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Texas cannot stand the bifurcated skirt.
Boston Innovations never were popular In
Texas.
June 1 Is In sight , but not the prophets
who predicted the enactment of a new tariff
laXv by that date.
We still believe that the best thing the
park commissioners can do for Omaha this
year Is to park the river front.
Senator Stewart has not Indicted Ills col
leagues with an old time frco silver speech
for several weeks. Another of Stewart's
silver efforts must be nearly overdue.
The authorities of tbo State university
had better adopt banking methods and re
quire personal Identification before deliver
ing mall matter addressed In their care.
We shouldn't be surprised If the council
combine should take credit to Itself for sav
ing the city from $10,000 to $12,000 a year
on Its electric lighting beginning with
A. D. 1805.
The city council has unanimously re
solved that the Union Pacific railroad shall
build a suitable depot. The citizens of
Omaha have unanimously resolutcd and re-
resolutcd the same thing , but .
Omaha Is better prepared for a coal
famine than Chicago. But it may become
a serious question to keep up the coal sup
ply for the whole season If all the coal mines
of the country should remain closed.
General Weaver announces that lie Is
prepared for , populist lightning to strike In
his dlroctldii 'any day between now and elec
tion , * and he Is not particular whether It
shall bo n little stroke or a big stroke.
Senator Hill puts all the responsibility for
delay In tariff legislation upon the demo
cratic majority in the senate , which refuses
to rearrange Its liberal rules. This Is the
height of audacity. It is the truth that
hurts.
Nobody Is asking who Baker , the second
lowest bidder for the electric lighting con
tract , Is. Everybody is so thoroughly con
vinced that ho Is only ono of Wiley's straw
men that further Inquiry Is altogether
superfluous. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now that the
county commissioners are
about to embark In the business of paving
country roads the visible supply of appli
cants for Inspectorships and walking dele
gates Is almost sufficient to provide an Inspector
specter for every rod of pavement.
From the difficulty experienced by the
French government In securing a new
ministry to take the place of that so recently
defeated In the Chamber of Deputies It
must bo Inferred that all the French cabi
net makers have gene out on a strike.
Tliero is a variation of several days be
tween Queen Victoria's birthday and Its
ofllclal celebration. IHit why not ? Didn't
the official celebration of the
twenty-fifth
ft
anniversary of Nebraska's statehood occur
I nearly three months after the date des
! ignated by the scroll of history ?
The Nebraska Funeral Directors ntsocla-
tlon Is to hold a meeting In Omaha In early
Juno. Unfortunately It Is called to as
semble before the date
of the promised con
ference of the free sliver democrats. The
funeral directors will bo consulting only
thotr own best Interests by remaining In
session until after the democratic
paw-wow.
The Burlington road has finally concluded
to do the graceful thing by agreeing to pay
two-fifth * of the expense of repairing the
Sixteenth street wooden wagon bridge , called
n viaduct for stylo. It will be well for the
council , however , to hnvo the signature of
the general manager to the agreement before -
fore making the contract for reconstruction.
Wo have known railroad managers to change
thotr minds on very slight provocation.
Where will the Now York Sun turn for anew
now Idol now that
Senator Hill has re
pudiated Its Interpretation of a tariff for at
revenue only by proposing to put lead ore
on the free list ? According to the Sun's
doctrine a revenue tariff means a tariff levy- If
lug a duty upon every article that Is im
ported into the country. A free list of any
kind or of any dimension is as odious to
the Sun as a duty for purely protective pur
poses. From this moment the Sun and
Senator Hill must part company.
the
The ateol workers have succeeded In re
adjusting their wage scale in a manner
satisfactory to both themselves and their
employers. They could doubtless have found
points for continued contention had they
wished to do so , but a firm Intention to
arrlro at a fair agreement has already over-
corn o all of theso. If the workers In other
Industries which are suffering from wage
troubles should Uko up the matter with , a
similar spirit the number of strikes and.
lockouts would be materially diminished. tin
roit 8KIZW ) COAT , .
Helztiren of coal consigned to private ship-
' peri by the rnstorn railroads continue to
i j be > reported , nor hnvo nny of tho. reports
been denied by : the railroad officials. In an'i
tntcrvlow published In the New York
llT
Tribune , President Dcpew of the Now
York Central ndmlta that hi * road has been
appropriating to * Its own tina trains contain
ing car loads of coal destined to Industrial
putabll.'hmcnts along the , line and seeks to
jttitlfy Audi acts by the usual railroad soph-
litry. | Ho nays that every manufacturer
on the road or any other road knows that If
0tl
the con ! supply Is Insufficient to bring to htm
his fuel , or his raw material , or to carry
nxvay from his factory the products thereof ,
his work Is pnrnlyzcd , and therefore he
gently yields to the railroad company the
privilege to take possession of coal consign
ments , bpcanso the net Is really In his own
Interest , The manufacturers on the line
Iio
of the Now York Central nnd other roads
realize fully the situation , and there docs not
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scorn to be any disposition , so far ns learned ,
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tln combat whatever efforts the railroad may
make to maintain necessary fuel for the sup
port of the motive power , nnd there docs ap
pear to bo a modt reasonable sentiment that
the railroad company should at all hazards
tls
sustain Its motive force. Meanwhile , he
adds , there Is recourse In the courts for both
sides ! , nnd the path Is open for the securing
of damages. If any have been Incurred.
0u What those railroads are doing Is to seize
upon coal belonging to others , and after
consuming It to offer to pay them the mar
ket price nt the time the coal was seized.
The establishment to which It was con
signed , nnd which has perhaps had to closedown
sid
down or to refuse orders because Its supply
of coal could not be augmented , Is told that
II It has any grievance It shall come Into
IICl
court nnd prove It. The New York Journal
of Commerce last week propounded the
0n
question upon what principle the damages
should be asscssdd In these cases. The railroads
sin
roads have been offering to pay simply the
market price of the coal. Thuy say that it
they did not tnko It they would not bo able
tlt
to ( deliver It to the consignees and that
therefore that Is all It Is worth to them.
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From this point of view the railroads are
actually doing the owners n favor and ought
aitl
themselves to be compensated for the serv
ice. The owners , on the other hand , might
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claim the measure of actual damages suffered
clf
fered by reason of the seizure , or they
might go further and demand that the damages
na
ages , bo assessed according to the profits
which they would have made had the railroad
TVn
road delivered the coal In strict compliance
with the contract contained In the bill of
lading. Were they so Inclined they might
lao1
oven proceed criminally against the railroad
o1n
road ofllclals who have been concerned in
taking their property , although they would
have ! to expect every obstacle to bo placed
Ir their way to prevent them from fixing
Irtl
the exact responsibility for the seizures.
tltl It seems to be somewhat unfortunate that
the railroads which have been seizing coal
tlc
cannot : be given a taste of the same medicine
which was prescribed for the Industrials
ww
who have been seizing trains. The Indus
trials who wcro apprehended were brought
tibi
before the United States court and sentenced
bifc
for contempt to four and five months' confinement
fcn
finement In prison. If , however , a shipper
should seek to secure an injunction to prevent
siVi
vent any railroad from interfering with the
regular forwarding of coal consigned to him
ho would doubtless encounter considerable
difficulty. Should such an Injunction Issue
and ; bo violated by the railroad ofll-
clals , how many of them would be sontcnccd
clt
to ( Imprisonment for contempt ? , Seizing
coal < for the use of railroads appears to bean
cai
an offense without a penalty.
TllK TIN INDUSTRY.
Republican senators made an earnest but
vain appeal for the retention of the present
duty on tin plate , In order that , the Industry
which had been established hero under this
duty , with every promise of rapid develop
ment before the success of the democratic
party , should not be destroyed. Senator
Allison pointed out that the provisions of
the existing tariff relating to tin plate are
In the nature of a contract with the people '
who should produce tin ploto In. our country.
Tliero was an Implied obligation on the part I
of the United States to maintain existing '
conditions regarding this product , and as
the result of this contract plants for the
making of tin plato have been erected to
the extent of a capitalization of nearly ? G-
000,000 , from which there has been an annual -
nual production of 100,000,000 pounds of tin
plate. Hut for the result of the election of
1892 It Is the opinion of those best Informed
regarding this Industry that double that
amount would now bo produced , and the
progress of the Industry during two years
Justifies this opinion.
Senator Allison urged that thcro Is an
oqulty In addition to the moral obligation
Imposed by the legislation of 1S90 , and demo-
cratlc senators are not relieved from this |
moral obligation on their part because they
voted against the duty on tin plato. They |
are just as much bound In morals , said the
Iowa senator , as the republicans are bound
In morals to the maintenance of this fair
and legitimate contract which was made
with the pcoplo who Invested their capital
In the tin Industry with a penalty attached
that If they did not execute It by July 1 ,
1897 , on tholr part , congress would forfeit
their property , practically take It away
from them , by putting tin plato upon the
free list. Senator Allison showed clearly
that the effect of the proposed changes In
the Iron and steel schedules would bo to
destroy the tin plato Industry and make this
country again wholly dependent upon Wales
for tin plate , Involving an annual contribu
tion to that Industry abroad of $25,000,000 or
more. "I am not surprised , " said the sena
tor , "that there Is a death struggle on the
part of the men who produce this article In
Wales to destroy the Industry In our own
country. " "
In hardly any other respect Is the pcndfl
Ing tariff bill more unfair than In the pro- P
vision reducing the duty on tin plato while ' °
the same tlma making a higher duty upon I fl
every single article that enters Into the raw ' '
material used In the production of tin plate.
the American Industry can bo continued ' a
under this reduction It can bo continued \
only by reducing the wages of labor cm- n
ployed In the Industry at leait 40 per "cent.
The only way that the Industry can sur
vive Is by lowering the price of labor to the
Buropoan plane , and even then It would _
doubtless have a hard struggle to live , for
Welsh manufacturers will spare no ef
fort to break down the American Industry
and regain control of the American mar
ket. In order to do this they can afford to
make a heavy sacrifice , for here has been
tholr greatest market , and they know that It
they can again obtain control of It they
could ipeedlly recoup themselves for what of
ever sacrifices might be necessary to attain
end , with good Interest. Having secured -
cured control of this market the Welsh
manufacturer * would AdramTe tbo price of
plato to whatever figures they pleased
or that the trade would bear. The demo
cratlo aesnult on the tin plato Industry Ii
distinctly In the Interest of the Welsh monii *
factiirpr * . nnd the party in power will find
' It hard to glvo n satisfactory reason to the
American pcoplo for Its course In this re
spect.
run ir/fo.vr ; rouvr.
Kconomy and retronclimont are always In
order In all well regulated business estab
llshmcnts. It Is right nnd proper for the
city council to weed out tax enters nnd su
pcrnumcrarles nnd cut down the city pay roll
wherever retrenchment docs not materially
nfTcct the efficiency of municipal machinery.
But thcro Is such n thing ns retrenching at
the wrong tlmo and at the wrong end. When
times nro dull and thousands of laboring
people ore Idle for want of employment It
Is not economic In the long run to stop pub
lic Improvements nnd thus Increase the army
of the unemployed. On the contrary under
such adverse conditions It becomes the mani
fest duty of municipal , state and national
authorities to stimulate public employment
as much as possible by pushing public works ,
even If It Is necessary to raise money by
temporary or long-tlmo loans. The city
could better afford to dispense with some
municipal luxuries than It can with the
wage workers who are employed under the
Hoard of Public Works In keeping our streets
In repair. The money paid out for wages Is
kept In circulation among our people and It
Is suicidal for the city to decrease the wage
fund under the pretense of retrenchment.
Instead of cutting down Its force on public
work almost every city In the country has
broadened Its activities and endeavored to
create work for the unemployed. Omaha
should not have been an exception. It was
really Incumbent upon our city authorities
to have devised ways and means for such
Improvements as are actually needed and
must sooner or later be provided for. An
Increase In taxes could be better berne than |
a constant shrinkage In property values and
a depression of trade for want of money
among the wage workers.
DISCUSSING STATK HANK TAX ItKPKAL.
Discussion of the question of repealing the
10 per cent tax on state bank Issues was
begun In the house of representatives on
Saturday. Mr. Springer , chairman of the
house committee on banking nnd" currency ,
opposed , as he lias consistently done In the
committee , the proposal to repeal the tax ,
Galusha A. Grow making a strong- speech on
the same side. Only one speech was made
In advocacy of repeal. The debate on this
question Is expected to bo the most spirited
and acrimonious of any that has taken place
during the present session. The lines are
being rigidly drawn and It Is difficult to
predict with any degree of certainty what
the fate of the proposition will be. Mr.
Springerexpressed the opinion a few days
ago that about sixty democratic votes will
bo cast against repeal. If this should prove
to bo the case and the republicans and
populists take similar action repeal will
probably bo defeated by a small majority.
On the other band , If the democratic vote
against repeal Is not more than forty It
will probably carry by a small majority.
It is said that the repealers have been
plucking up a good deal of courage of late
'
nnd claim a number of converts. Several
eastern democrats , have announced tholr
conversion to the repeal and It Is believed
that a few republicans will favor It , though
probably not unconditionally.
Unconditional repeal of the tax Is evidently
to bo made the Issue at first and it appears
,
that compromise1 propositions have fallen out
of favor for the time being , because some
of the repealers declare that they will not
support a compromise In any event. The
margin of members who desire a compromise
Is small , and they could only prevail by the
assistance of the solid repeal vote. If that
Is to bo divided It Is useless to attempt any
legislation. According to the usually well-
informed correspondent of the Now York
Commercial Bulletin , the Indications are that '
unconditional repeal will fall by from 20
to.40 majority. The northern democrats on
the whole will cast a rather heavy vote
against It , In spite of votes In its favor
from New England , New York and Ohio.
It appears that the feeling against state
banks Is much less pronounced among mem
bers * from the east , where the old state banks
were so successfully conducted , than among
the members from Wisconsin , Indiana , Il
linois and some of the other states , where
wild cat banking was productive of so many
evils. This correspondent gives seventy-five
votes , fifteen more than estimated by Mr.
Springer , as the result of a rough canvass
of the negative votes In the democratic
ranks. The southern members , except those
from Maryland and one or two In Sllssourl ,
will probably vote solidly for unconditional
repeal. A vote of soventy-flvo democrats ,
ten populists and the great bulk of the re
publican members against repeal will de
feat It by a pretty wide margin , but there
Is reason to apprehend that this calculation
Is somewhat too sanguine. The repeal of k
the bank tax without conditions doubtless
cannot be accomplished , but the majority '
ca
against it will probably bo small.
Assuming that the proposal of uncon
ditional repeal will fall It Is pretty safe to
predict that nothing final will be dona with | .
this question at the preicnt cession. The
numerous compromise or conditional repeal
propositions that have been suggested have
only served to complicate the situation ,
without proving acceptable , ono or two excepted -
cepted , to anybody but their authors. The
discussion of the question will do good In
moro thoroughly acquainting the country
with the history of state bank Issuer a
history which the men of this generation
need to bo enlightened on but there seems
to bo no great danger that the advocates
of a return to the old system will bo suc
cessful. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i n
Preparations for Decoration day observ
ance should bo perfected In time to make
the celebration of the day In Omaha ono
worthy of the occasion. The Grand Army
posts will of course follow the usual custom
of remembering their fallen comrades with a
floral offerings. The civic societies ought
to ' Join In paying homage to tholr dead , who
are certainly deserving of such recognition
at least once a year. The sentiment upon
which Decoration day Is founded Is by no
means limited to these who have died In
the military service of their country. The
custom of decorating the graves of departed
friends \ Is national , and Its observance | .
should bo general throughout the United \ \
States , ui
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It It Is true that the Judge of a United
States district court Incorporated Into his I In
decision denying an application for an In- I p' '
1 nt
Junotlonal order a statement that the gov
ernment of Colorado had fallen Into the
bands of socialists and Imbeciles ho cer
tainly must be credited with an exhibition Is
singularly bad taste. No matter what | m ]
bin private opinion of the Colorado state
officials may be lip had no business to make hi
that a part of his own ofllclal actsj The of
question whether a person ls a socialist U to
CJ
largely ono of personal opinion , and whether his
ho In nn Imbecile wholly uno of pcr onal
opinion. The il opinion Of n United
States JudRO On t subjects should bo
permitted t to pass f whnt It Is worth with-
out clothing It 9 ( ho authority that
usually t attaches to iilons proclaimed from
the t -bench.
\\llllt Uoci.
GloVw-Dcmocrnt.
The sober truth nbout the position nf the
Ml * ourl democrats on the sllvor mu'Mlon
H thnt a majority of them believe whatever
Dlanil chooses to say for them.
Tithing I iirs" Cnntriiot.
Clilc/ijn Tribune.
If the Ftrlklng ( Rml-imliirrs cnn succeed In
killing off nil tne-'iiMtiirfl ' thnt nrc willing to
work they will bo Itr-n position In dictate
t rnif to the opera tons , but It may tnkc n ,
' year or two to UUIK. | | .
AVutti-rnou'it llfiirtliroUrn H'iill.
Courier-Journal.
Let the senate spare us the dctnlln of the
humiliating surrender to n handful of pro
tectionists In the democratic cntnp , IKIHS the
whole inl. eralile liUHlnesn nt once nnd leave
UH to the mercy of n conferencJ.
The Luxury of Crime.
Chicago Itcnml.
The people of the United Stntoi expended
111 1830 $24.000,000 for police , $12.000.1100 for
prisons nml reformatories nnd $23,000,000 for
the support of the Judiciary. Viewed In this
light crime Bcemn to benbout the most ex
pensive luxury In which this country In
dulges.
AliHiml Tlirorle * .
Knnxns city Journal.
The fact of the matter Is , tnrlff for rev
enue only In n , country like this la nn no-
Burdlty. Tito democrats went Into power
on n. platform of that sort , but when they
came to enact thu principle Into law they
found themselves confronted by obstacles
which could not be overcome without np *
palling destruction of home Industries. The
nenato Is simply trying1 to extricate the
democratic party from Its predicament
with as little humiliation as possible.
I'roniDtlnt ; DlnhoncHty.
Dnntnn Traveler.
The Iowa supreme court holds that an
lownn who has bought liquor from persons
outside the state can recover any sum he
has paid for It and Is not bound to return
J
empty boxes or kegs. Any dealer who
sells liquor to persons In Iowa must rely
on the honesty of his customers for pay
ment. He can collect nothing under the
law. 1 This decision probably will compel
Iowa liquor dealers to pay Jobbers In ail.
vance and make deposits for the value of
the kegs and bottles.
Awarding tint Prl/.n for Choi Ir.
New York Sun.
The palm for check must be given to the
Missouri democrats. After praising In their
platform the "cardinal democratic doctrine
of absolute equality among nil citizens and
sections In bearing- the burdens and enjoy-
Inp the benefits of government , " they put
Into the same platform a eulogy of the In
come tax , which tax woitld result In an
Inequality of burdens and be borne princi
pally by one section of the country. We
believe In equal taxation , the Missouri dem
ocratic platform reads in effect , but we ,
want to have the east stuck. I
Klcctric Lighting In Umiilm.
Ulcctildty. New York.
The city council of Omaha la making nn
entertaining exhibit of Itself by Its treat
ment of the local lighting question. For
years the city has been the victim of ex
tortionate prices and very bad service at
the hnnds of the T.-H. company. 'Now .
tills contract has expired , and a new comI I
pnny , "The Electric Cqmpany , " put In a
bid averaging a boot $10 per lamp less than
the former prlceu The council , however,1
refuses to makem contract for more than
a year. Of course no new plant will be
established on these terms. Mr. S. L.
AVIley Is the president of the old company.
He Is a man with a record , and a well
known friend ot\ the genus alderman. If
tbo local press or Cftimha. do their duty
they will smoke ouU the nigger In the
woodpile and send a few of their aldermen ,
and possibly a IfKhttHg' man or two , on a
prolonged vacation. _
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Miners have qultjwork at Cherokee , Kan.
The coal famlne"-'a't ' Plttsburg has com
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menced.
About 3,000 cab drivers are out on a strike
ln London. 1 "a-
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Easteru 'union3'greTalready preparing for
Labor day. *
Trouble Is feared from the striking miners
*
nt Oskalooa , la. , . j , -
The miners of Staunton , III. , have decided
to stay at work.
At. Colfax , la. , 325 miners have gone out
and 115 at Dureat. .
Baltimore Is running short of coal on account -
count of the strike.
The miners In the Evans mine , Oskaloosa ,
la. , have quit work.
Eight puddling furnaces resumed at the
Norton , Ky. , iron works.
Nearly" all the miners have returned to
work at Mlddlesboro , Ky.
The furnaces have resumed at the Norton
Iron works , Ashland , Ky.
About 1,500 miners at Owensboro , Ky. , '
have decided to quit work.
There are 311 local unions allied to the
International Iron Molders union.
Engineers on the Mobile & Ohio railroad
accepted an 8 per cent reduction.
The white miners returned to work In the
Adger mines at Birmingham , Ala.
Carpenters of Indianapolis have organized
a co-operatlvo building company.
The Builders' exchange of Milwaukee has
renewed an eight-hour agreement.
Middle Atlantic States Blue Label league
was recently organized by the clgarmakers.
Brick makers of the Blue Island district
of Chicago compromised and the strike Is off.
The lower house of the No\y York legisla
ture passed a bill for Initiative and referen
dum.
dum.Coal
Coal minors at the Santa Fe mines In Colorado
rado and Now Mexico Joined In the greai
strike.
After being out on a strike thirteen weeks
the silk weavers of Now York have at last
given In.
In New York City the cracker bakers are
being organized , and in the cast generally
there Is activity among the workers In the ,
trade.
The miners along the Norfolk & Western
been given an advance in wages alid decline !
to strike.
Hatters of Massachusetts ' " " " ' " " "
rejected a 20
per cent reduction In wages and a strike
may occur it the employers insist upon the
reduction.
A strike of carpenters and mill hands has
been ordered In Cincinnati and vicinity for
an Increase In wages. Five thousand men
are affected. s
The Introduction of outsiders to take the
place of the striking coke workers at Union-
town , Pa , , has commenced and much trouble
anticipated. a
The past montWhas shown n slight Im
provement In the granite cutting trade , but
not enough to glVo much encouragement
after a wretched wmfer ,
The silk weavers la Qlvernaud's mill at
Hoboken , N. J. , to"tho' number of 450 , went
out on strike. A'Strike has also been or
dered at Hackcnsack's'mlll ,
Tlio men at thq''Natlonal' Tube works at
McKecsport , Pa. , mimtleTlng 3,200 , are out on
strlko for restprntlijh of the 20 per cent
reduction made last' . February.
At a monster mee.tln.p . of organized labor at
Indianapolis , Ind. , 'rpsplutlons were adopted
endorsingtbo Cox/iy / .jjaoyemont and calling
for a labor convention at Washington.
The Plttsburg railroad coal operators have
returned from the | qvolana , convention In a
belligerent humor-an.4 It Is expected that a
the coal strlko wlljbo , prosecuted to the end. A
The New York.- unions prevented a boss
from receiving a largo contract from the
Wild West show because ho did not employ
union men. The contract was given to a
union firm.
The trades unions of Now York ore Insist by
ing that only American citizens shall bo em
ployed In all state and municipal departments In
and on all public works , whether executed by
contract or otherwise.
The entire system of the Atlantic nail-
way company's street railway at Brooklyn
tied up because the conductors and motormen -
men refused to buy new summer uniforms.
About 1,000 men are out.
The strikers nt the Pratt mlnc , Birming
ham , Ala. , are blamed for the cruel murder
Walter Glover , a miner who had refused ,
bo called out. A mob of masked men
called Glover out of his house and riddled
body with ballots on his own doorstep.
nt : M'.s off fin r. \'n i n tn.
rrlcnd Telegraph ( rep. ) : Dry an Is not n
fool and ho proposes to stand from under the
administration i and republican parties.
Lincoln News : Tom MnJoM toil the first
throw I of the political dice this year. Ho
wanted the slate convention held In Lincoln ,
and < ho wanted It In July. The MncCol !
men i outvoted him and moved the conven
' tion out of his reach ,
I Holdredgc Progress ( pop. ) : Now , White It
Is I generally construed to mean that Mr.
Hrynn will eventually adopt the people's
party I platform , yet he seems to have lacked
the I courage to come out openly nnd nbovo
board I and assert himself In so many words ,
Kearney Democrat : We regret this action
of Mr , Bryan because ho U n representative
the peer of whom congress docs not con
tain. We are pleased at this action , because
It removes every ohntnclo In Mr. Drynn'n
path In the gubernatorial chair of the state
of Nebraska.
Adams County Democrat : The letter
simplifies political matters In Nebraska.
The fact that Mr. Bryan will not become a
candidate for congress brings him Into the
state fight. In what position wo nro unable
ableto say. Should he be nominated for
governor or scnntor * ho will make n cam
paign that wilt Inspire enthusiasm every
where.
Geneva Journal ( rep. ) : This letter Is very
generally conceded to bo nn open bid for
anti-administration democratic and pop
votes In the next legislature for Bryan for
the scnatorshlp to succeed Mandcrson. In It
appears rather moro than Mr. Bryan's
usual amount of domngogcry and silly
twaddle. H will not aid much In his sena
torial aspirations.
York Times ( rop. ) : When Congressman
Brynn saw the old democratic ship sinking
so rapidly ho wisely concluded to pull up
his political breeches and wnde ashore. Ho
Is striking out for the populist swamp ,
whereso many bravo democratic politicians
nro already stuck In the mud. Better go
down with the old ship , Mr. Bryan , than
perish miserably In the mire.
Schuylcr Quill ( pop. ) : Bryan endorses all
populist ideas , such as tariff reform , Income
tax , free coinage of silver , greenbacks , elec
tion of United States senators directly by
the people , etc. , and says that they advocate
the true principles as Inspired by Jefferson
and Jackson. The new party could not be
bettor complimented. Bryan's letter shows
where ho stands politically , and unless a
radical change Is mndo In the democratic
party ho will Join the populists at once.
Ydrk Times : Never In the history of the
state' has there bean such a large attendance
at the meeting of the republican state cen
tral committee. But Ihero were other un
mistakable signs of approaching victory.
There was confidence , enthusiasm'harmony
aVid a universal disposition to submit cheer
fully to the will of the majority and to work
earnestly for republican success. It Is
patriotism now and no selfish motive or per
sonal ambition that stimulates republicans
to work for success.
Wahoo Wasp : The Wasp Is pleased to
note the numerous favorable comments of
the state press on the candidacy of T. J.
Plckett for secretary of state. Mr. Plckett
possesses the qualification of a good candi
date and his nomination would odd strength
to the republican ticket In Saunders county
and the state. There Is little doubt but
that he will receive the nomination and
that is equivalent to an election this year ,
and with T. J. Plckett as secretary of state
Nebraska would have an officer of whom
she might well bo proud.
David City Press ( free silver dcm. ) :
Mayor Weir has some following In this
county as a populist candidate for governor.
If the mayor is not a creature of corpora
tions he Is certainly a fool when he vetoes
an ordinance which the people of Lincoln
wanted to protect them from the greed of
their telephone monopoly. When the pop
ulists turn down as brave a little man as
J. N. Gaffin for such an uncertain quantity
as the mayor of Lincoln well , excuse us.
Fine politics Is developing In pop head
quarters. Two years ago they nominated
V. O. Strlckler , nnd yet several of his own
party members of the legislature told this
editor on the square that he lobbied them
against the freight bill. Paul Vandervoort
held a weekly campflro of old soldiers In
order to slyly assist John M. Thurston's
senatorial boom. The secrets of that
legislature did much to Increase this edi
tor's suspicions of human nature. 'Gaffln
has no corporation strings on him.
Plattsmouth Herald : The republican con
vention will be held In Omaha on August 22.
In the Imagination of some this Is rather
ecrly , but If the republican party cannot
lead 1 It cannot do anything. This Is the
reputation of the party from tlmo Im
memorial , nnd why should It not do so on
[ the question of state conventions. In hav
ing ' early conventions it will be all the moro
recessary to nominate clean , honest men ,
and If this Is done tlmo and eternity cannot
mar their fair reputations , and the people
will hove moro tlmo and opportunities to
become acquainted with the various candi
dates. This Is what the people desire.
They do not want men , and perhaps
strangers to many , nominated Just on the
eve of election , so when they go to the polls
they do not know for whom to vote Intelli
gently. This would smack too much of
machine politics nnd would lead them to
bellevo that a snap Judgment was being
trken upon them by party leaders , without
giving the people a voice In the management
of things which are of vital Interest to
every liberty loving , Intelligent voter.
K AND
The ratio of liabilities to assets In the de
funct Order of Tontl Is about 1C to 1.
The most conspicuous accumulation made
by the late Edmund
Votes was a great wad
of fat.
It looks as If the coroner would do a land
ofTico business In the wake of the Common-
woalors.
The Incarceration of General Demoraliza
tion for life would bo hailed with delight In
the democratic camp.
The modern strike should bo accompanied
with an ambulance corps and a staff of
doctors and undertakers.
In the preliminary struggle for base ball
supremacy , Philadelphia bus been obliged
to take water In copious doses.
Doubtless Mr. Buttz had a surplus of
money and an Irresistible desire to soften
the hardships of the poor senators.
The connection between the tariff debate'
In ' the senate and the floods In Pennsylvania
has not been definitely established.
Senator Stewart of Nevada Intends plantIng -
Ing a few sections of his silver speech In
Oregon , They will servo as a funeral era
tion for Pennoyer.
Carl Browne threatens to wrlto a book dur
ing bis thirty days' Involuntary retirement.
That would be a greater Infliction than
walking on the grass.
Richard W. Thompson of Indiana , ex-
serrctary of the navy , will bo 85 Juno 9 , and
his friends nt Terre Haute are preparing for
public celebration of the event ,
The confirmation of Alphabet Taylor of
Kansas City as register of deeds for the
District of Columbia resulted In an odd com
bination of colors. Taylor Is black and the
District Is blue.
The feeble endorsement of the administra
tion by the democracy of Missouri will be
bettor appreciated In connection with the
statement that only GO per cent of Missouri's
quota of federal pie has yet been doled out.
J. II. Carpenter of Heading , Pa. , the In
ventor of the steel shell that has done so
much damage to Harveylzed armor plate ,
says that ho paid out $60,000 Just to sec the
secret processes In use In two foreign steel J
works ono In France , the other lii England ,
Evanston , the patriotic suburb of Chicago , ftfr
has vindicated the constitution and resented frI
gross Insult to the palladium of liberty ,
nameless enemy of a great American
Institution smuggled beer Into town In a pie I
wagon and was promptly clapped Into Jail
and finxl $175 ,
Attorney General Olnoy Is of the opinion
that solicitation of campaign contributions
letters sent to government employes In
the rooms In which they may bo employed
government buildings Is not solicitation
within the meaning of the law , because con
gress did not especially prohibit that par
ticular form.
m
Itobbory by
Cincinnati Commercial.
Robbing a man of Jl.000.000 through a bank
failure involves no moral or legal degrudu-
tlon , provided It la done In the regular way
and according to legal forms ; but for the
victim to extract a. small sum from hl
bunker's pocket to wave Ills family from
starvation open * the door of the penitenti
to him and brings dlsgruco to that
family.
HT.ITH t'nt.trti'.ti.
Wnhoo Wasp : The republican lalo con
vention , In Omaha Atigtitt 22 , will nominate
the winning ticket , and don't you forget III
Pnplll on Times. Con OnlliiKher , HIP
Omalm democrat who refused to do Ilio bid
ding of Morton nnd McSlinno In the last
stnti ! convention , Is available for congres
sional honors ,
Gothenburg Star : Judging by pros * com
ments , MacCo'l's candidacy for the governor
ship has ttruck it popular chord , nnd the
Indications arc that ho will bo nn easy win
ner In the state convention ,
Plnttsmouth News ; If the dcmccraU want
a congressional candidate with oratorical
pouers to take Mr. Brynn's place , Cans Is
the only county which can furulih him.
Anil his mime Is Matthew Goring.
Wallact ) Star : Some of the candidates for
Mate offices might strengthen Ilielr chance ! )
by keeping their aspirations on Ice until
thu campaign Is well under way , Hot
weather Is liable to prove disastrous to In
cipient booms , and the period of exposure
should bo limited.
Alnsworth Star : Judge Klnkald Is ono
of the "salt of the earth" In thu big Sixth
district. Ho Is n man whoso word Is ns
good ns a government bond , nnd ono vho
will , If elected to cungrosn , recognize all
parts of the district ami unite all elements
ns no other man can.
Lodge Polo Express ; 0. M. Kern , the
present Incumbent of the Sixth district In
Nebraska , wants to bo governor. Homo
children also want the moon nnd their do-
slru Is Just as Hltcly to bo gratified ns that
of the "red-headed rooster from Custer
county , " us he Introduced hltmclf nt the
Sidney Mir two years ngo.
Lincoln News ( rep. ) : No federal adminis
tration 1ms ever received n more resounding
and stinging slap In the chops than has the
administration of Graver nnd his henchmen
In the call Just Issued by C. J. .Smytho of
Omnlm and some 250 other Nebraska demo
crats for a convention of free silver demo
crats. It Is difficult to see how that party
cnn gain anything In strength by a declara
tion of Its undoubted preference for free
silver , as It Is doomed to play second fiddle
to the populists on that Issue.
Beatrice Democrat : In his letter Mr.
Bryan sees much moro to commend In popu
lism than In democracy , and It Is certain his
own position Is nearer In accord with the
Ideas of the populists than his own party.
The Democrat has always held a high
appreciation of W. J. Bryan , and It fully
recognizes the power for good that ho might
exert as a democrat , If In line with the
democratic party. We therefore regret to
see him forsake a party to train with a dis
organized mass that has no fixed principles ,
So far as fusion Is concerned , wo do not be
lieve that It can bo successfuly effected.
The Wealth Makers ( pop. ) : It Is our
opinion that Mr. Bryan ought not to stand
between the parties , ns he seems now to pro
pose. He ought to stay with the democrats
or come over to the populist party. He will
weaken confidence In himself , spread distrust
and sow discord among brethren nnd par
alyze political reform reduce Instead of In
crease the reform vote If he nnd his friends
try to obliterate our party to elect not popu
lists , but democrats , men who refuse to be
populists. In a part of the legislative and
congressional districts. The populists can
not , will not yield their principles. They
are wedded to them and will fight for their
organization. The effort to fuse us would
divide us , and fusion with one old party
would disgust and repel all who ore Inclined
to Join us from the other party. Fusion In ,
ono part of the state would also give us a
bad name , would destroy confidence In our
sincerity In all parts of the state , and It
would proportionally affect the national
party. If our old party friends agree with
us In the principles we advocate , let them
como to us.
"IIKUK'S TO XOV , IU31 JIlOOItK ! "
(115th ( Anniversary , May 23. )
William II. T. Hhade In Chicago Inter Ocean.
Here's to you , Tom Moore ; whene'er I am
gay ,
So are you ; nnd when care finds a home
In my breast.
You cheer me with proverb and promise
by day.
And your melodies lull me , at nightfall ,
to rest.
And when my poor heart loved ns other
loved ncTer ,
You spoke for me what my own tongue
" could not speak ;
Your words clothed tbo thoughts , which ,
how great the endeavor ,
Were murmured alone by the tears on
my cheek.
How sweet , then , to hear ( and how sweetly
you told It ! )
That heart which loved trujly would
never forget ;
( Dead hope ! To my sad heart again I
enfold It ! )
It was true I loved truly and truly love
yet-
But her love , dear Tom ( how fondly 'twas
cherished ! ) ,
Was not the true love that you wet of ;
the rose
Long Is withered and gone ; leaf and petal
have perished ,
But mine Is the love that "loves on to
the close : "
Whene'er heavy-hearted , despondent and
weary ,
Soft chords from your harp find their
way through the gloom
That pall-like hangs low o'er a pathway
full dreary
A pathway full dreary that leads to the
tomb.
Your faithfulness proving you ever are
near me ;
Your friendship as stanch , Tom , come
woo as come weal ,
And softly you whisper , to comfort and
cheer me :
"Earth bath no sorrow that heaven
cannot heal. "
Tint niirinKMKftT o * '
Minneapolis Journal : Mr. Bonn unnliot
.cciishtcntly bo a candidate for connrcfts n
long ns llrover Cleveland nits In the white
house. Hut this reason Is not ndenuata.
Mr. lirymi U lee wise a man to menu nny-
tliinpt by such n plea. He Is not tjulto will-
IIIR to tli row bis political ambition to the
< logs beiMiito hn does not happen to love the
man In the \\hltu house. Mr. CroUur might
have given , a similar reason for retiring
ficm Tiimnmny. But Messrs. Crokor and
llryan have suillclt'nl reasons of n different
hue. They see ( ho linndw riling ns It In
"writ. " They sco the threatening nvn-
latichp. They prefer to stand from under.
They nro willing lo penult some of the
other young men In the party to get n tnsto
of nlory In the year 189 1. There nro a
grutt ninny wise- democrats who will ba
similarly generous between now and. the
calling of the state and concessional con
ventions. Magnanimity will be the rule
in democratic circles tlih summer. .
Philadelphia Inquirer : Congressman .1
Ilryan's letter declining to again become a , * |
candidate of the democrats of hU Nebraska * i
dlnlrlct la sharply attacked by the cuckoo
orgnns as that of n disappointed man. In
the sense that It was the production of a
defeated free coinage ndvocato this Is true.
H will readily be recalled that the two most
notable spoi-chcs delivered In the house by
tlm eloquent Nebraska ! ! were In support of
his peculiar tariff convictions and his un
steady Ideas on finance. Hut this Is not
wl.nt his cuckoo assailants mean , The letter -
ter ns ' quoted by the press gave ns Mr.
Bryan's reason for declining the fnet that
there was no need for n party that had no
principles ulilch It had the courage to main
tain , ns others with moro bravery already
existed. As nn advocate of protection , to
which he held It was now committed , It was
not the equal of the republican party , which
was Identified with that policy from Its
birth. Upon fltunco It hud no convictions
on which II could agree. Ho did not ,
therefore , nee why nny man believing In
free coinage and a tariff for revenue onV
should longer hold allegiance to It. In
short , ho took himself out of Its lines en
tirely.
_
TIIK aiKitiir stnii or r.
Atlanta Constitution : A man who went to
the seaside to avoid the warm weather last
week 1ms telegraphed home for Ills overcoat
and a receipt for pneumonia.
Jefferson City Tribune : When a St. Jo
seph ' preacher opened the state under
taker's convention with prayer every dele
gate In the house reached In his pocket for
a screw driver. Such Is the force of habit ,
Chicago Tribune : "For nil practical pur
poses , " ejaculated the burglar , slipping thu
gold watch Into one pocket nml the silver
spoons Into another , "I am conslerablc of a
blmctnlllst myself , "
Washington Star : "Let yon alms bo
high , " sold Uncle Eben , "but iloan' fohgtt
dat dnh am moh practical returns rum li
good Job of whltewanhln' dan dey Is f'um a
bad Job of Innscnpo pnlntln' . "
Chicago Hecord : Cora Pliny You don't
mean that you're going to marry again , do
you ?
Comic Opera Prlinn Donna ( Indignantly )
Do you mean to Imply it's time for me to
abandon my artistic career and retire ?
Yale Record : Doctor Have you followed
my advice In rognnl to eating plain food
and keeping quiet at home ? Patient That's
all I've been able to do since you -sent In
your bill.
Indianapolis Journal : Would-be Settler-
How Is the death rate about here ?
Old Citizen Wai , It's pretty cheap Jlst
now since the town doctors got to cuttln'
prices.
Philadelphia Record : The ball player Is
always anxious for a change of base.
Texas Sittings : Excited Colored Ladles
( In chorus ) I want's yer to keep yer prom
ise and marry mo. Colored Lothario
G'way , nlgRiilis ! Don't make slch scan.-
alous prepersltlons to a married man who
has got two wives already. Docs bofo of
you fools wanter get 'tested for bigotry ?
Indianapolis Journal : "I think , " said the
boa after he bnil swallowed the deer : "I
think I shall take a rest. I don't bellevo
In traveling on a full stomach. "
Chicago Record : Mrs. Ighllfo And bow-
do you manage to escape having that odious
Mrs. Cheapstone at your lovely little din
ners ? One feels that one's obliged to Invite
her. you know.
Mrs. Smartlelgh Yes. but I plve all my
invitations to her to my husband to mall.
Washington gtnr : "Talk about slowness ! "
said a traveling man , "I've Just heard of
the very essence of It. "
"How was that ? "
"Two United States senators happened to
be In Philadelphia nt the name time , anil
ono of them wrote a note to the other a-SK-
Inir bis views on n. tariff amendment , am *
sent by a district messenger boy. "
WOES OF THE HAIRLESS.
New York Journal.
I know the heated term Is near ,
Though I'm not weatherwlse ,
For on my head I feel nnd hear
The frisky festive files.
I would that I a crown might wear
In the peaceful great beyond ,
So files could not rub off my hair
To make a skating pond.
Spoil * 1'eforo Duty.
Indianapolis Journal. ,
Postmster General BlBscll complains that
his time nnd attention are so largely absorbed -
sorbed In listening to the statements of
senators and representatives who are- after
appointments that be finds very little
time to devote to the details of the man-
acement of his department. Every postmaster -
master general for the last thirty years
has hud the same experience. The Insatl-
ate Breed for office has no regard for the
public Interests.
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