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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , JUNE 25 , 180L THEOMAjgADAILY BEE. n , noamVArhn , Editor. PUIILIHIIRP BVBIIY THUMB OF p nr It ( without 8un > ! ay ) , On Year..J ] bn r H and Sunday , One Year. , W W Fix Monthi . . . . . , . . Thru Months. . . . , . . . . . < Him < 1 y line , One Year. . J f > Puturtny let. One Year * j , Wertly Doe , Ono Year * OFFICES. nmnha. Th Ilee TtulMlnR. . _ .fc _ . N nnfl Twfntr-fourtn Bt Bouth Omnhn , Cnrn r Council IlhifTii , U JVtrl Btroot. Chlc o Oftlro , SIT Chnmber of Commerce. New York , llnomo 11. II nnd in. Tribune Bide. Wnnhlngton , HOT F nirrct. N. W. conni:8PONDKNcn. All oimmunlfntlonn r lAtlng to new * an } Ml- torlnl matter rliouM l > addrimwl ! To the HJItor. IirHINKHA LBTTBIIB. All biiilntmi letters ami remlltiinres hoaM l. ddre J in Thn lice Publishing compnny. Omihn. Draft * , chi-cks nml pontofflce onlfru to lx > made jmynhlc to the orrtcr nf the rnmpxnr. T1IB 11BI3 1'UHUBIllNO COMt'ANY. BTATnMIJNT OF ClItCUIjATlON. OeofRO II. 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The Commonwealera who are on the way down the Missouri are working tholr passage from Alpha to Omaha * Nebraska republicans should sec to It that no man Is placed on the ticket this fall whoso record has to be defended. The prospect for a fall hay crop Is Improv ing every day. The crop of political candi dates will be bigger this year than has ever been harvested. Judging from tlio precedents established this year from our criminal court , forgery Is" one of the Infant Industries that has to bo stimulated and protected. Boss Crolter Is coming back from Ireland to explain his operations In Tammany , but wo apprehend that his fatal lapse of memory will not have been refreshed by his European trip. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The nppsal from Peter drunk to Peter sober always produces a disagreeable shock. The reaction among the democrats who went on a tear over free silver wilt soon begin to sot In. The school board has reserved Its annual tussle over the building Inspectorship for the first week In July , so as to keep the man who Is In and the man that want to get In on the ragged edge. Minneapolis Is out with a bid for the next national convention of the Republican League clubs. There Is nothing small about Minneapolis , to bo sure. She Is willing to have all the conventions , political , medical and'religious. * Chicago republicans have nominated a winning county ticket. The Chicago Mall declares that no political hacks weigh down on the ticket , and not one of the principal nominees was over a candidate before on a city or county ticket. In his recent speech before the silver con ference Mr. Dryan declared that ho who at tempts to lift himself up by his boot straps will rise a very little distance above the ground. This will bo Mr. Bryan's predica ment by the tlmo that he gets through with the campaign of ' 94. Exempting federal Judges from paying their share of the Income tax Is a very shrewd move. The constitutionality of the income tax will doubtless be tested In the federal courts , and It might make a differ ence In the minds of some judges whether their pay Is to bo docked by the tax gath erer or not. Colonel Congcr'8 attempt to scuttle the McKlnloy boom has proved a rather dismal failure up to date , Judging from the com ments of the leading Ohio papers. Mr. Con ger's efforts In the same direction In Chicago cage have been equally abortive. The trouble with Colonel Conger was that he made his assault at an unseasonable tlmo on loKlnlcy and the tariff. The moral to bo gathered from his experience Is that It Is altogether too oafty nt this tlmo to begin the backcapplng of presidential candidates. The practice In vogue In our Board of Ed ucation to have the secretary cast the unani mous vote of the members present for the teachers and Janitors recommended by the committees smacks too much of the packed caucus. Members of the Board of Education should not shirk Individual responsibility any more than members of legislatures or coun- cllmon when called upon to pass upon nny measuio or appointment. In common par lance , every tub should stand on Its awn bottom. Every member should cast his own vote and have It recorded , BO the people may know Juat where ho does stand. Voting at wholesale may expedite business , but tha practice Is Just as pernicious as would be voting for an omnibus bill Into which Jobs and steals are thrown promiscuously In order to catch all the Interests and harmonlzo alt the Jobbers. A confcronco ot prominent southern men was held a few days ago with. Now York capitalists , the object being to Interest these moneyed men In sothern enterprises and In duce them to Invest In that section. Secre tary Hoko Smith , who attended tha confer ence , said to a reporter that the condition of the cotton Industry Is an object leaaon to the rest of the country. Labor l quiet and factories are running und declaring regular dividends. "In Augusta and Atlanta , to my personal knowledge , " said Secretary Smith , "none of the factories have closed during the depression ot the past few months. " He stated that living and labor are cheap all through the south , good agri cultural land can bo purchased for > 5 an acre , and he confidently looked for an era o ( great prosperity. The active efforts that are being niado to promote Immigration and to Induce capital to Invest In the south can not fall to be productive of good results , but they will bo less fruitful than would bo the case if there were different social and politi cal condition * In that section. The south , however , notwithstanding this drawback1 , haa bad a vigorous material growth during too Ut fifteen year * . AUHASSlNATlOffOFmKSIDRXT CAttKOT. The announcement ot the assassination of President Carnet will create profound torrow and Indignation among the friends ot tha French republic In every part of the civilized globe. It Is a terrible blow to the republic and a menace to democratic Institutions , not only In France , but In every country in which popular self-government has been es tablished. In assassinating the head of the French republic the anarchists hnvo Invoked the re-cstabllshmcnt of Imperialism. "Tho empire means peace" was Louis Napoleon's motto , and alt the royalists and Imperialists of Franco will re-echo the utterance of the man who overthrew the second republic by the dastardly coup d'etat of December , 1852. That the loyal , patriotic and liberty-loving citizens of Franco will not give up the re public without a heroic struggle goes with out saying , but the recent anarchistic up rising Indicates a condition ot affairs that may require drastic measures and a great deal of blood letting. With the meager reports so far received It would bo useless to Indulge In any specu lation as to the political consequences or the extent of the conspiracy of which 1'rusldont Carnet Is the victim. It may turn out that the assassin Is another Gulteau , dominated by a mania for notoriety and Inspired by the crazy notion that It was his mission to rid the pcoplo of Franco of a despotic ruler. In that case the stability of the republic would not bo shaken , although Frenchmen arc prone to revolutionary demonstrations on very slight provocation. The American people , more , perhaps , than those of any other friendly nation , sympathize with the people of Franco In their ordeal and bereavement. WIKAKHHS AlinAl ) . The National League of Republican Clubs will hold Us annual convention In Denver tomorrow. The gathering will Include many representative republicans from all parts Of the country and Its proceedings will attract widespread attention , Some of these leaders expect the convention not merely to formu late the plan of campaign for the Impending congressional elections , but also to make the alignment for the presidential campaign of 1S9G. Thoughtful republicans cannot fall to sco breakers ahead which are Ilablo to jeopardize ardize the party's success when victory Is In sight. At no tlmo In Its history has the re publican party bean In better position for a triumphant resumption of the reins of gov ernment than It Is today. It can win the fight on the two great national Issues of honest money and protection for American Industries , with ono arm tied down. Any attempt to change position on these Issues will be fraught with disastrous consequences. The advocates of free coinage , expecting to profit by the popular sentiment of Colorado rado , propose to make a desperate effort to have their pet financial nostrum endorsed by the Republican Leaguo. They will en deavor to have a resolution adopted that will endorse unlimited free coinage at the existing ratio , or , falling in that effort , will try to have the party committed to the free coinage of the silver product of the United States , coupled with the absurd policy of , a discriminating tariff. The endorsement of either of these propositions in the face of present conditions would be suicidal. The republican party Is the only party today that has planted Itself firmly against a de based currency in any form and against all experiments that tend to Mcxlcanlzo our money medium. The Denver convention has no right to vary ono iota from the declaration embodied in the Minneapolis platform. That platform must remain the creed of the republican party until an authoritative declaration of principles is made by another national convention. It the League can make a creed on money for the republican party in Denver this year the League will have the right to change that creed again at Its next year's meeting. The advocates ot free coinage cannot truth fully charge that the silver states wore not fully represented at Minneapolis In ' 92 , and they will hardly dare assert that the con' dltlons of today are moro favorable to a restoration of the old ratio , either alone or by national agreement , than ticy ) were two years ago. Every sliver state and every territory , Including Alaska , had an equal vote in the committee that framed the Minneapolis platform with Now York , Massa chusetts or Illinois. The money plank at Minneapolis was as favorable to silver as the party could afford to formulate without surrendering to fiatlsm nnd silver mono metallism. It may bo difficult to reconcile the position the party has taken In Its na tional platform with the demands and pledges of republicans west of the Rockies , but the party cannot afford to stultify Itself by playing fast and looseon an issue that so vitally concerns the well-being of the American people. TllK liANKti AND TltH fiOUi ItKSKRVK. The bankers * of Now York have decided on a policy regarding the gold reserve which Is highly creditable to thfln. They propose to stand between the treasury and further depletion of the reserve. The treasury gold fund has now reached Its lowest point and exports oti gold continue. It Is estimated that the demands for the next thirty days will reach $15,000,000 , to cover payments ot dividends and Interest on foreign holdings ot American securities. Then wheat and cotton shipments will , It is expected , turn the gold tide. The banks of New York City are said \a \ hold J98.000.000 In gold , so that they can uparo the gold that will be de manded for export In the comliig month and still be strong In their stock ot specie. Meanwhile the treasury reserve will grow by natural accretion and from that tlmo It Is expected that trade will sustain It without bolstering by outside assistance. At tha meeting of the bankers which de cided upon thli course it was said that If the treasury reserve should fall to $50,000- 000 no one could * foresee how serious might bo tha consequences. It was also said that It Is to the Interest of the banks that there should bo no new Issue ot bonds , because that would certainly affect Injuriously the quotations for the former Issue , which would bo unfair to the subscribers to that Issue , There was no agreement as to concerted action among the1 banks to supply gold expert - port demands for any given period or In iiny stated amount , but simply a general understanding that each bank should decldo far Itself what It ought to do and that , all together , the banks should furnish the relief domandrd. The adoption of this coursa Is Important and timely. Perhaps It should have coma curlier , but that Is no matter , slnco It Is In ampin tlmo to rellava the treasury from a most embarrassing situation and to avert another issue ot bonds. It Is t commendable departure which will causa the public to think somewhat better of the Now York bankers. The ten acity with which these bankers have held on to their gold when the yellow metal was going out of thd country In large volume and thq treasury reserve was steadily dwin dling away created a popular feeling not at all frfondly to them. Tlidlr course hitherto In giving legal tender paper only where gold Was required by customers , compelling the latter to go to the subtrcasury nnd exchange the paper for gold , seemed an extremely selfish and unpatriotic policy. This was the course put sued a year ago and again last winter and spring , giving rlio to a popular Impression that tha purpose of the banks was to force the government to Issue bonds In order to replenish Its gold reserve , It seemed , until the decision to provide gold for export was reached , that they were still Indisposed to do anything to protect the treasury , but whllo they have made a some what late manifestation ot a desire to relieve tha situation It Is only fair that they bo given the credit due , The proposed course of the New York banks will bo reassuring. The treasury gold reserve will not experience any further de piction , but , on the contrary , should begin to gain , and may within the next four months bo fully restored. Indeed It Is quite certain to bo in leas tlmo if the new tariff shall go Into effect at the beginning of the next flKcal year , for then there would doubt less be an Immense rush of imports. There will bo no need ot Issuing more bonds and that question can be dismissed wholly from consignation. Thus this simple action of the New York bankers will have far-reach ing effects and will do much good. TllK XlbVKll DIl According to the Atlanta Constitution wo need more silver and plenty of It. Certainly wo do and wo also need something to get the silver with. But , Joking aside , why Is there need of moro silver coinage In a coun try that has nearly four hundred million of coined silver dollars laying dead In the na tional treasury ? If there Is such a demand for silver dollars as a circulating medium why In the name of common sense do not the people draw it out of the treasury In place of paper currency and gold coin ? Is not the treasury more than anxious to unload the silver coin now In Its vaults and oven pay for Its delivery If somebody will take It off Its hands ? As a matter of fact the people plo do not care a straw for moro silver coin. They are willing to take paper that Is redeemable - deemablo in either gold or silver on demand. To coin moro sliver dollars at this Juncture , when the country Is clogged with silver coin , would simply be a waste of energy. Another question that would naturally suggest Itself Is , what should Undo Sam buy the silver with when ho Is short of ready cash ? Should lie stamp some moro paper money ? If so , what would the people gain ? Would It not bo moro sensible to let the bullion alone and print greenbacks as fast as moro money Is wanted ? Our free coinage deluslonlsts would doubtless reply that Uncle Sam need not buy another dollar ot bullion If ho will coin the silver bullion which the mine owners will present at the mint. But suppose Uncle Sam should bo so accommodating as to stamp ono dollar on every sixty cents worth of bullion , who would redeem these dollars and with what ? If they were redeemable In paper wo would land at the old flat mill and nobody would want his bullion coined. It these silver dollars were redeemable In gold there would be a rush to the mint and every dollar In gold would be hauled out of the treasury within less than a week. And then Urn silver dollars would cease to be worth any moro than their commercial value in bullion , Just as the Mexican silver dollars are at this tlmo , At that stage the bottom of the sliver craze would drop out and the fools who want to make bricks without straw would begin to open their eyes like nine day kittens. TUK iiNiarr OF SHGTIONALISM. Northern democrats are beginning to ad mit , what they must long1 slnco have real ized , that the spirit of sectarianism Is as prevalent at this time in the south an it has ever been , and that It dictates the conrso of the representatives in congress from that section. A democratic member of congress from the north Is quoted as having said recently that it seemed to him from what ho had seen in the present congress that the democrats ot the north have had the sectolnat Issue forced on them again by the south. Ho had heard southern members say that the people of the north ought to pay all the pensions. Cleveland's most grievous mistake , said this congressman , has been his coddling of those southern mon , and yet ho has hardly ono sincere friend among them. "Wo may need a re alignment of parties , " said this congress man. "The republicans and the Intelligent democrats of the north are not very far apart on financial questions , and they stand together In opposition to the rank socialism that Is burrowing into the democratic party. Wo may bo compelled to strike hands for a common cause , and If we are It will bo as formidable a coalition as was that occa sioned by the patriotic outburst ot 1SC1. " There nro ether northern democrats In con gress who entertain similar sentiments. No ono has been moro frank and fearless In exposing the spirit of sectionalism that dominates the southern men In congress than Senator Hill of Now York. In his late speech against the Income tax ho declared that this proposed tax , the Individual feature of which had not been recommended by nny democratic president or secretary of the treasury or commissioner of Internal revenue , was suggested , advocated and persistently pushed by a majority which Is temporarily "In the saddle" in this congress "and Is driving the democratic party with reckless and headlong speed Into the abyss ot politi cal ruin. " Those men admit , said Senator Hill , that such an Income tax will affect their own people but little. They have taken pains to fix the exemption high enough so that their states will be required to con- trlbuta little or nothing. They doslro a federal Income tax , not to reach the men of wealth In their own states , but to reach those In other states. The tariff bill , from beginning to end , shows ovldeaco of section alism. Whatever the south Is most Inter ested In Is treated with generous considera tion. The senate measure Is not BO bad as was the house bill In , discriminating against northern Interests , but It la far from being liberal to any ot these Interests. Tha con trast between the treatment of cotton and wool Is one Illustration. Another Is subjectIng - Ing the farmers along our northern border to the almost unrestricted competition In our own markets of the Canadian farmers. The house bill proponed to remove all restric tion to this competition In the form of duties , The senate bill provides for duties on a faw agricultural products , but they are too low to afford any real protection , and Canadian producers , with their cheaper land and labor , will send their products Into American markets In almost as great quan tities as If there wore no duties at all. That a great many northern democrats fully understand the sectional animus which Is so obvious In Di hdstlllty ot southern men to pensions , In.tjcproposed Income tax , and In the dlxcrlmtlpn / ) against northern Interests In the tariff bill. Is Indicated In the results of elect foftS 'held ' slnco the char acter of the democratjfi policy becnmd known , and there can be no doubt thnt It Wilt be Indicated still rnoro"&Frcngly In the elections to come. The grcn ( , piy ) of Intelligent and conservative northern democrats will rebuke at the ballot box tlu < spirit ot sectionalism that now domlnalc ' . 'tiicj ' party. When the Kotcham furniture contract was being engineered through the council The Bee made vigorous war , qgalnst Its supporters on the ground thatT.lt. Mas a rank pleco of Jobbery. During th'tf firotracted fight made agalnat the Infamous deal Its supporters made Indignant denials of the charges ot boodlcrlsm. Each of them for himself and for alt the others disclaimed any Improper Inflncnco and denounced the charges of cor ruption as a malicious fabrication. And now an African 1ms emerged from the wood pile. In a suit brought by an Omaha bank against the Kotcham Furniture company , which ha.s gene Into the hands of a receiver , It has leaked out that the agent ot the company claims to have expended $3,000 In securing the Omaha city hall furniture contract. How did ho spend that $5,000 ? Was It simply In dining nnd wining members of the council nnd procuring refreshments at unseasonable hours In unlicensed resorts ? Does It not warrant the Inference that the greater part of the $5,000 of the boodle was distributed Judiciously where It would do the most good ? The best Informed opinion nt Washington Is that the senate tariff bill will not bo rushed through the "house when It reaches that body. It la said that the reception ot the senate changes from the house bill promises to bo the reverse of friendly , and this Is especially true of the amendments that have stripped the proposed free list of all raw materials except wool and framed a sugar schedule for the benefit ot the trust. A number of house democrats nro outspoken In tholr denunciation of the sugar schedule and declare their determination to maItu a fight against it. It Is said that at least three members of the ways and means committee are bitterly opposed to the sen ate's arrangement regarding sugar , but It Is suggested that the administration may bring such a pressure to bear upon this opposition as to Induce It to accept the bill as It Is. Still the prospect seems to bo good for n very pretty fight In the house before the tariff bill Is disposed of. Abraham Lincoln received a salary of $25- 000 a year in flat currency for his services as president of the United States. Grover Cleve land receives $50,000 a year in gold or In currency convertible Into gold. Abraham Lincoln was obliged to pay an Income tax. Grover Cleveland la to be exempted from the Income tax. Comment 3 superfluous. CongrpM IH N < Jt Trying to 1'Icasoi Globj Dcmocrat. The most acceptable Fourth of July pres ent which conBresa.CQiUd make the country would be the placing'6f the tariff bill In the hands of the president before that date. ropullstlc ICxtritviiRiinca. Chicago1 Itecord. Senator Peffer saya that he lias no more respect for the Jptnodrntlc platform than the democratic senators themselves have. But can he proveittit.s > somewhat sweeping and extravagant assertion ? The llnlhy Uuy Pile. ChlciiKO.-Herald. The anthracite co'nl operators have good bis stocks' "lilve < t'jrr convenlent places- and as might have ueen expected we nre al ready hearing of "discontent" and Im pending strikes among the miners. The bituminous crowd are not to have .a . mono poly of robbing the public under the pre text of a miners' strike. Thn SIIOOCHS of Arbitration. Now York Post. ' Arbitration has been successfully em ployed In the settlement of " troubles be tween the management nnU "the employes of the Mobile & Ohio railroad. The com pany found It necessary last spring to reduce - duce expenses , nnd proposed to cut down the pay of Its men 8 per cent. The engineer * agreed to such a reduction for four months , and a similar cut-down for a somewhat longer period was accepted by the firemen and other employes on the divisions south of the Ohio river ; but all of the employes north of that river , except the engineers , refused these terms. In stead of striking , however , the men agreed that both sides should Hubnllt their cases tea a committee of arbitration , composed of the lieutenant governor of Illinois , the president of the St. Louis Merchants ex change and a clergyman residing on the line of the road , with an agreement that they would abide by their decision. The committee gave a hearing and unanimously decided that a 4 per cent reduction all around until the 1st of October would be the fair thing. As the dispute concerned only the wages of employes ( except en gineers ) north of the Ohio river , the de cision applied simply to this section ; but the management agreed to extend Its ben efits to the men sduth of the river and re store them hereafter half of the 8 per cent reduction which they accepted last spring. There aeqina to have been no "hitch" about the proceedings from first to last , and the success of arbitration In this case ought to sot a precedent for the settlement of all controversies on tills Una In the future. K < lucitlmi : of the Indians. Washington Star. If Thomas Uraekett Reed had been a student of Indian affairs all his lifetime nnd had made a specialty ot Indian edu cation lie could not have pounded the edu cational nail more squarely on the head thnn ho did In hla rpcent speech on Indian schools. Remarkably sound was his re ply to Representative Coombs , who asked him what he thought ot the education of Indians in eastern schools to send back to teach th ° lr own tribe. Mr. Reed said that his experience about teachers had been that there might be such a thing ns the dvereduoatlon of teachers , and it was hid Impression that the very best scholars nro by no means the best teaohcrs. Mr. Heed's Judgment coincides precisely with the Indian experience of Captain J. M. Lee of the Ninth United States Infantry , who probably knows as much about the rod man as any other human , being oti the fuuo of the earth. In discussing the subject with a , representative ot the Star during the last Sioux campaign. Captain Lee salil : " 1 want every young Indian to bo educated , but the knowledge wo feed to lilm ought to have a commercial value. The Indian whOj.flun correctly state the boundaries of Kilmscliutka has no show whatever alongside of his brother who has no book learning1 lint1 who can intelligently earn $10. Classical education for Indians Is simply expt-n-jlwe i nonsense. When I was In charge ofrihe Clioyenno nnd Amp- ahoo agpnov I had a teacher there who would spoil the name word , fifteen ways on one page of a letter , but he educated more Indians than any other teacher I ever saw. He taught the b j- * , what a yard wan , und made them understand the weight of a pound nnd the valuer of a dollar , Every boy In his school ' 'owned from ten to twenty head of axtUo after studying' under him for live yem , i That is the sort of an education thcijndlan needs , " If con gressmen would .only bo lean Intent on matters political lit' connection with the Indian service uHiP would ask for und be KUlded by the advice of such men as Cap tain Lee thb Indian problem would bo very much leas dllllcujt , o { solution than It now | g < xo I'Ot.tTW.tr . . , Fdlrflcld Nows-Herald : In the race for governor Jack MacOoll seems to have the lead. But nobody should think for a mo ment that Tom Majors Is sleeping. Kearney Sun ! The so-called silver confer ence at Omaha proved to be a meeting for the purpose of greasing the track over which bold Hilly IJrynn expects to .illdo Into the senate. Wcoil Ulver Gazette : The republican con gressional convention for this district will bo held at "McCook , August 0 , and It Is as good ai nettled that W. B. Andrews of Hastings will bo nominated. Wallace Star : Matt D.iughcrty may not bo chosen by the republicans of the Sixth , but the aspirant who beats him In the con vention will know that ho has been mixed up In a very animated contest. West Point Republican : It tho'newspaper conincuts are any criterion , Tom Majors will not have n corporal's guard of delegates for governor at the state convention. The general sentiment of the press la that new men should be put to the front. Holdrcgo Citizen : It now looks as If It would certainly be Andrews nnd McKelghnn In the congressional ring again this fall. After the scvcro drubbing ho got two years ago It Is not at all probable thnt McKclghan will care to have nny debates this fall. Falrfleld News-Herald : Some fiend In human form has started the story that Jack MacColl was conveniently in Canada while the war raged. So ho was. When the war broke out ho was 11 or 12 years ot ago tttul Canada was hli home. True , ho should have ridden his hobby horse aver to this country and taken General Grant's place , but his parents needed him to work In the garden. Kearney Sun : Of course , Brother Green hasn't abandoned the Idea of organising his cavalry company , BOO strong , for the pur pose of reviving waning populism In Ne braska ; the scheme Is Just sleeping. True , If ho Isn't nominated for congress , ho might let It sleep. But the question that bothers him most Is how to wake up his congres sional booom. It seems to have dropped out ot night too. Holdrege Citizen : The first duty for the republicans to do Is to nominate the beat men possible for the various ofllcos this fall. The next is for every republican to pull oft his coat nnd work for their election from the day they arc nominated till the votes arc coulned. The election this fall should be n republican land slide whch ! should bury poplsm so deep that It can never be resur rected with its unamerlcau and unpatriotic Ideas. Hastings Nebraskan : Lorenzo Crottnse has made Nebraska a good governor and there is a majority of 16,000 ot the people of Nebraska who would bo pleased to vote for him again , but Mr. Crounuo has declined to bo a candidate for renomlnatlon and his wish In the matter should be considered. There are other republicans In the state who are up to the requirements and the conven tion will experience no dlfllculty In selecting a man-that will nil the bill. Sheiton Clipper : J. T. Mallallcu of Kearney 1ms announced that ho Is not a candidate for the republican nomination for congress. That leaves the field to Matt Datighcrty of Ogalalla and Judge Klnkald of O'Neill , cither one of whom would-make an excellent candidate and an equally good congressman. It Is regretted by Mr. Malla- lleu's friends that ho has decided not to make the race , as all were confident ho could bo nominated and elected. Tecumseh Chieftain : From a perusal of the newspapers of that section it appears that the republicans of the western part of the state are practically unanimous for Hon. Jack MacColl for governor. Ho has also a considerable following in the eastern coun ties , and it certainly looks as though he Is the strongest candidate in the guberna torial race. However , Hon. Thomas Majors Is a smooth politician with a fighting record , and ho Is to bo considered as still in the list of possibilities. Grand Island Independent : Last week the democratic sliver convention was opened at Omaha with about 1,500 delegates present. Judge Ong called the convention to order and read a speech , which , with democratic logic , charged that the great financial mis fortune and business depression of 1893 and 1894 were the necessary consequence of the Immense prosperity which thirty years of republican legislation have given our na- tion-nnd-that democrats could not bo ex pected to avert these evils In a moment. It Is an amusing perversion of historical facts , which will not be much of a recommenda tion to their proposition to coin more 45-cent flat dollars. Hon. W. H. Thompson of this city was made permanent chairman of the convention. He also had the honor of in troducing the Hon. William Jennings Bryan , the Nebraska white metal apostle , to the great convention In the evening. Grand Is land has furnished several chairmen for state conventions of late , and It is a pleas ure to sea such men recognized. Prof. Ilcrron's Nonsense. Washington Post. It will occur to most people to wonder how Prof. Herron reconciles himself to remaining In Iowa college or any other educational establishment , maintained In vvholo or in part by society. With his views of "wages" and his Ideas of the ex isting social organization ho must be a poof creature if ho can consent to an nr- nmsemtnt by which he owes his authority and hlH livelihood to an institution he pro- fe : < 3fH to despise and loathe. He must be a traitor to his own convictions , unless , In deed , he has lied In proclaiming those con victions ns his own. Hut there Is and can be no doubt ns to the duty of college authorities with reference to such a teacher , nnd Governor Crounse Indicates that duty very clearly. We do not want our youth misguided by pernicious counsel , even If we were willing to nourish the rnemles of society ; nnd Prof. Herron should be sent to look for maintenance nnd sympathy among the outlaws whose cause he advo cates. Let him BO with his friends and " followers and set up that "Christian state" of which he babbles so abundantly. The American people will adhere to law and order and civilization yet awhile. CIIUHU mid Kffcrt. Chlcnso Herald. William J. Bryan , chief of the Prairie Fire and Cyclone- Bureau of the Bimetallic league and residuary legatee of Kolus , Is carrying tilings too far. His contract did not require him to begin operations untl Thursday morning , but In his misdirected enthusiasm he turned loose one of his self- acting tornadoes on Wednesday night und blow a large section of Omaha into the Missouri river. Not only this , but lie In vaded Iowa , which Is In the Jurisdiction of Little Typhoon J. B. Weaver , nnd Infringed upon that gentleman's prerogative by scat tering numerous barns abroad on the wings of a hurricane. Mr. Bryan's employers should check his unbridled zeal. If lie Is allowed to waste his wind In this prodigal fashion ho will not bo able to fan the prairie fires , which are , after all , the main attraction of the show. A ItoyiU Vitinlly Pout. Now York Commercial. Kaiser Wllhelm Is hopping mail nt his royal grandmother , Queen Victoria , be cause she ouehered him In land grubbing around the Congo Free State. These prop erty disputes In families are very dlstrcs- , sing , nnd they are especially liable ta lead to trouble when It is somebody else's property - erty that Is to be filched. Still , the petulant kaiser can get even by making faces nt Vic. She won't mind It , nnd it may ease his mind. Anyhow , It appears to be the only resource ho has left. _ JuHtlvo for lllrli mill Poor. rtoston fllobe. When a poor man steals a lonf of bread because his children nt homo nre starving tliu public has a good deal of sympathy for him , but when a man with a Bulary of $ * > , . OUU a year Is convicted of being a forger and a thief nnd Judge Ingrahum elves him llvu youtu and a half In Hln Blnx the imbllo saya tersely : 'Serves him right. " < lhim Wurka llcsiiini ) . M'KEESPORT , Pa. , Juno 24. The Howi ard plato gloss works will start tomorrow , giving employment to 800 men. Highest of all in Leavening Power , Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE rmtvt.K .tM > r/ir.vo.i. Mr. Tom Heed has Riven his presidential boom another Coost , He has donned a suit of Kentucky jeans. The color of police uniforms In Onmha hatmonl7.cs with the mental condition ot many of the wearers. Ilclvn Lockwood Is C3 , She began teach ing school at 14 , was tnnrrtcd at IS , nnd wanted to boss the nation nt G.r > , The revised medal of the World's fair contains n siilllcloncy ot chcrublan panta- Uttes to avoid senatorial discourtesy. As commandcr-ltcchlef of the Common- wtal army , General Coxoy Imperils the per petuity ot his gab by riding In a Pullman. The HOUBO of Lords has again rejected the deceased wife's sister bill. There Is little projpcct for payment unless the E.istcr extravagance Is cut down. Pnntala H n short and exproislvo term , a timely substitute for thu clumsy , vulgar phase , "Is there anything In It ? " U epi tomizes a political Imnd-out. Havcmeycr says tha Sugar trust never contributes to the minority. This accounts for the diligence of the democracy In ex tracting all the sweetness now. When Senator Allen delicately Invited the gentleman of Now Hampshire to "come out side" he doubtless Intended to give htm n few Impressive tips on base hits. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has gone to Ills summer home at Beverly Forum , Masa. , under Injunction of his physician , to keep quiet and beware of casual visitors. A palo amber statesman named Pobst Is spoken of as the probable candidate for gov ernor of Wisconsin , lie commands a mil lion or two , as well ns other stimulating qualities for a campaign , and the boys only wait the word to beer the nominee to vic tory. tory.A A learned Parisian physician , Dr. Fiiuve , contends that the odor of flowers 1ms a harmful effect on the voice , nnd thinks that the presentation of bouquets to theatrical artists should therefore bo discontinued. Such a reform might reduce the expenses of a few enterprising prlma donnas , Jo llapny Sing , who counted on the fact that he had been conducting a prosperous barber and laundry business for twenty- three years In Iowa to exempt him from the operation of the Geary low , was the first Chinaman outside of California to bo started for China under Its operations. He was sent from Cellar Rapids , Sam Houston's grave In the little ceme tery at Huntsvlllo , Tex. , Is In so shabby n condition of neglect as to oxclto regret on the part of many Texans , There have been propositions before the legislature to retnovo the patriot's remains to Austin , the state capital , nnd to erect a monument over them , but nothing doflnatc has over been done. Marian Phelps von Rottenberg , the only daughter of William Walter Phelps , has been a great companion to her father and presided over his grand house In Berlin , In the absence of her mother , while he was the United States minister 'there. ' She Is a large and striking looking young woman and the possessor of much strength of char acter. Her husband , to whom she was mar ried last year. Is a rising man In the foreign office of the German empire and will prob ably become one of the emperor's cabinet officers In duo time. VVXQKST HKKKXKS. Youth's Companion : It Is recorded that one doctor lately asked another : "How do you manage to get your bills paid ? " "Oh. I Kcnerally have to sue the heirs ! " answered the second doctor. Indianapolis Journal : First Bleacher Aw , what a lot of farmers ! Second Bleacher Farmers nuttln * . Dem Rruyfl Is tryln' to play ball cause dey ain't lit for nuttln' else. Truth : Jasper Women who are divinely tall are usually vain of tholr beauty and spend lots of money on clothes. Jumpuppc Yes , they keep their husbands profanely short. Inter Ocean : "I wonder If It's rcnlly true that fish Is a brain food ? " "Well , I'm sure they have some effect , for every time my husband pees fishing ho comes home too dizzy to stand up. " Boston Transcript : Wlmblcby calls Ills doff "Non Sequltur" becanse he doesn't follow. Chicago Tribune : "Have you pot nny CKKS that'll do to t'row nt a hnm actor ? " asked the business-like urchin with a bas ket and a bad eye. "Why , yes , " said the grocer , leading the way to a barrel In a back room , "I think we have a phew ! " Puck : Gradd I hear you have a. full- blooded Indian In class ' 90. How does he do ? Softmore ( enthusiastically ) Do ? He's out of slRht ! You just ought to hear him give the class cry ! WashliiBton Star : "She has become quite a butterfly of fashion , " said one girl. "Positively dnzzllnu , " replied the other. "And yet her father started as a small corner grocer. " "Yes. You know we learned at school that It takes the grub to make the butter- ' MAN'S LOVE. Madeline S. DrldRcs. He besfl me to marry him , here and now ; He frets at a week's delay. When he pictures the Joy that will crown his brow From the date of the wedding day. He's quite convinced 1 can fill to the brink His life with bliss ; but , you see , It never occurs to the man to thlnlc If the bliss will be shared by me. TIIKir / : .i/if. Chicago Herald ; Mr. 1'holps was never A "popular" man ns James 0. Itlalno was , Ho was aristocratic by birth , breeding nnd cdu cation. But he wn personally nnd politically honest , nnd his death Is a loss In these dnys When such qualities appear to be growing rare In public men. Wllwaukeo Wisconsin : 1'holps , whllo everywhere moving In the best society , never forgot that ho was nn American citizen and a republican whose iluty It was never to cover up the shortcomings of nny man , no matter how eminent , who faltered during the slaveholders' rebellion. Philadelphia Ledger ! Ho was publlo spirited , xcitloiiK nnd cultured , nnd ns il his great opportunities for the benefit of hlk country In congress nml as minister to Oer- nmny. Though a relatively young man , ho has niAdo n good mi mo for himself here and In Kuropo and his death will bo widely mourned , Now York Herald : As minister to Austria , ns commissioner to the Samo.ut confuroncfl , ns n representative of Now Jersey In the hotisfe , nml notably as minister to Germany , he Hindu n most excellent public record , ana his recent appointment its lay Judge upon his practical retirement from political Ufa was warmly approved by republicans and democrats ulllto ns n mark of the esteem Ifi which ho was hold , personally , by his polit ical associates nnd opponents. Kansas City Star : Among those who won ) moat familiar with him , the sorrow which hits been caused by the death of William Waller Phelps will bo softened by the knowl edge that the grnvn was invested with no horrors for this notable man. Possessed ot abundant wealth , rich In these accomplish ments which , under ordinary conditions , render nn ample fortune n thing to bo dd- slrcd , life was to Mr. Phelps little moro than a Barmecide feast. Almost from boyhood ho was the victim of 111 hoalth. Now York Sun- : The Intense nnd genuine Americanism which characterized him throughout his useful life was perhaps the secret of his friendship nnd profound admtr- ntlon for nnd smpnthy with that most Amer ican ot our recent statesmen , Jamca O. Blnlne. Mr. 1'helpa unaffectedly regarded public office as n public trust ; nnd wnothar ho was serving his country or his state In the moro conspicuous or the mure modest station , the principle of his activity was the same. Ho was nn honorable , clcar-hondod , high-minded man ; and by his untimely death lie nation has lost a good citizen. Courier-Journal : His appointment to ono of the lay JudKCshlps Immediately on his re turn from his last mission to Germany by a democratic governor , and its prompt con firmation by a democratic legislature , at tested the esteem In which ho was hold at homo. In accomplishments ho was easily the first citizen of Now Jersey. Had he lived a yet greater future surely lay before him ; but his career , oven as his premature death leaves it , sots to ambitious young Americans n lesson nt once useful mid in spiring , for It tells only of obstacles over come by steady nnd sturdy purpose , and of victories achieved against odds without n blot or blemish. There were men more noisily notable In our public affairs than William Walter Phelps , none of moro sterling worth , of moro commanding talents or of purer life. The Armor 1'luto Snimlul. New York \Voihl. Upon n minute examination of the rec ords made In the Caiiiegle shops the Cum- mliiRs committee finds that no less than DO per cent of the minor plate work done there was fraudulent and thai the frauds were committed deliberately nnd under an elaborately devised system. The only pos sible Inference Is that from the beginning the government has been made the victim of habitual , continuous , premeditated and systematized swindling. U IH Impossible to doubt thnt the contracts were undertaken from the outset with the design of cheating the government to the fullest extent pos sible. With these facts proved , It Is hardly worth while for the committee to do any thing more than certify the facts to the attorney general In order that the swindlers may be prosecuted and punished If the com mittee can get any assuianco that Mr. Olnoy will employ honest associate counsel to conduct the prosccutlon.s. The Jails yawn for these felons. Mulclng Amends. St. Louis Republic. General Grant's daughter. Nellie Snr- torls , Is about to do what she shni'ld have done at first marry nn American. Nelllo Grant was always too good for the brute of an KnKllHlim.ui who won her , nnd many nn American felt regret when the daughter of a ( jreat preneral nnd a president of the Tnlted States turned her face over the sea for a life pnr'ncr. But it Is never too Into to mend. Nellie Grant let us drop the Sartorls now will forfeit a good deal of English money by taking this step , but Bho will get thnt which Is many diameters better , an American for a husband. Y ASU IIK.IT. Washington Star. Sing on , ns you will , with your message of ; hope , Fond bird , from your perch of palmetto , While the llKht , waving grasses keep tlmo on the slope To your scherzo or staid allegretto. When llrst the rare beauty of summer ex pands Man feels like a saint or a hero , But It's different , quite , when the mercury stands At ninety degrees above zero. Sing on ! nnd we'll promise most faith fully , too To thoughtfully gaze upon beauty , With a glance now and then at the good nnd the true And occasional glimpses nt duty ; But , alas ! conscience binds ua with dellcata strands , And a man will oft act like a Nero , In uplto of himself , when the mercury stands At ninety degrees above zero. M j } 3l S 5 ! ? Ml2x i pcwpf til- - MIir. * m m i $ $ K'f % Going to the Bottom. Going to the bottom in price now going to take inventory next week your last ohanoe to get suits for $7.50 and $8.50 worth lots more. ' . worth 50 cent more- Boys' suits $2.50 $3 per stilts given away to boys in boys' department- See the $4.50 combination suit with another pair of pants and cap to match. Browning , King & Co- , S w S. W. Corner 15th and
