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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. JUNE 6. 1391.
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(8-Kil. ( ) N. 1' . l-'KIU Notnry
The police commission Imz at last wako <
up nnd bogus ilctcctlvca may ns well lo. lc If
Jtlior soft berths.
A faction of north side republicans or
irganlzlng a " 1C to 1" club. Forgive them
They know not what they do.
St. Joseph was ! > oirclshaken up by i
; rnsh among her Jobblit hjtmes. OmBbi
looks on serenely nnd without concern.
Judge ITItchscott still keeps on proddlni
ftcpresentativo Ross and crowing over hi
rcmarliablo decision In the Louisiana letter ;
idvcrtlslnc case.
The library board Ins lilrcd an engineer t
run the hentlng apparatus In the now tiulld
Ing. AVhat an rnglnecr Is to Jo nl this tlm
of year with .1 heating apparatus p.isse
: omprohcnslon.
Emperor William's physicians expect hi
: heek to heal within three days. The re
: upcratlvo capacity of this facial niPir.be
vould be a fine recommendation us a boo ]
igent should the emperor at any time k'S' '
its present position.
It Is fortunate for Congressman Mercc
lhat woman suffrage does not prevail li
Nebraska. If It did he would- not be abli
lo muster a single female vote for constabli
or assessor after treating the Omaha glrli
In this shameful manner.
Oregon deserves congratulations upon on' '
Important achievement It la assured o
being relieved of Ponnoyer- governor a
Uio expiration of bis present term. It Is t
bo hoped that It will not bo afflicted will
him In any other capacity.
No one can have a case of beer dollverec
at hfs house now without displaying lili
marriage license In a conspicuous place foi
the benefit of our Intelligent , detectives
Married people only are permittedto drlnl
beer under the new dispensation.
Not oven the great Derby can Induce tin
IIouso of Commons to adjourn over for thi
day. But If a majority quorum were
: needed the house would haveto be con
vened at the side of the race track. Th (
Commons ore no less human than our con
grcssmen.
Secretary Carlisle says that there ! s n (
foundation to the report that lie ! s taklnj
stops looking toward another bond Isouo
Wo may accept his denial , but If he has no *
taken such steps the outlook Is that he can
not delay them very much longer unles :
congress comes to his rescue.
England Is endeavoring to raise the torn
of Its newspapers by urging them to exclude
objectionable matter from their columns
We wore under the Impression that forolgi :
visitors to the United States usually accr.scc
American newspapers of being the enly of
fenders In the world In this line.
With a sprinkling of French enthusiasm
the reception of the odlccrs of the Chicago
at London could easily bo made a repetition
of the fetes on occasion of the recent visll
of the Russian squadron nt Toulon. Sc
much ado has not been made by a forclgr
power over the American navy In manj
a year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The public school teachers have a brlel
respite to Indulge their hopes of ro-olectlor
and promotion. In the meanwhile the wire
pulling goes merrily on. It there Is one
thing that our public schools need more tliar
another It Is a rational system of civil serv
ice that will Include every member of the
teaching force.
A Chicago newspaper makes mention ol
the Investigation of the electrolysis of watci
mains and gas pipes In progress In this cltj
and urges the Chicago city ofllclals tc
profit by the results accomplished by the
Omaha council committee. The Chlcagt
newspaper Is evidently laboring under t
grave misapprehension of the facts. Whal
our council committee succeeds In learning
about electrolysis won't hurt any ono Ir
the Immediate vicinity , much less In Chicago
Chicago ofllclals will do well to devise theli
own remedy for the trouble.
The Commercial club has chartered c
train and will , Juno 14 , start on a tour ol
the loading towns of the South Plattc
country. The object of the expedition Is tc
npprlso Uio merchants and uhlppcrs of thai
Eoctlon ot the advantages offered by the
jobbers , wholesale houses nnd stock market
of Omaha. The club will make the fact
known that It Is to the pecuniary profit ol
all Nebraska dealers to patronize Omaha
houses , If the club were not confident
' " ' * * " 'lhat such showing can bo made , of course
the proposed cxeurilons would not bo In
augurated.Vhon country dealers receive
the poaltlvo assurance that money can bo
made by patronizing Omaha no further In-
Uucement will bo necessary to retain their
trade. This city lias for years maintained
trade relations with the territory mentioned ,
but our merchants are not getting the lion's
haro. to which they ore eminently en
titled and which once secured can be easily
retained.
nKKtrx sir.VKit TALK.
HASTINOS , Neb. , June 4. To the Edit
of The Hee : Ate you not fully aware th
Herd's allvpr talk Is the merest politic
tlftp-frap. utterances to mislead Uio re
friend * of silver ?
"I.o'JBt } , ntnTOwn , Cannon nnd ntlior repu
llcan Irnders4n favur of n freer use ot si
ver. " How free ? Just enough to deed'
and mislead ,
"A great deal of significance , " In M
Herd's mystified sliver talk.
For ( iod'il sake don't allow those shad
Rhrouded , inystorlou-t statements on quo
tUns of moiuy to llnd thplr way Into yoi
otherwise Independent republican paper.
If All * . Heed or nny otlior man favors nl
vcr let him say how much he c n nlnn
just what he will do and "where he Is ai
on this great plain Issue.
Why , lit Ihn iinnm of reason linn there n
always been n strong , well defined "sent
mcnt and liberal policy toward silver" t
the part of republicans ?
Strange , Indeed , tjmt MrT Heed has con
at this 111111. to "make a study of tha sllvi
question from the standpoint of the mine ;
nnd western mumbers , " nnd "to have ma
tcrcd the Intricate question , " which com me
people have always fully understood. 1
the tlmo the campaign Is fully on Mr. Ilci
and his followers will know ns much aboi
finance nn other people. No doubt tin
will try to pass for membern of the grci
plain ptoplc. W. . WIU.OUOIII1Y.
Mr. Wllloughby has utruck the nail on 11
head. Mr. Heed's plan for restoring sllvi
Is mere palaver to befog the gulllblcs. M
Heed's silver scheme Is very much like tl
squatter sovereignty doctrine by whlc
Stephen A. Douglas nought to exclude sla'
cry from Kansas and Nebraska. Dough
Insisted that the proper way of fencing 01
the southern task musters was by ui
friendly legislation. He Insisted that tl
territories had n right lo impose a high lc
on chattels whether they wcro mules , hors <
or negroes , and he felt sure that no negro <
would bo Imported Into a territory that in
posed heavy taxes on that class of chattel
The free soil opponents of Douglas vet
correctly denounced the squatter Rovcrclgnl
doctrine as a 'poor makeshift and Inslstc
that congress had n right to exclude slaver
from the territories In the organic act ju :
as the people of the territories had a rlgl
to exclude It In their constitutions.
Mr. Heed wants to force England an
Germany Into bimetallism by taxing all In
ports from those countries so high as I
practically exclude them. That means a
embargo which would Inevitably lead I
retaliation. England nnd Germany woul
simply follow up the embargo against the !
warps and products by an embargo again :
American grain. Hour , cattle and cottoi
They would probably manage to get alon
without these American staples for a yer
or. two , If not longer , and draw on us fc
our gold balances to meet the Interest du
from Americans to their capitalists. Mcar
time they would stimulate grain and cattl
raising In Hussla and South America an
cotton culture in Africa and Asia.
The only way to get an Intcrnatlom
agreement on a ratio for silver and II
restoration as a money metal must be b
voluntary co-operation. If that cannot t
brought about wo must curtail silver produi
tlon and ralso the ratio to the commcrclt
level. Theio Is no doubt that It would b
very desirable , and advantageous to restot
the double standard , but that cannot t
done under present conditions by boycott :
embargoes or 16 to 1 free coinage.
OXF. NBRD11D MUXWIPAL
When the ofllco of city comptroller w.i
created by charter enactment It was pr <
sumcd that the comptroller would bo In p <
sltlon to audit every voucher and every Itei
of expense , whether for service or suppltc :
and have n check upon unauthorized CJ
pcndltures and excessive charges and claim :
It appears , however , that almost from th
outset several of .the municipal department
have been conducted entirely Independer
of the comptroller. They have Incurred es
ponses at their own pleasure , passed upo
claims and vouchers , and Increased or cu
the pay roll at their own pleasure. Th
only document submitted to the comptrolle
Is a list of amounts allowed to each claim
ant , with a view to having these Items Ir
corporatcd Into the monthly approprlatlo
ordinance.
The Board of Fire and Police Commit
sloners , the park commission and the publl
library board do their' own auditing , an
the comptroller has t\o , means of checkln
up or ascertaining whether the claims fc
supplies or materials are just and leg ;
and come within the limitations fixed by th
charter for each of the various funds. Th
mayor and council are required by the chai
t6r to appropriate the funds necessary to
each and every department of the city gov
eminent. How can they perform this dut
Intelligently so long as they have no mean
of knowing whether the amounts to be ar
proprlated represent legitimate claims ? WJi
should they bo required to vote a dollar ou
of the treasury without being certified to b
the comptroller as properly audited and cot
rect ?
There Is no moro reason why the par :
commission or the' fire and police commie
sion should bo exempt from the suporvlsloi
ot the comptroller than Is the Board o
Public Works or the Board of Health. Th
comptroller should , by all means , have ;
check upon every appropriation , and no ap
proprlatlon should be voted by the mayo
and council until after the vouchers hav
gene through the hands of the comptrolle
and have received his approval. This Is th
only way to keep u proper check upon mu
nlclpal expenditures. In the best rcgulatei
cities the expenditures Incurred by the Bean
of education are also required to pass th
ordeal of the comptroller's approval befor
warrants arc Issued to pay them. There I
no reason why the same system of chccklni
should not be adopted for Omaha , The clt ;
treasurer Is cx-ofllclo tha treasurer of th
school board. Every dollar of the schoo
fund Is disbursed by hlm.Why should no
the vouchers of the school board pas
through the hands of the comptroller , so ate
to enable him to check up with tlio treasure
on the school fund warrants ? Such a checl
Is Imperatively needed to prevent Irregu
larltles and Imposition as well as unlawfu
appropriations. The only safe way for trans
acting the business ot a city Is to onforo
strict business methods upon all the do
partmcnts , and leave no room for Jobs , de
falcatlons and misuse of public funds.
S.lVlXaS JUKKS AXD IKCOMK TJX
Hoforrlng to the Income tax In his speed
on the tariff bill Senator Sherman said : "Th
Idea of taxing a. savings bank by the congress
gross ot the United States Is enough t
make my blood boll. U Is a tax upon th
savings of the poor , and you propose to ta :
thorn 10 , 20 , 30 or 40 'cents on their smal
savings , through corporations In which the ;
have Invested their earnings. A corporatloi
has no feeling , and It of course takes carte
to deduct this tax from the dividends of th
Jopoallors , I was going to say for God' ;
sake , I will say for the sake of humanity
Jo not attempt to tax corporations who ar
tbo custodians , the depositories of the pee
tnd of tha ordinarily reasonably Independcn
persons. " This earnest protest of the Ohli
senator against ono feature of the propose *
Income tax will be appreciated at least b ]
the millions of savings banks depositor :
throughout the country , whose Incomes fron
their deposit * would be rednced under th
tax.
tax.At the mass meeting In New York Cll
last week to protect ngaln&t the Income t.i
provision of the pending bill the president <
the largest paving * bank In that city e :
plained how the tax would operate upon tlio :
Institutions , lla said that In the 125 bant
In the state of New York there were o
January 1 last nearly 1,000,000 open account
representing one quarter of the entire popi
l.ttlon of the state , nnd the aggregal
deposits were $617,000,000 , the average i
each deposit being $390.60 , proving that the :
Institutions nro essentially the places of d <
posit of the working classes or plain peopli
The proposed law exempts the Indlvldtu
man It his Income Is $1,000 a year or lesi
so that ho may bo worth and have n caplt :
of $100,000 Invested which produces $4OC
Income n year nnd still he will not bu askc
to pay one cent ot this ta'x , but the man c
woman who hai a deposit In a savings ban
will bo required to pay 2 per cent on Us Ir
come , no matter how small his or her cat
Ital may be. The average deposit to cac
open account In the savings banks of Nc1
York City on January 1 last was $411 , bt
there are many deposits which the bill wl
ta\ that are much smaller. In a very larg
majority ot cases these deposits rcprcscr
the only capital of the depositors. They nt
the savings ot people who have tolled an
denied themselves for years that they mlgt :
have something ahead for the "rainy day ,
something to keep the wolf from the door I
times like the present or In case ot nlckncs :
nnd It Is proposed by the congress of till
gicat country to tax these savings ot th
wage workers. What Is true , of the cffec
of the proposed law in New York opilllcs t
savings Institutions In every portion ot th
country which are the depositories chlefl
of the small savings of the people. The to :
It Is true , would not reach directly the It ;
comes from thcso deposits , but cvcrybod
knows that the banks would protect them
selves and that ultimately 'tho 'depositor '
would pay the tax.
The wrong and Injustice ot n tax that woul
reach the Incomes from the deposits in sav
Ings banks cannot bo too strongly empho
sized , but It Is not probable that the argu
mcnts and protests against this contem
plated wrong to the poor whose only capita
Is their small accumulations In these Instl
tutlons will have any weight with the me
In congress who are determined to have a
Income tax , no matter how unjust It may b
In its operation and regardless of the fac
that It Is wholly unnecessary.
IN THE MTERKSTOF UtWGATlON.
The effort ot western members of con
gress whoso constituencies are Interested Ii
Irrigation to unite upon some , arrangemen
for furthering legislation relating to th
reclamation of the arid lands of the west 1
to be commended. It Is the first attcmp
that has been made by representatives liav
Ing arid lands In their states to agrco upoi
a uniform course of procedure , and If th
movement Is successful , as there Is reasoi
to hope It will be , It can hardly fail to b
productive of good results. According I
report the majority of those interested litho
the question approve the bill of Senate
Carey ot Wyoming , which passed the sen
ate , and this , It Is thought , will probabl ;
form the groundwork of the measure to b
agreed upon. It Is stated that one amend
mcnt under consideration is to authorlzi
military ofllccrs to moke the prellmlnor ;
surveys , so ns to exempt the governmen
from any expanse Involved In the first 1m
portant step toward a national system o
Irrigation. The house \vilj bo asked to se
asldo at least two days for debate on Irrlga
tlon , the hope being to thereby arouse tin
attention of congress to the Importance o
the question , and perhaps secure favorabli
legislation at the next session.
As reported In The Bee of Sunday , Repre
sentatlvo Sweet of Idaho has -a bill whicl
provides for a survey of certain portions o
the arid region In that state , together will
the water , supply of that section , the survej
to bo made under the direction of the Wai
department. The Idea of this measure Is ti
supply congress with Information as to hov
much It will cost to reclaim certain tracti
and the extent to which homes might bi
provided for the people. The plan contem
plated Is that the government shall pursui
the same course In regard to Irrigation tha1
It does In river and harbor Improvements
that Is , reclaim the land In tracts .of varlou :
sizes , to be disposed of to settlers as rapldlj
as reclaimed. It is urged that by till :
method the government would not bo callec
upon to expend n very largo sum of monej
before the returns from the sale of lain
would be coming into the treasury. It pro
poses a national' ' system of Irrigation , undei
which the government will reclaim tlio lani
and sell It to the homo seeker at what li
costs to reclaim It , giving him a tltlo to thi
water , as well as to the land , and event
ually transferring the control of the watei
to the state. Ono argument In favor of this
plan Is that It would make It Impossible tc
build up n system -amounting virtually tc
that of landlord and tenant In the greal
arid regions of the west ,
The advocates ot this plan present some
very good arguments In Us support , bul
U Is doubtful whether they will bo fount
sufficiently weighty to overcome the" objec
tions of those who bellove that It Is no par !
ot the business of the general government
to undertake the task of reclaiming the
arid region. The proposed plan Is doubtless
practicable , though the process would neces
sarily , bo slow , but the strong point of op
position will bo made to devolving. , the re
sponsibility ot this enormous work upon the
general government. Tlio representatives
ot other sections ot tha country , it Is to be
apprehended , will not easily bo. Induced tc
take the same view of the matter that those
of tbo west generally do. It Is well , however -
over , that western representatives are con
sidering the question , for It Is ono of In
creasing Importance from year to year.
The failure of the commission appointed
by the German government to consider the
currency question , with particular reference
to silver , to reach any decision , will bo dis
appointing to those who had hoped for a
result that would bo favorable to the cause
of bimetallism. The appointment of tha
commission was duo to the agitation In Ger
many In favor of silver , and a majority ol
Its members wore advocates of bimetallism.
In thus constituting the commission It was
Inferred that It was In deference to a ten
dency on the part ot the emperor favorable
to > the bimetallic policy , though moro prob
ably the Intention ot the government waste
to glvo the advocates ot that policy the
fullest' possible opportunity to obtain a
hearing for their views. At any rate a
concession was made to them , and this fact
makes all the more disappointing the fail
ure of tha commission to arriveat any de
cision. There can bo but one conclusion
frcm this result , and that la that the weight
ot testimony was against any departure by
Germany from the axlstlng monetary sys
tem , satisfaction with which was expressed
by Chancellor Caprlvl during the iculon of
the International monetary conference ft
Brussels , and adherence to which was urgoi
by the recent meeting of German banker :
nt Berlin. The gdct will doubllcsH bo ti
rtiluco Iho nBltatimf , for bimetallism In Gcr
many , and It may ilso cause an abatcmcn
of It In Kngl.mil.
Both Bryan nnd Morton have made theli
pilgrimages to Monllcello. the former homi
of Thomas JeffMo'tr and the shrlno of Jet
fersonlan ( ] oniodrna > J , and have given ear t <
the oracle that jUsj > enies the pure nnd tin
adulterated democratic doctrine from tha
sacred spot. llo i sapping their wisdom fron
the same kotirceltdey might bo oxpecte.l to b <
In perfect harmony on every Important lopli
ot the day. But.nl al This Is not the case
The Montlccllo firnclo must resemble hei
Delphian sister In her ability to Rive fortl
prophesies that can be interpreted to fit tin
occasion. To Bryan she says free ullvci' nm
tnrlff reform ; to Morton she nays fieo trnd (
nnd the single gold standard. It P'W Jet-
ferson wcro only alive once moro he woult
not know where he stood.
The testimony mode public by ths senate
bribery Investigating committee Is sub
stantially the same that was sent out bj
the Washington correspondents to theli
respective papers on the very day that the
witnesses were examined. This ithows
what effect the persistence In secret hear
ings has had. Everything that transpired
within closed doors' has been spccdll )
mada luiovsn to tlioso on the outside. II
will bo next In order to appoint n com
mittee to investigate In star chamber how
the leaks have occurred , and If Us proceed-
Irgs become public before they are officially
announced to continue the process ad In-
nnltum. This Is the only logical result ol
the secret session Investigation.
Superintendent Byrnes ot the Now Yorli
pollco department discourses learnedly Ir
the current North American Hovlew upor
the character nnd methods of the men com
prising the different Industrial armies thai
are marching upon Washington. Mr ,
Byrnes Informs his readers that "tho Kellj
branch of the army , 1,200 In number. Is
moving through Indiana. " The most cursory
peruser ot the dally newspapers would be
bettor acquainted with the facts than this ,
Mr. Byrnes Is evidently writing without any
personal knowledge of- the character and
methods of the men whatever. He should
confine his magazine articles to subject !
about which he happens to know something ,
What becomes of the beautiful plan of the
Board of Education for an Insurance fund 11
that plan Is to bo suspended every tlmo an
Insurance agent Importunes the board for a
renewal of expiring Insurance ? The reason
why the board decided to become Its own In
surer was that It was convinced that it
would save the taxpayers money by the op
eration. If this | s true It Is making an unjustifiable -
justifiable expenditure of the taxpayers' '
money when It kcp on handing over pre
miums to the Insurance'companies. . The In
surance fund system Is either a good thing 01
a bad thing. If It Is a good thing the people
of Omaha ought to have the benefit of It.
NoWYorlt Recorder.
The democraqy ratio 16 of Idiocy to 1
of common senoo.
Ills Lot Ix'o . ! t .Happy Ono.
Washington Star.
The lot of th < ? 7 artificial rain maker In
the west Is a hard one. He is Invarlab'y
blamed for the i cloud-bursts rind given
no credit whatever for the showers.
Tnlkinff'Througli Ilia Tlio.
Now"York Sun.
Retire ? William Jennings Bryan retire !
The Boy Orator of the Platte shut up ?
Not If he writes 3,000,000 letters of declina
tion. Not while there are Icicles upon
the blizzard's beard. Not until the wolf
Is howlless and. the bald brow of Shasta
Is thatched with comets. Not while tn :
Talking Hat hangs lovingly upon Bryan's
lips.
Political Sincerity With a String.
Kansas Cits- Times diem. ) .
When Representative Bryan of Nebraska
announced his purpose to withdraw from
congressional life for the reason that ha
couldn't agree with the financial views of
the president , the heroism of his action
was discounted In a manner by the memory
that his district Is republican and that
this Is not a goodyear tor democrats in
that kind of district , however , able and
popular they may be.
CAKMKU JIKFEROTIOX8 ,
Kansas City Star : The testimony of Sec
retary Carlisle before the sugar scandal In
vestigating committee , made public today ,
ought to convince any one , not before con
vinced , that the charges against him were
merely political fakes without even a thread
of fact on which to depend.
Chicago Mall : Senator McPhcrson Is en
titled to sympathy. Ho admits that ho
bought 1.000 shares of Sugar trust stock
whllo the tariff on sugar was under consid
eration In the committee of which he was a
member , but ho explains that he bought the
stock "unintentionally , " although on tele
graphic order to his broker In New York.
Such unintentionally in largo business af
fairs Is pitiable. McPherson needs a guar
dian other than his son.
Now York World : No effective defense of
Secretary Carlisle's connection with the
sugar schedule can bo made by pointing out
that the clause as ho drafted it differed
slightly from the clause as It now stands In
the senate bill. This Is mere quibbling.
The gravity ot the original charge , the sub
stantial truth ot which was confirmed by
Mr. Carlisle's testimony , lay In the fact that
It placed the secretary ot the treasury and
presumably the president In the position of
approving the concessions made to the Sugar
trust. These concessions were regarded as
the most objectionable feature of the sur
render forced by the 'conservatives'1 In the
senate. If they have administration be
hind them the fight for tariff reform may as
well bo abandoned.
Springfield Republican : This Is a pretty
bad light In which Senator McPherson of
Now Jersey Is placed by the revelations made
before the senate investigating committee.
It will be remembered that a month or two
months ago , when It was being talked about
that members of the fconato finance commit
tee wore speculating in tariff-affected stocks
while they were revising the tariff , McPherson -
son rose In the sonata and admitted that ho
had bought suchstocks , but had ordered
them all sold when , lt , became evident that
pending legislation might affect their valued.
Ho Is now forced .t/radinlt that ho simply
transferred these stgcka to his son. Ho thus
appears not only Jo Jiavo been engaged all
the tlmo In speculating for the prollts to be
gotten out of legislation over whoso course
hU official station' KIXVO him largo Influence ,
but to have sought ! to cover up hla tracks In
the meanest kind , pf > a way by nn appear
ance ot great frankness In relating a half-
truth which was eyory whit as bad as a de
liberate falsehood
f
Till ! K
Pawnee Republican : The silver convcn
tlon which Is soon to meet. In Omaha wll
be made up of dissatisfied democrats , who set
In this meeting their only chance to sll |
Into the populist r > nrty without runnluj
amuck of tlio Chicago platform.
Tobias Tribune. Congressman Bryan otv
noiincei one dny that he has quit the demo
cratlc party nnd has no further use for nr
office. In n dny or two ho calls a big si !
vcr meeting nnd hla friends commence toll
Ing every one In sight what n finis govcrnoi
or senator "Bllllo" would make. There U
moro than one way to skin a cat.
Lincoln News : Hon. James K. Boyd Is
keeping up n deafening silence over the pro
posed free silver split in the democratic
party In this state. There nro n great in an )
democrats who nrc keeping their mouth :
hermetically scaled , but the clamor wll
begin just as eocn ns the shady ones see
which branch of the party Is going lo be
the largest.
Bond County Press : A call has been Is
sued by 300 so-called democrats for n free
silver convention to meet In Omnha June
21. By mnny It Is regarded ns n shrcwil
move of the nntl-ndmlnlstratlon democrat !
nnd Bryan men to keep lit line their waver
ing forces , the rank nnd file of democracy
having become disgusted with the party
nnd are coming over to the populists In
Hocks.
Callawny Independent : Some of our breth
ren bellcvo that In declining to * tand foi
ronomlnatlon In the First * district , iwltl :
Us several thousand republican majority ,
Congressman Bryan has Intentions of coinlnc
to the populists. Not a bit of It. Bryan
has no USD for populists further than tc
advance his own selfish Interests. As the
Lincoln Herald admits , "when Bryan leaves
the democratic party , there won't be a demo
crat In U. " The free silver democrats will
meet in Omaha , endorse Bryan nnd pass r
set of Incoherent silver resolutions , similar
tn the silver declaration of the Missouri
democratic platform. With mich n declara
tion they expect to catch the votes ot popu
lists for Bryan later on. But It won'l
work.
Howolls Journal : A call signed by 2GC
Nebraska democrats for n free silver demo
cratic conference to bo held In the city ol
Omaha on June 21 has been Issued. We
believe that the principal object in this pro
posed conference Is to kick tip strife In the
party and to lead u portion of the party
into the Independent camp. We are led tc
think that such Is the case by the fact thai
many who have signed the call have foi
several years been moro Independents than
democrats nnd many ot them have been
disappointed applicants for federal positions ,
nnd as soon as they wcro told that they
w.ould not bo allowed to feed at the public
crib they became hostile to the administra
tion. We concede that these gentlemen
have a perfect right to meet In any kind ol
a conference that they see fit , but wo de
sire to let the people know the true motive
that prompted them to such action. Thle
call means that the fight against the admin-
tsthatlon In this stnto Is making an effort
for Its final fight. Wo regret that It has
como to this ; wo have had more than our
share of party quarrel In this state , and
we had hoped that at last wo might have a
united democracy. Now that the fight Is
on let us push the war Into Africa. We
believe that the friends of the administra
tion and the friends of true democracy ore
In the majority In this state , and that they
will win the day. Our free coinage friends
may go Into the Independent ranks , but that
Is where they have been voting for several
years : past. Let the fight proceed ; it will
accomplish nt least one good that of bring
ing some so-called democrats out from under
cover.
'
1'OLITIOAK rOTl'UUltKT.
St. Paul Phonograph : Congressman Bryan
and the Nebraska silver democrats arc
booked for'tho populist camp.
Crclghton Courier : Nominate a young re
publican for representative In this district
and he will bo elected by 200 plurality.
Da ves County Journal : To our numerous
esteemed contemporaries who are singing
"Wo are all for Jack MacColl , " wo would
simply say this : Keep your cyo on Tom
Majors. ,
Lincoln News : The seven counties com
prising the First congressional district gave
a republican plurality last fall of 7,919. Per
haps these figures "had something to do with
Bryan's withdrawal.
Table Roelc Argus : Papers throughout the
state take very kindly to the suggestion of
the Argus that Pawnee cour.ly present the
name of C. E. Casey to the state convention
for lieutenant governor.
Miller Union : The Hon. William J. Bryan ,
M. C. , has come to the conclusion that he
Is not bigger than the democratic party and
will try something nearer his size. He thinks
of swallowing the pops.
Stevens of Furnas will again bo a candi
date for state representative on the populist
ticket , but Sheridan of Red Willow has not
been heard from. His political grave is too
deep for his voice to penetrate to the sur
face.
Kearney Journal : And now Matt Daugh-
crty announces himself In the congressional
race with his fighting clothes on. When
Matt makes this announcement It Is at once
realized that there Is to bo a lively chase
after a. congressional nomination.
Valcntnlo Republican : Hon. M. P. Kln-
kald Is very prominently spoken of as n can
didate for the nomination of representative
of the Sixth district. Should Mr. Kinkald
receive the nomination at the hands ot the
republicans of this district It simply means
Representative Kinkald Instead ot Kom.
Cozad Tribune : The free silver demo
crats propose to meet early and nominate
Bryan for governor. Then the Bryan fol-
Idws will all bo good pops for the purpose
of controlling the pop conventions for their
favorite. It's the old , old dodge , with
merely a slight variation anything for office.
Nebraska City Press : Congressman Mc-
Kclghan , ho ot the rheumatic trouble and
the barleycorn remedy , says of Congressman
Bryan : "For the past six years we have
been close friends personally and politic
ally. " This Is reason enough why Mr.
Bryan should bo retired. Ho Is In bad com
pany ,
Thurston Republic : Jack MacColl seems to
1)0 getting a little the best of Majors In the
contest for the gubernatorial nomination.
The designation of Omaha as the place of
lioldlng the convention shows this , for Ma-
| ors made his flght for Lincoln. Majors may
1)0 able to get' the nomination , but It will
sweat lils old hickory shirt to do It , for
MacColl's friends are legion.
Sidney Telegraph : The question now for
republicans of the state of Nebraska to ask
themselves Is , what will we do when Tom
Majors dies ? . Where will wo find a candl-
late for governor ? Tom Is a pretty good
Follow , but ho and his hickory shirt are
Dliestmits. Will some republican point to a
itato convention In the past ten years when
Tom Majors was not In line.
The Kdiicntlnnnl 0' "ll < 'i > tloM.
Indianapolis Journal.
A proposition hns been Introduced In the
New Yorlt conHtltutlonnl convention to es
tablish an educational fiunllllcntlon for tlio
niffrnKo by providing1 that no person shall
1)0 permitted to vote who cannot read and
ivrlte. There seems to bo a distinct len
iency In thnt direction. The people of
Maine adopted such an amendment to the
: onstltutlon of that state two yeara ago ,
ind nlmtlnr propositions are pending In
the states of California nnd Oregon , with
jvery probability that they will be ratified
) y the people. The proposed amendment
: o the Oregon constitution also embraces
v provision that no person of foreign blrih
( hull bo'permitted to vote until he hit *
Ived In the United States five years , nnd
) ecomo a full citizen. These movements
n different states show that public uentl-
nent Is moving in the direction of a moro
ntelllgcnt suffrage.
Take no Substitute
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It is Absolutely Pure.
All others contain alum or ammonia.
FAIR , EQUITABLE AND JOS !
Judge Maxwell's Opinion of tbo Mnxiinun
Freight Kato
DELAY 13 SOUGHT. BY THE RAILROAD !
Knforri-nionl of thu t.iuv .Stnvrtl Off liy Un
ry 1,1'Riit I'ornmlHIi' " I'oilcnil
Ooiirtu lluvn No .fiirlidlctlcin
111 tlu > .Miitlrr.
Judge Maxwell was visited nt his homi
IIMP Fremont nnd asked to give his nplnlot
of the Nebraska maximum rate low. Illi
responses to the questions put were frank
deliberate nnd of nroat Interest to tin
people.
"Have you examined the mnxlmmi
freight bill parsed by the List legislature ? '
the judge Avns nskcd.
"I had not until the action to enjoin II
from being put Into operation was brought , '
ho answered , "The proceeding was so un >
usual thnt It cxclto.l my curiosity so that 1
examined the net to ? ce wlmt It contained. '
"From the examination you made do yo\
think the net Is In conflict with any pro
vision of the constitution or unjust ? "
"I do not , U scorns to mo to bo n vorj
moderate , conservative measure ; cvllcnllj
Intended In n limited degree to remedy some
of the evils from which the people of the
state arc suffering. There Is a spirit ol
fairness running nil through It that Is com
mendable. Thus , It does not apply to new
roads built tdncc December ill. 1SS9 , nm !
exempts now roads to be built before Decem
ber 31 , li'JS , the reason evidently bclnp
thnt n now roml requires time to build up a
lucrative business. There Is also provision
'that If the schedule of rates prescribed by
this act nre unjust nnd unreasonable , such
railroads shall bo exempt therefrom ns here
inafter provided. ' Then the act provide *
that the company complaining shall brliiR
an action before the supreme court ngalnst
the suite 'and upon the hearing thereof , II
the court should become satisfied that the
rates herein prescribed are unjust in so far
as they relate to the railroad company bringIng -
Ing the action , the court may Issue its order
directing the Board of Transportation to
r.ils'e Its rates to any sum In the discretion
of the board , ' but not to exceed the rates
fixed by the railways and In force on the
1st day of January , 1S03. "
"Has the federal court any jurisdiction In
this case ? "
"I am confident than no case has been
made or can be made thnt will Justify en
joining the enforcement of the law. It Is a
fundamental , universal rule of law thnt a
court of equity will not grant an Injunction
when the ordinary legal tribunals are capa
ble of affording sufficient redress. Now , the
fifth section of the maximum freight rate act
provides that a railway company aggrieved
may npply to the supreme court 'and show
to the court nil matters pertaining to the
management thereof , ' nnd that it Is unjust
to reduce rates. Upon this showing the
court no doubt would order rates raised to a
fair price , but not to exceed tlioso In force
December 31 , 1893. Hero Is a plain , speedy
and adequate remedy provided In the act
Itself. The Injunction suit brought In the
federal court looks like a bold attempt to
set the law of the state and the people there
of at defiance. And so long as great corpora
tions hold up the laws and refuse to obey
them It sets an example whoso Influence for
evil Is felt throughout the length and breadth
of the land. The act Is a , law ot this state.
It went Into effect August 1 , 1893. It re
quired no approval of the State Board of
Transportation , and they have nothing to do
with It unless rates ) are raised or lowered.
The validity ot the act I see no reason to
question. It will bo remembered that Gov
ernor Crounse , who Is a very capable lawyer ,
scrutinized the act very carefully before
he signed It. In any event the Invalidity ol
this act could only be determined by the
supreme court of the state , whose decision
the federal court is required to follow. A
state court of equity would have no Juris
diction and the federal court has not a
'
shadow of excuse for Jurisdiction. The ac
tion is brought by the stockholders against
their own employes to prevent them obeying
the laws of the state , under which corpora
tions are formed. The constitution ot the
state constalns stringent provisions against
watering stock and to prevent unjust dis
crimination , and requires the legislature to
correct these and like abuses when they ex
ist. This is the common law , but to make
assurance doubly sure It was placed In the
state constitution. These stockholders In ef
fect seek to take the great corporations from
under the control ot state laws and declare
they aro. not subject to regulation. This will
be denied no doubt : but that will be the ef
fect If they succeed Instead of being mere
servants .of the public they would be
come practically masters. It docs
not follow that because freight rates
are somewhat reduced that railway receipts
will be diminished. The probability is they
would bo Increased. Every reduction ot
passenger rates is followed by an Increase
of travel. The same rule Is true to qulto
an extent with the reduction ot freight
rates. Take the case of shipment of baled
hay for instance : The valleys of the
I'latte and Rlkhorn are grent meadows , and
largo quantities of baled hay are shipped
from them , but rates have been so high that
but few shipments have been made com
pared to whnl would bo If rates were ro-
diice < l so that citizens could ship nnd renllxo
n profit. No pcmon , I nm confident , wishes
la Injure the great corporations. They nro
enlltlpil to fair treatment , they have ro-
.
"lias there not been nnnc.-Msary dulay In
brlngliiK this case to n hearing In the fed
eral court' "
"Theto seems tu hnvr boon great delay ,
nnd that seems tn be one Rreat object of the
railway companies. I think a demurrer to
the bill on the ground of w.mt of Jurisdiction
of the court , and secoii'l tint tlm bill does
not state facts BUtlMciU to ennntUulo a cause
of action wnuld have bean sustained nnd tlm
notion dismissed. ' '
"Ilnvo not some of the railroads that ap
pear In this suit boon constructed slnco De
cember 31 , 18 9 ? "
"Yes , sir ; nt least three. It Is somewhat
strange Hint they should Join In nn notion
In which they have no Interest whatever ,
nnd will not have for five years to come. "
( Jrttliij ; TMInK Itlijlit fur Onro.
IiOiifovlllo Courlcr-Jntitnnl.
tt | i not often that nn UnulHi nows-
Itaper goti nnythhiR straight about affjlrs
In the- United StatoH. but the London
Htnndiird comes closer the truth than
iniiny homo pnpi-w when It says of the
new tariff bill Hint "It will be simply n.
linliiiu-o between opposing personal Inter-
cuts reached under the cumpulHlon of nn
outraged mercantile community , anxious to
do business unmolested. "
Now Yui It lloconlor.
The Nebraska llur doesn't pmponi to to
nltofiether forgotten. Ho tells of u married
c-ouple at Alnswnrlhlin hnvo ha 1 two
sets of twins born to tliom In clgh'o n
months. He falls to mention the p lit ca
of the pnna , which would be nn invaluable
bit or Information to nny one Inclined f >
bet on Nobraska's standing In the national
election ot 1CO. !
Mfo : "Do you know the naluic of an
oath ? "
"Don't know how It In wld most folks.
Judge , but whl me , teckon It's sort of n.
second naluro. "
Boston Budget : Ho May I kiss this
dainty hnml ? She Oh , yes , If It will glvo
you nny pleasure. Hut where do I come In ?
Galveston News : The good man who at
tends to his own business unit supports his
family faithfully expects no rewards save
a few buttons In the right places.
Chicago Record : The Oui-st Here , what
do you mean by waking me up three times
this morning and telling mt > It In brenkfnst
time ? And hire I catch you running awny
with thf > sheet !
Hey Well , you see , boss , we've got to
git do tablecloth whether you git up or not.
Washington Star : "Donr me , " snld the
woman who does not shirk an argument ,
"I'm glad I'm not the wife of a United
States senator. "
"Why ? "
"It would bo BO hnrd to get the last
word. "
Boston Commercial : It Is all very well
to tell a violent man to "keep his temper , "
but Is he not better off without It ? "
Detroit Tribune : "So she's a failure ns a
prlma clonra ? Can't she sing ? " "Oh , yes ,
but slifIs timid when It comes to a hand-
to-hand light. "
Tndlnnnpolls Journal : "Those Kentucky
democrats makes me tired , " said Wlck-
wlro. "Kven If Brecklnrldge succeeds In
getting himself dec ted , his usefulness as a
congressman Is gone. "
"I nm to understiind , then , " remarked
Yabsley , "that you argue from the promlsa
that a democratic congressman Is capable !
of being useful. "
GETTING IN SHAPE.
The summer girl Is getting
Her summer things In shape ,
So that no man her beauty
Can possibly escape.
And when she has them ready ,
An angel without wings
The next thing she'll bi > getting
Her shape In summer things.
A 1'AlXfUL SH11IT.
Bomcrvlllo Journal.
' t'
Until a man hns trlcd'to keep -
A rigid cnsli account
Of personal expenses , he
Can't know the full amount
Of trouble that a man can have
' Within this mortal life ,
Or how much harassed he can be
By painful mental strife.
"Now , what did that ten cents go fort1 *
He asks himself , and then
HP sets to work at balancing
The cursed thing again.
He wastes gray mutter In his wild
Attempts to come out square ,
And finally puts In n cent.
If the cents he needs "ain't there. "
He spends moro time In tracing back
A quarter gone astray
Than he could buy for fifteen dollars
At fifty cents a day.
Just as he thinks he has It , he
Finds out he's ten cents long ,
And then his language oftentimes
Is vivid , fresh and strong.
And so It goes , with varying shndca
Of alternate despair
And hope , till llnnlly the pnln
Gets too Intcnso to bear.
And then the little book is closed ,
And the worn man starts out ,
To plunge Into extravagance.
Without the slightest doubt.
Ah ! yes : until a man hns kept
A rigid cash account ,
He's sure to underestimate
The aggregate amount
Of anguish that a limn can have
Within this mortal life ;
But , Cucsnr ! If you pity him ,
You ought to sec his wife !
See That
HAT REFERS to our great $10 suit sale biggest
.success wo over had it's so genuine real
$12.50 $18 $20 suit for $10 beats the best of
them Just as good suits as are made , and if you
buy one , and it's not satisfactory , or you think you
don'i got your money's worth , we'll give your
money back. Strangers in the city are urgently
requested to call and see us. Ladies' private re
ception room always open.
Browning , King & Co. ,
. S. W. Corner 15th and Dollgltitt. .
