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ildltictloiii for unsold nnd retumetl
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Tolnl sold
lly nvcrnRf net clicutntlon
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anouon i. . . T CHUCK.
Bn-orn to before me nnd tulmcrlbcJ In my prer-
cnro thin 2J dny of JUIIH , 1S3I.
( Seal. ) N. P. mil. . Notary Public.
JIascall and Stuht and Ilroatch have re-
Bolvcd to finish the Union Pacific depot
building. Well , let them finish It. Nobody
Is stopping them.
Dill Dalton has been killed once more. If
this report of his death Is really true what
will the sheriffs and detectives of the next
generation do for a subject upon which to
practice with their pistols ?
The people who rcsldo In the towns and
cities will gladly put up with all the rain
that comes this way If It serves to Improve
the { armor's prospect for a good crop.
Ha In that helps the farmer always helps the
merchant.
The June rise of the Missouri river Is lia
ble to submerge the river front and exercise
the right of eminent domain without reim
bursing the onncrs of the land. The Mis
souri forecloses its mortgage sometimes on
.very short notrce.
Fortunately for the republicans of Ne
braska , alL the eggs set at the State Repub
lican league meeting will not hatch at the
state convention. Several of them will run'
the risk of being broken before the end of
August heaves Into bight.
Doss Croker follows up hh retirement from
active participation In the management of
Tammany hall by fleeing to Europe to evade
the Importunities of office-seeking friends.
Rven the ex-boss has his trials and tribula
tions In this wicked world.
A very enterprising newspaper In these
parts , which gathers its dispatches by grape
vine telegraph , announced In Its Sunday Issue
the death of Cyrus W. Field and favored Its
patrons with a biographical sketch of the
man who laid the Atlantic cable. Within a
week or two It may dawn upon the enter
prising grapevine sheet that Cyrus W. Field
has been dead for moro than a year. Out
that does not matter.
John A. Harbach Is fernlnst a union depot.
IIo Is also fernlnst the auditorium and mar-
Jcet house ; fernlnst more pavement , more
sewers ; fernlnst more school houses , and , for
that matter , fernlnst anything and every
thing that does not benefit John A. Harbaoh
directly. John A. reminds ono of the Irish
man who , after landing on an Island , asked
whether they had a government , and when
told that they had , responded : "Ol'm agin
It ! "
After raking In the purse hung up for the
great Derby , Lord Itosebery Is said to have
been overcome with conscientious scruples as
to the propriety of a Drltlsh prime minister
dabbling In turf matters. It will bo a ques
tion of considerable dUcusslon how the lord's
unannounced conversion happened to take
place Just after , Instead of Just before , the
race was run. It must have been a design
ing fate that arranged the time schedule for
this sudden change.
Of course the sleeping car companies are
objecting strenuously to any legislation by
congress that look tosvard the regulation of
the sleeping car traffic. That has been the
attitude toward every effort of the state
to Impose needed restrictions upon the busi
ness. Their success In blocking state legis
lation mokes It apparent that regulation , If
it Is to bo at all effective , must come from
congress. These companies are engaged al
most exclusively In Interstate commerce and
should bo brought under federal control as
well as the railways.
An Item recently appeared In The Dee to
the effect that a public committee at Ne
braska City had Invited Colonel Ilrcckln-
rldgo to make an address In that city July
4. The Item has given offense , nnd the
author of the report has been denounced , as
nny common llbclor would bo. The IJeo
confesses Its blunder , but Is gratified to
know that the people of Nebraska City have
no use for Colonel Drccklnrldgc. Thcro are
orators In Nebraska who need only an In
vitation to Induce them to cause the caslo
to scream nnd dare- any man to pull down
the stars and stripes. No city In this state
need go abroad for a Fourth of July orator.
The principle of homo Industry applies In
this matter as In all others.
Although the Gorman legation at Washing
ton donlos that It has notified the United
State * authorities that Its government will
levy retaliatory duties upon American pork
In case this country adopts n tariff dis
criminating against the Importation of Ger
man sugar , yet that affords no assurance
that such action will not be taken.'The
particular consideration for the removal of
the Gorman embargo oTi American pork was
the equal treatment of German sugar ex
porter * with the incur exporters of other
countries. ItemrjTo thU oonildoratlon and
rttrminr will ! ; < * /r a to talzo the flnt ocoa-
IMt ttiMf offer to reoccupy her former
tff again ( butting out the American
K..jC TlMr ii ftJl of the Herman legation
I .IIM * M p(7 Hut ( l niiny has riot yet
< / / w lt > tfjf 6 * tMtos In the matter and
( Cut M ( fc * * af * > rrf * > to il until > m
k'j i Uul 16 * i/aoftd It Dtia undtr her f t.
/.K.S-.S 1'xrArnti.wiiK mnitict \ t.Tvn'n
The efforts of republican senators to ae
euro In the senate tariff bill less unfavnrautt
consideration for the agricultural products ol
the country than \M ! accorded In the house
bill has not been without effect. AKhour.t
the demands of republican senators were nol
fully compiled with , and doubtless were nol
expected to be , rates on agricultural proJuct.1
as provided In the Wilson b'.ll have been
generally Increased nnd n number of sucli
products that wcro placed by that bill In
the frco list , wholly for the benefit of Cana
dian farmers , .whether Intentionally or not ,
have been made dutiable. Thus the objec
tion to the house tariff bill that It proposed
to glvo the agricultural producers of Canada
the unrestricted advantage of the great
American market does not lie ncnlnst thn
senate bill , although the latter measure falls
considerably below the protection asked for
by the farmers of the United States , with
whoso products thosu ot Canada come Into
competition.
The entire agricultural Interest of the
northern border states Is directly concerned
In this legislation , and In a dogrcs the
farmers not on the border are also. Inter
ested , for obviously this Is a matter In which
the welfare of n part Is the welfare of all.
The policy of the Wilson bill would unques
tionably bo very damaging to a great number
of our agricultural producers , and It c.innqt
reasonably bo assumed that the advantage
to consumers , If thcro should bo any , would
bo at all proportioned to the loss of pro
ducers. The farmers of Canada have an nd-
Vnntagc In cheaper land and labor , nnd the
effect of enabling them to freely compete
In our markets with American farmers could
not bo otherwise than to reduce the value ot
agricultural lands hero and also tlio price at
farm labor. In view of the fact that the
producers of this country arc not now get
ting satisfactory returns on most of their
products , and that the outlook Is not alto
gether favorable , It would manifestly bo a
most grave mistake to subject them to a
competition In the homo markets which
would .Inevitably still further reduce the
value of their products. Besides , there Is
not a single valid reason why this country
should make any such concession to Cana
dian producers ns the house bill proposed
without requiring anything In return. Can
ada maintains a strong tariff wall against
our manufactured products , and the govern
ment of that country proposes to adhere to
this policy. While asking for a reciprocity
arrangement that would allow the natural
products ot Canada to enter the markets of
the United States free , the Dominion govern
ment has persistently declined to concede
anything to our manufacturers. Under such
circumstances thcro can bo no justification
of a policy which proposes to build
up Canadian agricultural Interests at
the expense of our own. The
agricultural schedule of the senate bill will
not be satisfactory to the American farmers
directly affected , but It Is an Improvement
upon the schedule that came from the house.
7/OH' THEY 110XKI ) TJIK COMPASS.
About two dozen citizens , called together
by a confidence circular to devlso means
for reviving commercial activity in the lower
end of town , got together Saturday night.
It was suggested that the street railroad
company should bo made to run two or three
moro loops and a switchback through , over
and across several of the lower streets be
tween Thirteenth and Ninth to stimulate
the jobbing trade. This brilliant 'suggestion
was voted right and timely without dissent.
Then It was proposed to build a viaduct and
market house across the chasm on Twelfth
street over the railroad tracks , regardless
of expenses. Where the money for this
aerial structure was to como from was not
broached. Nobody present offered to sub
scribe a dollar or contribute a foot of land ,
not even that most public spirited of all our
spirited citizens , John A. Harbach. Pre
sumably Hascall and Stuht will take that
contract and supply all the sinews for Its
speedy execution.
Having disposed of the Twelfth street Via
duct and market house on stilts , the conclave
wrestled valiantly with the union depot
problem. The concurrent opinion , as expressed
'
pressed by an eminent judge , was that
Sluht made an eggreglous ass "of himself
when ho brought that Injunction suit and
allowed John D. Howe to become his "pard"
as an Injunctor. On the proposal for the
Immediate finishing of the 10x12 grand cen
tral union depot thirty feet below the Tenth
street viaduct there was an unexpected di
vision of opinion. Fourteen men , Including
Ilascall , Stuht and Droatch , decided to man
damus the United States court to mandamus
the receivers to quo warranto the general
manager of the Union Pacific to proceed
instanter with the sky parlor , and the reso
lution was declared to bo the volco of Omaha.
All that now remains to bo done Is to have
the mayor , city council , Doard of Public
Works , police commission and park commis
sion fall In with Stuht and Hascall's pro
cession and Invoke Judge Dundy to place the
seal of his court on the parchment directing
the Union Pacific Depot company , over which
ho has no control , to resume whcro It left
off two years ago. And It Judge Dundy does
not Immediately obey the behest of Acting
Mayor Ilascall , Judge Scott can clto Dundy
to appear before the criminal branch of the
district court and answer why ho should not
bo punished by fine and Imprisonment for
contempt.
TllK KltlAltAUUA CAHAh ,
The advocates In congress of the policy of
Identifying the federal government financial
ly with the Nicaragua canal seem to bo
making progress In gaining converts. The
house committee on commerce has agreed to
report a bill , In the main similar to the Mor
gan measure , foi the acquirement of tbo
canal by the government and for carrying on
the work to completion. It Is said that rep
resentations that British Influences are at
work In Nicaragua against the United States
have had the effect of stimulating the desire
for early legislation. That Drltlsh Influence
may bo operating to prejudice Nicaragua
against this country In connection with the
canal Is not Incredible , but It does not seem
probable that It can have much effect , un
less the Nicaragua ! ! government Is strangely
dcflc.le.nt In an understanding of what Its
bolt Interests are In the mutter. It ought
to know that the United States will never
tolerate British control of the projected
waterway and that a-iy arrangement that
might bo made between Nicaragua and the
llrlllsli government Involving such control
would bo > lgorously , and doubtless success
fully , opposed by this government. It Is
hardly conceivable that the Nicaragua ! ! gov
ernment Is unaware of this , and , assuming
that It has the knowledge , there leetns to
bo little reason for the reported apprehension
regarding British Inllnencu there.
The terms of the measure which the house
committee on commerce proposed to report
hnvo not been made public. The Morgan
bill provide * that the government shall ba-
como roipoiislhlo for bonds of the canal
company to the amount of JIOO.000,000 , the
government to have us part aocurlty stock
ot the company to the amount of 170,000,000.
| In the report on thU bill It was said tlmt
i Its certain effects , If It became a law , will
| bo to put Into nctlvo business employment
, $100,000,000 of money borrowed from our
own people without risk to the government.
Such a movement ns this at this time , It
was urged , would stir all Industries Into
activity and release other hiinJrcds of millions
(
lions of dollars that nro being hoarded. It
would furnish employment , said the report ,
to 50,000 Americans who are begging for
work nnd often for food. It would yield to
the United Slates , at the rate of $1 per toi
for canal charges , not less than $4,000,001
per annum ot dividends on Its $70,000,001
of stock In the canal. It was also urgei
that If action by congress Is delayed unrca
sonably long the company will bo coiapollec
cither to abandon the concession nnd Ins.
the money already Invested In the canner
or to accept the offers made by foreign cap
Itallsts.
These are plausible arguments , but they
nro hardly of a natnro to convince tbo
American people that It Is dcslrnblo or wouU
be wise for the general government to assume
sumo the obligation of practically providing
for the construction nnd maintenance of the
canal which the Morgan bill provides for
There Is a very general and firmly notei
popular sentiment that this Is not -n sort o
business In which the government can prop
crly or Judiciously engage. Whatever the
govormcnt can do within Us proper functions
to Guard the canal company against forelgi
Interference and to keep the enterprise under
American control should bo done , but the
proposition that It shall become responsible
for the money necessary to construct the
canal by endorsing the bonds of the com
pany , or that It shall provide the money
as provided In the Dryan bill , by subscriber
for stock of the canal company and issuing
United States notes In payment therefor
such notes' to have the same legal tender
qualities and redemption rights ns the green
backs , will not ba approved , It Is entirely
safe to say , by the Intelligent Judgment of
the American people.
.1 VAii-it
It has not been thought that the consum
mation of a commercial treaty between Ger
many nnd Hussla would bo so far-reaching
as to affect nny Interest In the United
States , but It appears from a report to the
State department by Consul General Mason ,
at Frankfort , that such Is the case. AccordIng -
Ing to this authority the petroleum and
lubricating oil Interests of this country arc
likely to suffer seriously from the effects
of this treaty. Until the tariff war of last
year between Germany and Russia nil crude
nnd refined petroleum Imported Into the
former country was subject to a uniform
specific duty. The tariff war caused the
rates on all oils ot Russian origin to be
advanced CO per cent and for some time
all but suspended Imports from that coun
try , the result being a corresponding Im
petus to German Irrports of American lu
bricating oils nnd kerosene. Under the gen
eral law , as It has stood since 1874 , Ameri
can petroleum has enjoyed a definite advantage -
tago over Imports of Russian oils by reason
of Its lighter specific gravity.
The treaty with Russia amends the general
tariff law of Germany In such a way that
the practical effect will be to abolish the ad
vantage which the American oils have hith
erto enjoyed by reason ot their lighter grav
ity and put both upon an equal footing In
respect to duty , whore they must compete on
their respective merits as illuminating' ma
terial. The best authorities , Consul General
Mason says , unite In declaring that the best
grade of Russian kerosene Is fully equal to
the best American In Illuminating power , but
It has the disadvantage of being a heavier
oil. It Is perfectly obvious , however , that
the petroleum trade of the United States
with Germany , which Is a considerable item
of our commerce with that country , must
suffer. Nor Is this the only American Inter
est which will be unfavorably affected by the
commercial treaty between Russia and Ger
many. Doth countries , says Mr. Mason , are
striving by every means to enlarge and ex
tend their foreign trade ; each will make the
utmost of every now advantage which has
been acquired and the competition in their
respective markets will become , In future ,
correspondingly moro difficult for imports
from other countries , Including the United
States. Germany will hereafter buy moro of
Russian products than she has hitherto done ,
thereby reducing her demand for similar
products from this country , whllo Russia
will take the manufacture. ) of Germany In
preference to those of any other country. It
would sc-om that wo must bo prepared to
witness a large diminution of our commerce
with Germany.
TIIK KIQIIT UOUll LA\r. \
The act to regulate the hours of labor of
mechanics and laborers known as the eight-
hour law has been declared unconstitutional
and void by the supreme court. The grounds
upon which tlio court declared this act
Invalid are that It Is special or class legisla
tion Inasmuch as It discriminates between
different classes of labor by exempting from
Its operation persons engaged In farm or
domestic labor. There Is also a fatal kink
In the act In the provision that fixes the
pay for over tlmo at double the amount
per hour paid fortho previous hour. Thus
a man who worked for $2 a day of eight
hours would bo entitled to BO cents for the
ninth hour's work , $1 for the tenth hour's
work , $2 for the eleventh hour's work and
$1 for the twelfth hour's work. And If ho
woiked fourteen hours he would got $8. for
the thirteenth and $1C for the fourteenth
hour.
hour.Whllo
Whllo very few workmen nro obliged to
put In fourteen hours at a stretch there
are occasions when men may bo required
to put In four or flvo hours over time. FQr
Instance , a washout or n break-down on a
railroad may require the engineers and
firemen to remain In active service twolva
to sixteen hours or oven longer. Such
things are liable to happen on any well
regulated railroad. The same Is true of
section hands , telegraph repairers nnd op
erators. It also might happen In cities
during a flood or other disaster that would
require workmen In factories or other es
tablishments to remain on duty a whole
night perhaps. In such emergencies a
charge that doubled the amount per hour
as paid for the previous hour would bo
exorbitant nnd oven ruinous whcro any con *
sldcrablo number of persons are employed.
Obviously the act should have provided
tor emergencies. It will bo berne In mind
that The Dee called attention to the fact
of the exemption of farm labor as class
legislation. The farmers In the legislature
wcro willing to let everybody else work
eight hours except the men whom they
employ. While there was nothing to prevent -
vent the farmer from working his men
sixteen hours a day ho was willing to sub
ject all other employers of labor to the
pressure ot a compound condensing engine.
There Is really no great loss to .labor by
reason tit the decision of the court. The
eight-hour day has become almost universal
for all wageworkers outside ot domestic
service and farm labor. Iti adoption Is
not due * to the rlprtit-lioiir ln , but to the
n.itiirnl process of "si/orlcnlng / the morn go
labor hours by tljn Introduction of InW
raving machinery. , < In' many Instances the
right-hour law hnaibi'tti n detriment to the
great mas * of wanting 'people ' bccaiiHii It
rrcntcd a favored lMlof ] workers In public
employment at tlo | , cjcpcnso of the other
waRinvtjrkCM who er" compelled t' ) con
tribute lliclr nhitrc In tnxr without rnjoylnt ;
tlio benefit uf redncjiiV hoitrs.
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The leveling Is going on all
the time , Mho the law of gravitation , will
operate upon nil classes nt labor whether
thcro Is tiny law dtT the statute book or
i".1
not. .
Chicago still con'tinuus ' to wage vigorous
war upon the smoke nuisance. The cnmdo
against thn smoke nuisance Is about to tnku
In public EChool buildings. Chicago has n
smoke Inspector nnd that ofilclnl has notified
the school board tlmt unless nmolo consum
ers are provided ho will proceed to prosi'cuto
the board for permitting more than 100
school buildings to bo chronic violators of the
smoke ordinance. The smoke Inspector de
clares Incidentally that every partlclo of
smoke which comes from n chimney Is
wasted fuel. The proper combustion of fuel
Is n sclunco whose laws must be observed If
economy bo desired. It Is nnqucstlonublo
that smoke escaping from u chimney Is
wasted fuel. Either the furnace Is worn out
by neglect or Inferior coal or the engineer In
charge does not understand his business. U
costs money to maintain n smoke nuisance.
It Is In the Interest , therefore , of private
economy , ns well as of public health and
cleanliness , tlmt the smoke nuisance shall
bo abated.
Senator Hoar shculd not let his zeal to be
friend the heirs of hl late colleague. Senator
Stanford , get the bolter of his sense of Ju
dicial fairness nnd equity. The prosecution
of the claim of the United States against the
Stanford estate for Us share of the Indeb cd-
ness owing tbo federal government by the
Central Pacific has not been suggested as a
punishment of the beneficiaries of that estate -
tate , but ns an act of justice to the people
and taxpayers of the entire country. There
Is a loss that must be berne nnd It Is n ques
tion whether It should not be recouped from
the property fraudulently diverted from the
railroad to the stockholders rather than drawn
from the Innocent shippers along the line of
the road. Sentimental admiration for the
character of the late Senator Stanford has
no place In the matter.
llro.Ucli anil Stulit.
Lincoln News.
Turn nbout Is only fair piny. tip In
Omnho. Ernest Stuht 1ms been running
Mayor Urontch for governor a long while.
Now let Uroatch do as much for Stuht.
1'nlno Prrtcnso.
Philadelphia. I.edRcr.
Sugar Is to be taxed for the sake of the
revenue It will produce , nnd the revenue is
needed now , but the senate has decided
thnt the new tnrlfr , so fnr ns suinr Is con
cerned , shall not take effect until next
January. 'i '
End the Prr ry ( iiibblo.
Qlobq-Democrat.
The tariff debate inthe , senate In easily
the dreariest thlnjc ot the kind thnt has
ever been known In this country. All of
the speeches , with the : , single exception of
Sherman's have been commonplace nnd rep
etitious , nnd the country will experience a
feeling of decldedu'ellef when the monoton
ous performance cpmes to nn end.
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Indian's I'lii.inelnl StiugKlo ,
Denver , Republican.
There Is nothing ; checilng' for gold mono-
mctalllsts In the1 condition of Indian
finances. More nndmore the government
Is being- driven into b corner In Its pffort
to maintain the priceof council bills. A
new gold loan muy ibe made , but that
would not give tpermaaent relief. The
worse It becomes for India , the worse
eventually will It be' for "England.
Disaster Follow * 1'orost Destruction.
Springfield ( Mnss.j Republican.
It nppenrs that the towns which have
suffered most from recent Hoods Hi various
parts of the country wcro lumber towns
located nt the base of mountains , whose
sides had been swept clean of forests. This
Is another powerful reason why the tariff
on lumber should go. The policy of con
fining lumber consumption to our own pro
duct as long1 ns a tree Is left standing Is a
remarkable ono for this country to bo en
forcing.
Arlil r.niul Survey.
Kansas City Star.
The proposed survey of the nrld lands
of the. west. It undertnken by the general
government nt nil. should be begun In ear
nest nnd with a view to absolutely settling
the question ot the possibilities of Irriga
tion. It Is hardly necessary to say that
the proposed appropriation of $25,000 for
each stnte , when Montana , Washington ,
Oregon nnd the Uakotas are Included , is
but n drop In the bucket. If the work
Is to be done at all , let Us magnitude bo
fully realized from the start and the neces
sary provision made.
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I'uttietlc I'loii for n first ,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
* Tills Is a dreadfully disagreeable sort ot
a year , anyway. Weather nnd weather
and elections nnd elections , until It has
simply become exasperating. It mjxy be
the making' of blackberries , but it is roughen
on democrats.
Let up on elections.
Boycott elections.
Abolish elections.
Blot elections out of the constitution nnd
swipe the word out of the dictionary.
Some people never know when to stop.
Nothing Is more disgustingthun cnrrylng-
thlnga too fnr carrying elections especially.
There nro thousands and thousands of
folks In this country who are just plumb
tired out at the mere thought of nn elec
tion.
Say , what's the good ot elections , nny-
liow ? They nln't all-llred funny as some
Ijlots seem to think.
Jlloiv Almoil nt Labor.
Chicago Tribune.
The movement In favor of "free colnngc
nt the ratio of 10 to 1 , " like the free trade
movement , is a blow aimed at labor. It Is
expected and intended to reduce the effec
tive compensation of the wage toller. The
[ irogrum Is to pay him with the same num
ber of cheap dollars that ho now receives
for n week's woik In good money , while
each of those cheap dollars will not buy
more than at present 50 cents' worth of
food , clothing , fuel , or nny of the other
things which nre necessary to the welfare
of the worker and bis family. And they
tiave the effrontery to nsk the wngeworker
to vote for a chnngo which would place
lilm In this predicament , nnd hope that be
; s asinine enough to do It. They have the
jrnzen Impudence tot nssuro the workmen
It would be for thfln benefit to get half
worth dollars paid , -them for their labor ,
when the persons .giving- this assurance
< now well they nro counting upon the con
trary , nnd thnt this expectation la the chief
reason why they 'Want ' free silver colmigu
at n ratio which would cut off GO per cent
of the buying- power of the American dol-
At 10:10 : yesterdn , mqrnlng JIrs , Qourtzen ,
1900 South Second street , fell from a
Twenty-fourth strefit cnr , In charge of
Conductor Chllds , Twenty-fourth nnd
Seward streets. no wns about to leave
the car when a ( Sudden Jolt caused her to
lose her balance. She fell on her side nnd
sustained Intcrnnl-lJiJurli'S.
. Towno was-t-allfcd and made
IJr. - nn ex
amination of thawoman'8 Injuries. Ho
says they are qult serious and may prove
fatal. % \
POLITIC IT. POTI'Ottltltf.
Ord Journal : Ain't It about tlmo for
another ratification meeting over the demo
cratic victory of 1832 ? Perhaps tlmt Is what
the silver democrats are going tu do In
Omaha.
Ilontrlee Express : It seems n pity to
atntiRhtcr Judge llroady , even as n nx At the
Jlminbles , but that'j what will happen him
If he allows his friends to persuade him to
run for congress In the Klrst district.
Seward lllade : It Is safe tu any that Con-
irassinnn ; Hnlner will have no opposition for
renomlnatlon. He hn been a faithful worker
during his first term. He has remained In
Washington nt his post cf duty , and attended
promptly to the wants of his constituents.
Kearney Hub : Unless npenrances are
quite deceiving Jnck MacColt will receive
the republican nomination for governor on
the first ballot by n largo majority. He Is
one of the nusl popular candidates that bus
cvsr stepped out before the people of his
state.
Cozad Tribune : Our demo-pop friends
who advocate fusion to down the republicans
In Nebraikn are respectfully referred to the
fate of fusion In Oregon , where the same
parties milled to defeat the republican legis
lative ticket. It didn't work in Oregon ,
neither will It go In Nebraska.
Lincoln News : The Majors men nre now
whispering around the ttate that When the
war broke out Jack MncColl skipped over
into Canada to escape the draft and remained
there until after the war wns over. MacColl
was only 12 years old when the war wns ever
nnd he didn't have to go very far to escape
a draft.
Plattsmouth News : Nebraska voters will
pay moro for every pound of sugar they
buy from this tlmo on , as a penally for
having voted for Dryan and other democrats
to misrepresent their Interests In congress.
Object lessons come high , but we have n
good ono In the Sugar trust legislation of
our democratic congress that thn common
people can nnd will heed.
Howclls Journal : It seems to be the opin
ion of the leading democrats of the Second
district that Judge Irvine will bo made the
nominee of his party for congress. With
Judge Irvine ns their candidate the demo
crats would stand an excellent show of suc
cess. The district Is very close and Irvine
Is extremely popular , as was shown by the
large vote ho received In Douglas county
when ho ran for supreme Judge.
Lincoln News : Tom Majors owns some
thing like 3.7CO acres of Improved lands
In Nemaha county , but they have not been
cultivated half so well for the past quarter
of a century ns have his hopes for the gov
ernorship. Tom has been n candidate for
governor a great many times. Ho moved
to Nebraska the year after Do Solo discov
erer the Mississippi and has been running
for governor ever since. He only stopped
once , and that only long enough to make a
war record.
Goring Courier : A call Is Issued for a
state conference of the so-called Urynn dem
ocrats who are In reality populists to dU-
cuss ways and means for becoming populists
and at the same tlmo retaining the name
and dignity of the democratic party. It Is
the same old scheme , engineered by the same
old gang , who nro In It for the coin , and nf
course It Is being backed by all the Jim Crow
democrats who have held hands with the
pop ? over since the possibility of using the
latter for cntspnws was conceived.
York Times : There will be plenty of work
for nil republicans this fall In Nebraska.
That the victory Is ours there can bo no
question , but with our opportunities , with
the weapons the democratic party has put
In our hands , with the almost universal dis
tress that has been brought about by tills
unwise and disloyal administration , a bare
victory Is not enough. It should bo a land
slide that will bury the opposition out of
sight , that will emphatically rebuke the
foolish vagaries and the criminal deceptions
of the opposition , and It can bo made that
by an aggressive and energetic campaign.
LA1IOK XOTES.
Canadian Patrons of Industry have estab
lished a national organ.
Chicago printers voted against a flvo-day
law and for eight hours.
Dradstreot's reports 175,000 as now on
strike In the coal mining Industry.
Two of the large flour mills at St. Louis
are closed because of the coal famine.
There Is reported to bo a great scarcity
of farm laborers In thu Lower Mississippi
valley.
The stone cutters In Rochester , N. Y. ,
who went on a strike recently , have re
sumed work.
Chicago painters compromised their
strike. The Trades assembly will back the
Pullman strike.
Dr. Parkhurst has promised to aid the
labor unions of Now York City In securing
labor legislation.
The actors In Now York City have or
ganized a union which bids fair to become
national In scope and character.
Representatives of over 1,000,000 coal
miners , at the International convention at
Drussells , demanded eight hours.
J. S. Coxoy of Commonweal fame Is one
of the quarry owners who employ members
of the National Quarrymens union.
The striking coopers at the Cobb Lime
company's works , at Rockland , Me. , have
accepted a cutdown of 1 cent per cask.
The contractors have acceded to the de
mands of the carpenters at St. Louis and
l.COO union men have returned to work.
The striking brlckmakers of the lllue
Island district of Chicago have compromised
their differences with the manufacturers.
The strike at the Washington mills , in
Lawrence , Mass. , was declared oft and sev
eral hundred operatives were given work.
The waiters In their national convention
resolved to endorse In full the political plat
form of the American Federation of Labor.
Forty creel boys employed In tbo carpet
mill at Mount Holly , N. J. . struck for an
Increase of 25 cents. This throws 100
weavers out of work.
The Chicago , prlnters union paid $8,433 In
out-of-work benefits to Its unemployed mem
bers during the last fifteen weeks ; $4,500
was paid out In sick benefits.
( IKXIVS HXTltAOlltHSAKY
Harper's IJnzar.
Hicks Is a truly wondrous wight , whose
llko'H not otten met ; , , . . . . , ,
A man of gifts so varied that they've
brought him but regret ;
Whoso work so full ot power was It
brought about his fall ,
So that today ho nits and dares not use
his mind at all.
IIo wrote a farce so funny that all those
who went to see
Did simply die thcro In their seats from
And 's'o,1 of cours'e. Hicks hnd to take his
play from off the boards ,
Lest In the future ho receive a murderer's
rewards.
"Tho novel Is the thing for me , " he said ,
nnd sat him down . . . . .
Before his desk nnd penned a tale -that
captured all the town ;
But It was such a brilliant talc , so dazzling
bright , Indeed ,
It blinded with Its splendor every ono who
tried to read.
Ho turned his mind to music ; wrote a
waltz folks woie entranced ;
But when 'twas played oh , scandalous !
the bishop , even , danced.
And once nn orchestra of ten , whllo play-
' with his notes they
really couldn't Mtop.
Then painting Hicks took up. Alaa ! So
potent was his brush
That men were trampled down and maimed
liy others In the tush . ,
Who'd gene to gape ; and hence It Is at
least so rumor Bulth
That Illcks now Hares do naught at all
imt sit nnd wait for death.
Highest of. all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ii .tan Tin.\tm.
Oregon deserves unstinted prnlie for offec-
tiially plugging n pernicious blowhole.
Reflections on revolutions In South Amer
ica should crasevlillo ( lie mllltla Is In tlio
field In llvu American state * .
Into royal assurances of pence nhrn.id nro
coupled with n report that Krupp'n RUII tnc-
lory la overwhelmed \yltli orders.
As llio Ort-Kon majority rjacs Into n\o
( Inures , n largo nssortinota of polltk.tl lias
burns threaten to forsake tliolr KMVO clothe * .
If It In true tluit tlio Moml aUcil In de
feating the domocrnry of Oregon , It Ulna-
tnites tlio folly of cultivating n repugnance
for water.
O'Donovn'n Uossa'a ro-cntry Into Ireland
wns sliimll/cd with brnss bands In Cork.
Ills mission , however , will not bo limited to
tlio pulling of Cork IORS.
Senator Mcl'horson's over zealous valet
manifests no anxiety regarding his Job. Serv
ants possessed ublllty to tarn < I5OI)0 ) for
Hie lioitsB In a tow hours are too rare to be
dispensed with.
Tltero Is notlilm ; now under the nun. Tlio
poisonous root , tlio eating of which cnused
tlio ileath of MVP boy In Tnrrytown. N. V. .
In half nil hour , la n species of water hem
lock , similar to that which catned tlio death
of Socrates , ncctirdlng to Crook history.
A hamhomr- monument , paid for by sub
scriptions fathered among tlio newspaper
iiml other friends of tlio late William Mc-
Onrralun , has been put over his Bra\o. In-
scrlbeil with tlio words he was of truest
heard to quote In his hopeful , cheery way ,
"Hotter Days. " Two of his heirs from Con
necticut have turned up and are going to
try their luck in tlio fight that occupied his
life that of pro&ecuting the McUnrrahau
claims.
A Washington scientist dopoioa and gays
that sweat Is a liquid photograph of one's
emotions. Chemical analysis of perspiration
uhows that good and bad emotions affect
the exudations of the Inillvldu il. This Is
particularly noticeable In the sweat of a
guilty portoii , which turns to a pink when
placed In a glass tuba and exposed to contact
with selcnlc acid. The dlbcovory Is timely.
As several senators arc now In the sweatbox -
box , sulllcleiit material Is available for a
practical demonstration. Investigators nearer
homo are at liberty to apply tlio test.
The Invention of M. Turpln , about which
the Fioncli manifest some Irritation , Is a
base Imitation. \eraclous correspondent
of Mtilhatton tendencies asserts that the
honor of originating the man-killer belongs
to Wilbur Clinton Knight of Nebraska , a
verdant Yankee , who floated up from llluo
Springs to Lincoln ten years ago. Mr.
Knight possesses a keen sense of humor , and
when he gazed upon n legislature In active
eruption lie excl.ilmod , "What funny things
wo see when we haven't got a gun. " An
Irresistible Impulse to arm himself led to
the Invention of the terrible engine of de
struction which M. Turpln palmed oft on the
German government. Fortunately the legis
lature adjourned before the gun of Mr.
Knight was perfected.
TllK VOUlll 01' '
New York Advertiser : The revulsion
against political Insanity In Oregon Is most
emphatic and there Is no doubt that It ex
tends all over the Pacific coast.
Globe-Democrat : 1'cnnoyer gave Presi
dent Cleveland a sample of gubernatorial
politeness and proposed to follow It up with
senatorial courtesy , but Oregon has excused
him.
Kansas City Slar : The state of Oregon
has made It plain that It Is easy enough to
pulverize a crank like Pennoyer when the
people once unite to accomplish a work of
that. kind.
New York Recorder : Oregon has grown
weary of socialism. She has set her face
against It and against democracy by an
overwhelming majority. Her populist gov
ernor will not go to the senate of the United
States , and the democrat who planned to
succeed him Is left at homo to nurse his
baffled ambition.
Courier-Journal : The redeeming feature
about the Oregon election Is that If the
democrats are beaten so are the populists of
the Pennoyer brand. No such "fusion" as
that of democracy and populism Is really
deserving of success , and the sooner demo
crats everywhere appreciate the fact the
better for their party.
Philadelphia Times : Next to the well
merited defeat of a dangerous demagogue
the Oregon result Is reassuring In its Indi
cation that the wave of populism In one of
the worst Infected states of the extreme
west has reached and passed its flood tide.
Wl.at the Oregon election has demonstrated
Is likely to be manifested In all the states
which have suffered from the populist craze.
New York Post : If the democratic sen
ators and representatives In congress had
any sense they would take warning from
this result In Oregon. They are contem
plating the same blunder ; Indeed , have all
but perpetrated It already. The great ma
jority of the democrats in the house , with
out any warrant from the last democratic
national platform and In defiance of the
party's traditions , have accepted from the
populists the income tax principle and made
this the condition of their supporting any
tariff bill. The democrats In the senate
seem on the point of following the example.
The consequences on the national field must
bo the same as In the state. The people
"have no use for" a party which has no
principles and which Is ready to take up
any wild notion which demagogues bring
forward. The drift of democracy towards
populism must end In the deserved defeat
of an organization which retains no claim
to popular respect.
TIIK sva.tn MAT
Minneapolis Trllmnn : Tlio propio will
j Judge at the polla which represents t.ullt ro-
j form- the body of thirty-seven republicans
who stood for free sugar. or the aggregation
| of forty-two democrats ! who \olcd n stiff pro- vtl
' tocllon for the sugar octopus at the dictates
1 of the president.
St. Paul Globe : Wo tny Dint this gratuity
to the trust ha absolutely no oxciisq , It
Is not needed to oompcnsato It for any
, greater labor cost In refining than Its foreign
i competitor have to meet , nor U It n notirco
of revenue. This In shown by the f.iel that
: for years there lui\o been no Imports of roi
I fined sugar to any extent that would bo ap
preciable on prices.
i Chicago Herald : Senator Mcl'hcrson's
servant girl , who sent tlio famous tclrgrnm
ordering a purchase of Sugar trust slock--
a transaction by which the senator cleared
$15.000 ought to bo advanced to the rank ,
p.iy and cniuluiiionls of tjpewrltpr At the
very least. Huuh n foinaln Is lee Milu.iblo to
be exposed to the rink ut being blown up
while lighting the kitchen fro with kerosene ,
Springfield Republican { Ind. dom. ) Only
on the supposition that the \\holo democratic.
party l under obligations to the Sugar
trust Is the action cf the majority ex *
pllcablc. There Is no other way to account
for this extraordinary COUI-RC. Hut the people
ple will have to be given a very different ex
planation before they lend further support tea
a party thus committed. A moro shameless
violation of the popular confidence was never
scon.
Minneapolis Times : Tlio people wcrn ex
pected to believe that sonitors from sovereign
eign states were pleading for the welfare ot
all their people , when In fact the senator
for the Sugar trust had arranged with the
senator for the Salt trust to pool their Issues
with the senators who represent metallic
bedsteads , steel pens , cutlery and hosiery.
and Insist that their common enemy the
Cio.OOO.OOO general consumers shall pay for
feit anil ransom to them all.
Now York Tribune : The Sugar truit hat
the support of every democratic senator , ex
cept Messrs. Hill and Irby. In getting every
thing It has demanded. If It bought votes
the votes have been delivered. If II enabled
sundry senators to make profits In specula
tion without risk to themselves they liavo
paid It by voting to bestow upon It a gift of
$31.000,000 , acccrdlng to the calculation of
Senator Aldrlch. If It bought the democratic
pjrty at wholesale by Its contributions to the
c.unpa gn fund In 1S9U the democratic ad
ministration and senators have delivered
everything they were asked to deliver.
Chicago Kvcnlng Post : In thu list of sen
ators who voted to glvo $50,000.000 to the
Sugar trust In addition to providing other
wise for that hungry conspiracy In a way
that the atrocious McKlnley could not have
Improved upon wo find the name "Palmer. "
Who can this bo ? Imposs.ble It should bo
John M. Palmer John McAuley Palmer , the
upright statesman , the people's senator , the
fiery pillar of thu dark days of tariff reform.
Surely the scourge of moncply has not gene
back on us. Who Is the rank Impostor who
has borrowed the whiskers of a goat and
thus disguised sits In the stead of thU de
fiant democrat ? And where Is John Mc
Auley ? Have the minions of protection made
away with him ? Is he In the Potomac or
only In the soup ? Wo are distressed about
him , and while he Is away the county that
lies over against his homo county has
changed from C35 democratic to SOU republi
can.
Philadelphia Ilecord : "A silk dress Is
like a scandnl , " says the Mnnuytinlc
philosopher , "because the chances nre ten
to one that there Is a woman In It. "
Tld-Illls : "Do you think you can safely
trust n business secret to Hanks ? "
' I should say so. I lent him T5 nearly a
year ago , mid he 1ms never breathed n
word about it since. "
Plain Denier : "Now I'm Betting the run
of the thing ! " ns the policeman said when
he took after the dudi1.
Indianapolis Journal : "I don't see why
It Is that men nro always so willing to
give their friends tips on the races. "
"It's on the principle , " replied her hus
band sadly , "that misery loves company. "
Now Yoik Herald : Crunimer Wbnt has
become of Andeison ? When we were In
college he was a very promising young
mtm , but ho seems to have dropped out
of Mght.
Gllleland Yes ; he became the husband of
a celebrated woman.
Chicago Tribune : Them's my sedi
ments , " said the hydrant water , ns It went
through the alter and camu out on the
other Bide. "I hope I make myself clear. "
Washington Star : "Papa , " said the
young- woman , "surely you ought to knoW
better than to use the small 'i' In your
letters when speaking In the first person
singular. You should use the capital. "
"Not much I won't , " said the plutocratic
parent. "The small letter uses up lesit i.
ink. "
THE AMIORICAN LAUUKATE.
ClilcnRo Inter Ocean.
He could not sing the old songs ,
The words were blurred and dim ,
For he had eaten biscuits
That were too sad for him.
* *
And now the mighty pugilist ,
Who'd his weakest muscles thicket
liny drop the iTunibcll and nil that ,
And wrestle with spring chicken.
They Supposed So.
Kansas City Journal.
Prom the description of an Interviewer ,
Mr. Mary 13. Letiso appears to bo n bo lit
the sort of man the public supposed him to
be.
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suits for $8.50 , $10 , $12 and so on and boys' suits
for $2 , $3 and up , accompanied by our guarantee
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