities Is bpodler- Ism. Moro than twenty years ago the highhanded - , handed and defiant municipal thieving in the city of New York under the lead of that prince of boodlers. Boss Tweed , forced the taxpayers nnd respectable citizens of the metropolis to band themselves together for self-protection. The result was a vigorous antl-uoodler campaign which terminated with the Indictment and conviction of Tweed and his crooked lieutenants and the wiping out nt Tweedlsm. In Philadelphia the same condition of affairs forced the organization of a com mittee of safety made up of the most prominent and reputable citizens. The out come was a very decided decline ot boodler- Ism nnd boodle methods In the public buildings , and the Introduction of business methods In the management of city and county affairs. Within the past ten years the country has Witnessed the routing of Tweedlsm nnd boodlerlam In many cities , notably at Cleve- i land and Detroit , where the machinery of , municipal government had been for years absolutely under the control of boodle coun- cllmen and of dishonest officials working hand In hand with the managers of fran- chlsed corporations and public plunderers. The municipal league- which Is being or ganized In this city to bring about munici pal reform can do a great deal to purge. Omaha of boodlerlsm. It Is high tlmei that i somebody step to the front to check the aggression and corrupt schemes of the boodle- ringmasters and their nefarious tools. In no city In the country. Now York not exceptcd , has there been moro brazen dis regard of the taxpayers' rights and the public Interest than In Omaha. No cltyi In this country has witnessed anything moro scandalous than the gyrations ot the city council In the recent gas , electric lighting and city electrician contests. For several years past ono council after another has been' absolutely dominated by- ono ot the sleekest manipulators that has ever cor rupted a legislative body. Boss Tweed handled greater jobs and Boss Stout and Charley Mosher have engineered much heavier bills and appropriations , but they did not excel the Omaha hypnotlzer of coun- cllmenr either In cunning , versatility or audacity. The success ot the Omaha boodlcr Is not duo simply to his own genius for cor rupting public servants , but to the active co-operation of other corporation managers and contractors. All these Interests are pooled against the taxpaylng citizens , and like d'Artagnan In "Tho ThrotTGuardsmen , " their battle cry Is : "All for one , and ono for all,1' It Is this combination of contractors and corporation ! " which the Municipal league must successfully combat If It desires to break up boodlerlsm and give Omaha honest city Government. Will the Municipal league enter the lists and make an honest light for cleaning out the rascals and plunderers ? It It does The Bee Is heart and soul with It and will exert Its Influence for the causa until tlio boodlers are driven from place and power. We confess , however , that wo have i some misgivings as to the real object which' the Municipal league has In view. Some ot the mon prominently mentioned In connection with the movement cannot bo depended on when It comes to a standup fight with the gang. They have been allied In the past with tha boodle chief and several of his crea- ttircH In the councJ | < ! nhd ft Is not natural to expect them to brt ijTwlth h lr old associ ates. This Is the fcoVS 'of the municipal cor ruption In Omaha. Men wno are Interested In Iho growth nnd prosperity ot Omaha and In good government are willing to sacrifice the public Interest to feather their own nests. They habitually wlnls at thievery and bribery In order to promote their own private Inter ests. It It had not been for this lamentable lack of moral stamina on the part of our prominent citizens the boodlera would not have a foot of room to stand on. In the face of this unfavorable condition we bellevo the Municipal league can be made a success. There Is enough fighting material among taxpayers outsldo of the men who Imve business relations with the boodle chief or contracts with the city. Wo must wlpo out boodlerlsm and wo shall do It through the active efforts of the medium and small taxpayer , backed by the sentiment of the great mass of citizens who want good govern ment above all things. is TO run rouA'rr n The county paving , as might have been expected , roused a good deal ot contention. Some of the contractors Insist that there Is nn Inside ring In favor of sandstone. Others charge back that there Is a Job on hand to favor macadam. As a matter ot fact , the projected Improvement of county road ways will bo more or less a matter of experiment , Just ns the paving In Omaha and other cities has been. Experience has shown that In the long run the best Is the cheapest In paving , as In all other things. and this will doubtless bo true also of county road paving when the tests have been made. At best $150,000 does not reach over a long stretch out of the city when It Is to be expended on three different roads. The three paved roadways will scarcely ex tend far enough to benefit the market gardeners on the outskirts of the town. Even that will be a great Improvement over mud roads. It will , moreover , demon strate the necessity of paved roadways across the whole county , and stimulate the construction , of trolley tramways , which will put Omaha In touch with the farm commu nity and the suburban towns. In view of this very desirable change the taxpayers will scarcely countenance any litigation by contractors over their re spective claims to preference. Let the con tracts bo awarded and the work begun as soon as possible. Wo need the good roads next winter , and wo need the work now for men who are waiting for a chance to earn an honest living. Last , but not least , the $150,000 circulating from laboring men to merchants will Ilo of Infinitely greater service to the community than having the money lay dead In the vaults of the banks. The resignation of Mr. Mundclla from the presidency of the British Board of Trade becau33 of the discredit cost upon him by the fact that he was nominally Involved In the failure of a company of semi-fraudulent character , shows how high the standard of olHcl.il conduct Is held by the people ot Great Britain. In this country a resignation from an equally high public ofllce on such a ground would scarcely } be expected , much less demanded. ItIs * because wo do not require so much trom' those to whom we give responsible positions In the public service. . Several explosions oC lamps and gasoline stoves have occurred recently and demand uttentlon from the state oil Inspector. It Is " ' possible that thcs ? pil'haps are duo to do- .fcqtlve . apparatus for using the oil rather than to the poor q Allty.jOf the oil Itself , but nevertheless an effort should bo made to find the true cause. During the summer months Just approaching moro oil will be used In households than usual and the people ple should be given the benefit of every pro tection against Inferior oils which the law affords them. Onmlm'8 Omrarcl March. Chicago Tribune. Omaha has grown to be a large-sized , town , and Indulges Inl metropolitan nmbl- tlons. It Is complaining of u smoke nui sance. _ Tlio Question of Control. Kansas City Journal. Railroad building In the west Is likely to come to a standstill until railway com panies find out whether they are to control the roads they already own. lint Hard to Got. Indianapolis Journal. A collection of the honest opinions of decent. Belt-respecting democrats concerning their party would make mighty Interesting reading , but It would contain many expres sions that could not be read aloud In polite society. The I'nth of I'npulnrlty. Louisville Courier-Journal. There nre rumors that the protectionist- controlled democratic majority ot the senate la thinking1 ot "disciplining" Senator Mills for his outspoken condemnation ot the dem ocratic betrayal of tariff reform In the sen ate. Should they do BO they will make Mr. Mills the most popular man In his party. The IScnutlrs of tlm Thing. New York Sun. The two Income taxes nre beautiful speci mens of class legislation. The tax on Individual Incomes of more than $1,000 robs the well-to-do. The tax on the net Income of corporations robs a multi tude of small depositors nnd shareholders. The two taxes nre fines on tlrrlft and ac cumulation , nnd concessions to the tramp and the anarchist. The I.ootlnR of u Corporation. Detroit rrco Press. It Is a scathing commentary upon the business methods , not to say the honesty , of the management of the Northern Pacific railroad that $7,000,000 should disappear in a lump as completely ns though It had been shoved Into the crater ot nn active volcano. Moat concerns , nnd especially those hope lessly In debt , would regard thnt sum of money well worth looking after. But the Northern Pacific has handled other people's money as though It were waste paper. Tlio lllurllcld * Atrocities. IJurtato Kxprc.is. The atrocities against Amci leans In Han * 1 durns seoni to have \ieen \ rommltted by ad venturers nnd cul-thtoats of different nn- > tlonulltlea. The cMintry really had no gov ernment nt the tlttiei'and It IH doubtful if the present authorjties.can be held responsi ble. Thti chief lerfson At the outrage Is the necessity of luivlnO avwarslilp at hand to protect Amerlcani whenever , a revolution Is going on In anyiof the South or Central American nattons.JJ ) ; Is poor policy to wait till outrages have Veen committed and then send a naval force toMtee about It. Tlio Crtizy Quilt Tariff. St. Pnuf I'loli er Presa. As was predicted , the amendments made or proposed to thMWilson tariff bill In tlm senate In order to tttfcurc the support of enough democratic , Jjpjiators to pass It In that body will , iL.ja.'Joptetl. amount to a complete metamoniliflfis of that originally crude patchwork of Inconslstenclcx. The ef fect of the numeroim amendments will be to aggravate most of , iUt j original defects and Incongruities. It Wild not be otherwise with a bill which l 'trained ' with reference to no Una of consistent principles , l > ut IB made up of shreds and patches to suit a multitude of splflsh Interests and Individual whims. f Stamp Out th Train Htonlera. Philadelphia Times : Intelligent people are wondering ; not that train stealing has been engaged in by- the trnmp organizations , but that the authori ties have ao far failed to put an end to It. The tramp "Benernls" seem lo bo blg- ( -er men than state governors and United Btates'army ofllcers. It Is about time the trampa were driven from the possession ot the railways , and the transportation busi ness of the country allowed to pursue Its usual channels again. Train stealing may be fun for the trampa , but the 65,000,000 ot people of the United States have some railway rights as well as tha few thousand trampn who Just at present Imagine they own the country. Kject the train stealers from the cars and let them tramp again , 11 Kit K AS1) TIIK11K. The song ot tbo lawn mower agitates the toxvn. These porcful times lend a halo of pleas ure to recollections of snow storms. The next populist platform should con tain a vigorous demand for frco grass. The Union League club ot Chicago unani mously decided to expel Congressman Brccklnrldgc. The Shefller contingent blundered In tak Ing the road In order to prcservo the sanctity of the grass. Reports from sources friendly to the tariff bill how that the senatorial compromisers "took sugar In theirs. " At a woman suffrage meeting In Chicago recently , chivalrous men cheerfully appro priated all the offices. The mean things I "Death from heart failure" was the brief , expressive verdict of a Colorado Jury In tlio case of a man shot through the palpl- tntor. South Carolina has sixteen carloads of liquor It cannot dispose of constitutionally. Why not try the historic Carolina hos pitality ? Twenty-seven divorces In ono day of Boven hours Is the record of a Pcorla court. SlouK Falls must hump Itself or get out of the rucev The man who manipulates a lawn mower nnd accumulates a stock of blisters has tha satisfaction of knowing he Is "In the push" for the tlmo being. Another warning agatnbt the clgaretto habit. A 2-year-old boy In Brooklyn te ono of the little Jokers last weak nnd It look two doctors three days lo kosp him there. Many a genius In penmanship slides from the cradle to the grave without attracting attention , while those wholly unfamiliar with the art succeed In making their mark. Talmago's theme last Sunday was "A Cheerful Church , " and the text was from Solomon's song , Iv. , 1 : "Behold , thou art fair , my love. " The sermon concluded with a glowing peroration. Pddercwskt says that ho Is affected with Insomnia and frequently practices at his piano all night. In order to provcnt Ills Insomnia from becoming Infectious ho should do his practicing In a barn or meadow. Senator Hill desires It distinctly under stood that ho has not recommended any appointments under the present adminis tration. Nevertheless , his friendship Is ex ceedlngly valuable In the senate. Congressman Tom Johnson weighs 230 pounds and Is a terror to bicycle owners. He broke down three bicycles nnd exhausted an attendant In taking his first lesson In riding , but before the lesson was over he rode around the ring with ttio ease of a practiced bicyclist. Joseph Che-ate , who will preside over the constitutional convention at Albany , N. Y. , Is a native of Salem , Mass. , and 62 years of ago. Ho came to Now York In 1S5G , and has since been a member of the law firm of which Mr. Evarts Is the nominal head , though practically retired from busi ness. Indiana has turned out various sorts of freaks lately , but the capture of a wild man In the forest near Bourbon on last Sunt'ay night has excited the moat general interest. The man Is described as being six feet three Inches In height , very muscular , clJd only In the sheepskin breech clout Mid armed with a club and a rusty case knife. Ho has long , flowing hair , but his whiskers are merely bristles two Inches In length. Small black eyes sparkle through the hair hang ing over his face and his hands and feel bear more resemblance to Mine paws than to those of a human being , his hands having but four phalanges , each having a claw nearly an Inch In length , llo * s now con fined in a corn crib on a farm ot one tf his captors. Iff KXGT.AXD. BUFFALO. Wyo. , May 14. To the Ddltor of The Bee : Would you please state In your paper the persons who arc qualified to vole In England ? Has the universal suffrage bill passed ? If so , please state when. Truly yours , ABE ABRAHAM , England has not got universal suffrage , nor even manhood suffrage. It is a compli cated matter to give the qualifications for a voter , for they have been added to and limited from time to lime until now they arc as complex as they well can be. Moreover , there are different qualifications for differ ent classes of elections. For example , women paying rales are permitted to vote in mu nicipal elections , but not for parliamentary elections. They , however , constitute an In significant Item In jthe mass of voters throughout the counlry. Practically every householder has a vote. That , at any rate , Is the basis ot the sys tem , though It Is nullified to some extent by faulty registration lawil which have the effect of disenfranchising at every election ninny a worklngman who may have proved his resi dence. In addition to this there Is a prop erty qualification for n vote , and there are a very largo number of men who have several votes In various communities. There Is , Indeed , no limit to the number ot votes that a moil may exercise , except that he may not have moro than one In the same town. CURHKXT ZAVUtlTKIt. Philadelphia Kecord : A little Boston boy , after observing the hairless nnd tooth less condition of his new baby brolher , spoke of him as an "unfinished home pro duct. " Detroit Free Press : Squlldlg Do you have any dllllculty meeting your bills ? McSwllllgen No , Indeedl My great dlfll- culty Is In avoiding them. Somervlllo Journal : The more faults a man has himself , the more faults ho Is likely lo see In his neighbors. Recognizes 'em at first sight , you see. Kato Field's Washington : "Hero's to Ihe maiden of bashful fifteen , " sang Sheri dan years ago ; \\airnnt you , were he alive today , ho wouldn't consider her BO. Boston Herald : La Champagne appears to have struck where It was extra dry. Puck : "There Is one thing about my first husband that I shall always respect him for , " she said , with a quiver In her voice. "What Is thnt ? " "He paid all Ihe expenses of our divorce like a perfect gentleman. " Buffalo Courier : Sprinkle , sprinkle , oh , thoti cart : while we wonder at the art , which enables you to make of each crossIng - Ing one small lake. Chicago Record : "This , " Bald the con gressman to his visiting friends , as he picked up a slender pamphlet , "Ihls Is Iho bill which Is creallng such widespread In- lerest lluoughout the country. " "And what are those vast tomes I see beside It ? " queried ono of his guests. "Those ? " bald the congressman. "Oh , these are the amendments to the bill. " Washington Star : How faithful and will ing Ihe mercury la. Ho doosn'l need any persuasion ; bill when soda founls fisrz ; , and when citizens slzz , ho rises lo meet the oc casion. Atlanta Constitution : "Don't see much o1 old Bill now. What's he a-dolu' of ? " "He's a-prnctlcln' roun' In the Jesllce courts , " "Why , he never studied law ? " "I know It ; but the Jedge knocked him down with the code o' Georgia , an' law's been n-runnln * in his head ever scnce ! " . IN THE GLOAMING. Detroit Tree Prcas. In the gloaming , O my darling , Where the nights are alx months long , If I stayed till midnight , darling- , Would you think thai It was wrong ? Would you worlt the old gags on me ? Would you murmur , soft and low , That I might be late for breakfast. Or the clock was six weeks slow ? SOf < l Of Till : X Frank I. . Stanton In Atlanta Constitution. Old times will como no more. However sweet and bright ; We've said goodby and nhut Ihe Uoor : So Hllll , "Qoodby good night ! " But new times. And true limes. The dlHtnnl sky adorning * , Are bright times And light times ; 80 bid now times good mornlngl Old times will como no more , With all their wrong or right : There Is a seal upon the door. And we have Bald good nlghtl Hut new times God's true times. Ills huppleat skies adorning , / Are our times- All flower times : 80 bid new times good mornlnst GUESSWORK ON PATC1HVORK Probability of the Passage of the Wilson Bill Soon Somewhat Dubious. DATE IS AS YET MERE CONJECTURE Ono Srimtor Snj Ono Tiling nnil Another Another , nnd llrlvreou tlio TITO There Is No Mlddlo ( Iroiiiiil Ap- imrciit at Present. WASHINGTON DUIlfiAU OF TIIH BEE , HOT F Street , N. W. WASHINGTON. May ID. When the pcoplo read press reports con cerning the dally proceedings of the scnato they need not suppose- that the scnato Is really trying to legislate. The democratic managers nro deliberating on ways and means to enact some sort of revenue legis lation and the republicans are kept guessing all the tlmo what sort of legerdemain the democrats will next exhibit ; what stocks are next to be affected by proposed amend ments to the pending bill. * When will tlio bill pass ? You can tell In your office , your store , your shop , or on your farm as well and as accurately as can any member of the scnato today. The Wil son'bill Is a lot of patchwork ; .ir.d what will become of It Is all guesswork. Senator Harris of Tennessee says : "The bill will be passed not later than July 1. " Senator Hale of Malno says : "This bill will never bo allowed to pass. " Senator Blackburn of Kentucky says : "I would vote for a revenue bill of some kind. It It were prepared by a blacksmith. " Senator Allison says : "The bill seems to be likely to pass the senate. " Senator Aldrlch says : "Tho democrats can never get together. " Senator Voorhees says : "Tho bill will pass , and the pledges made to the pcoplo will be fulfilled. " James Hanson of Huron , S. D. , was nomi nated some tlmo ago by Ueprcsentatlve Plck- ler as n cadet at West Point. Ho passed the mental examination , but failed to get through the physical examination. Mr. Plckler. after consulting with the surgeon general , thinks Hanson can now piss phyilcally and has accordingly re-nomlnatcd htm. The examination will bo held on June 3 next. W. L. May of Omaha , of the Nebraska Fish commission , Is In Washington on his way to Philadelphia , where he will attend the convention of flsh commissioners. Mr. May has been investigating the propriety of transferring the llsh commission to the Department of Agriculture. The proposition meets with his approval and ho will offer resolutions In the Philadelphia convention endorsing Mr. Hamer's bill which provides for the transfer. A list of nonresident cadets appointed to the naval academy by the secretary of the navy was published last week In the Record , In which the Third district ot Nebraska was credited with Amen Bronson , Jr. , of Roches ter , N. Y. . alleged to have been appointed In 1893. Mr. Melklejohn today In the house took occasion , when the naval appropriation bill was tinder consideration , to read a com munication from the assistant secretary to the effect that Walter S. Stout of Friend was appointed by the secretary In July , 1802 , through the failure of Representative Kem to nominate a candidate by July 1 , 1892. Mr. Stout failed to qualify for appointment and on September 30 , 18U2 , Amen Bronson , Jr. , was appointed through the failure of Mr. Kem to nominate a cadet for the Third district , which then Included the Sixth dis trict. The bill Introduced by Mr. Meiklejohn ex tending the tlmo for the payment of lands to the Omaha trlbo of Indians has been favor ably reported by the Indian commissioner with the recommendation that the bill bo so amended that th ( > acl will not go Into cited until the consent of the tritio Is obtained. It has been held by the United States courts , and recently by the supreme court of Nebraska , that lands upon which patents have not Issued from the government to the purchaser cannot bo taxed until nil conditions of the purchase are compiled with and a patent Is duo from the govern ment. The lands on which this bill pro vides for an extension of tlino for payment ot purchase money are not taxable , and Mr. Melklojohn has boon advised by the de partment that any provision Incorporating In the bill a provision for the taxation of these unpatented lands would bo uncon stitutional. Mr. Melklojohn this morning made a favor able report of Mr. McKeighan's bill for the relief of Wesley Montgomery. Wnrm Welcome for Wilson WASHINGTON , May 15. The entrance of Chairman Wilson of the committee on ways and means Into the house for the first time after his long Illness was the signal for a spontaneous outburst of applause. In an In stant the business of the house was sus pended and members flocked around the West Virginian to welcome him back to congress and congratulate him on his re covery. Almost Itcnily to Urnw Salary. WASHINGTON , May 15. The senate In executive session made the following con firmations : Postmasters : Iowa James II. Woodstock , nt Clear Lake ; Augustus G. Tup- per , at Osago. Kansas Alfred Burlck , at Baxter Springs ; Enos L. Stcphenson , at = \ \ Garden City. 7x.m Igham J. 1'rlnglo. t { ! Marllnr M. V. Mltchpll , at Cisco. Now Mexico Thomas IMoball , nt Smitn Ko. APPIIOl'lttATION llir.LS 1IK11IM ) . None of Thorn lln\n Yet I'a < cd tlio Scnnte uiul Only Three Itrportfd Duck. WASHINGTON. May 15. Tim comment usual at this acajou Is heard about the con- dltlon of the appropriation bills , anil the suggestion lias l > cen made In some mtArtora that thejo bills nro not so far advanced as In former long sessions of congress. An exam ination of the records does not fully sustain the criticism. The average of the last olght years 1ms so far during the present icsslon been almost It not ( jullo maintained. Thorn Is still an abundance of tlmo to dispose of all these bills before the close of Iho fluent year , If too much tlmo lu not required In the scnato for the consideration of th tariff bill. Senator Cockrell , chairman of the com mittee on appropriations , said today that there would bo no effort to pass the appro priation bills In the scnato until the tariff should bo out of the way. but that the com mittee would attempt lo keep them well up , as well us to have them rcndy for consider ation as soon ns the tariff should be disposed of Up to this ilato ntilo of the four'ecn np- prlatlon bills have pasvd the house ami three of the remaining flve Imvo been reported - ported from the house committee on appro- prlatlons. The legislative and the deficiency bills have not yet been reported , but Iho former will make Its appearance In a. few days and the latter Is purposely Irld back so It may Include nil deficiencies occurring up to a reasonable tlmo before the fiscal year closes. Chairman Sayers exp-cts , however , thnt It will ba passed by June 10. Tlio appropria tions committee , under orders from Uio house , will attach to the legislative bill pro visions embodying the changes In the ac counting methods of the Treasury depart ment , recommended by the Dockary com mission , resulting In reductions In amoun's necessary lor the clerical force of the de partment , ilr. Sayers expects to see all the appropriation bills , with the exception of the deficiency , passed by the honso by. the 30lli of May. None of the appropriation bills have io far been acted upon by the senate , though three of them , those making appropriations for fortifications , for pensions and for the military academy , have been reported from the appropriations commlt'co. Of the six others which arc under considera tion In committee , thrfo ai'e so far advanced that they may be reported this week or next. These are the postolllce. diplomatic and army bills. Some work has al'o been dona on the district bill by the fcnato committee. The sundry civil and river and harbor bills have received comparatively Ilttlo attention. An examination of the records of the long sessions nlnco the Forty-ninth congress shows that In no Instance within that period has the senate failed to pass upon one or moro of the appropriation bills before the -middle of May. In 1SSO the postofilco bill passed the scnato on the 1th day of May , while the Indian appropriation bill passed as early as the 12th of April. In 1888 the military academy bill passed on the llth of April and the pension bill on the 17th of ' May. In 1S30 , when the McKlnley bill was before congress , the District of Columbia appropriation bill wna passed by the senate on April 22. the military academy bill on May 9 and the army appropriation on the 10th of May. In 1832 six of the general ap- proprlatlon bills were passed by the 20th of May. In each of these four years , how ever , there were several bills the passage of which was delayed beyond the beginning of the next fiscal year. In 1S8S the general deficiency bill was not passed until the 21th of September , while the sundry civil bill did not go through until August 1. In 1S)0 ! ) , notwithstanding the tariff debate , the last appropriation bill the General1 defl- clency passed the senate on the IDth of August. I'.VTKXTS THAT IIAVK KXI'IKHD. List of Important I mention * thnt Are Now I'tilillc rroporty. WASHINGTON , May 1C. Among the several hundred Inventions on which pat- 'onts expired by limitation today were the following : Sewing machine motors , A. D. Ulack , Portland , Mo. ; galvanic battery , C. II. Jon- nlson , Boston ; knitting machine , James Slack , Bristol , Pa. ; hydraulic motors , J. M. IJols , Salamanca , N. Y. ; machine for sowIng - Ing boots and shoos , C. Danswot , New York ; elder presses , S. M. Bills , East Antlover , N. Y. ; automatic gates , J. B. Goldsworthy , Central Falls , It. I. ; flying machine , F. Barnat , Keokuk , la. ; rotary steam engine , A. L. Scudder and J. L. Waller , Deposit , N. Y. ; pantographs , E. Ware , Omaha , Nob. ; ore washers , D. Beaumont , Sacramento. Cal. ; motors , J. C. Butler , Grccnton , Mo. ; organ cases , Governor Lovl K. Fuller , Brat- tleboro , Vt. ; carbons for electric lights , Paul J. Ablochkoff , Paris , France ; rock drilling machines , A. B. Kelly and J. Fleming , Spring City , J'a. ; quadruplcx telegraphs , George B. Prescott , New York ; air registers , P. Seyl , Chicago ; steam engines , 3. War wick and G. S. Brush , Montreal , Quo. Will Not Lot Carnegie Hint , WASHINGTON , May 15. Kepresentatlvo Dunphy of New York today Introduced a resolution providing for a joint committed of three members of the hojse and two sena tors who thall investigate the condition of all armor plates and bolts furnished the government by the Carneglo company during the on tire period of the contract. Tlio largest mutters and HQllorj at llucelotlics ou earth , Your monoy's worth OP your money bao't. Negligee Shirts. - Not an old one in the store all new and beautiful " styles in fancy stripes "You size checks and solid ool- 3 up our Hats 4 We'll size lors every size A nice 4ft - line of Percales and up your head , Linens for a dollar a with shirt some have col just lars attached and some your havn't The Oxford II " Size , Cloth negligee shirts for a dollar less for $1.25 and $1.50 , are than hatters just as fine as they can be and so are the get. Madras shirts for $1,50 $1.75 $2 and $2.50 Every once in a while we nil up our 15th street window with now styles in shirts When passing look at them. BROWNING , KING & CO. , .1 S. W. Cor. Fifteenth and Douglas Streets.