Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAflA DAILY BEE : TIJU11SDAY , AUGUST 2 , 1891.
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aroiion 11 TSK.CIIUCK.
Sworn to before me iiml fmbsciibeil in in > pres
ence this 1st day of Aiieust. l 'l '
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To China : Save your money and buy a
cun. _
Will Congressman llryan accept ? Will
n duck swim ?
Lot us liopo that August will bo an Im
provement over the month of July.
The Chinese navy will be a thing of the
past If the Japanese mariners keep up the
gait they lm\o set.
At last we have a legal city electrician ,
ami the Insurance agents can once more
Bleep the sleep of the righteous.
The rains have been ploying havoc with
scheduled base ball games. liut base ball
can be postponed. Not t > o with thu crops.
Mayor Plngroe of Detroit objects to ma-
chlno politics. The mayor should be Invited
to Join the 1G to 1 faction of the Nebraska
democracy.
That war cloud In eastern Asia la slowly
getting larger. The surprise would not
bo very great if It covered some of the
European countries which have interests in
the east before It Is finally dissipated.
How does the council explain Us action on
the electric lighting contracts now on the
ground of saving money for the city ? With
Wiley bringing in bills for 100 lamps at the
rate of $175 per year the spectro of economy
look very gaunt , Indeed.
What a sublime faith those people have
who attribute the recent showers In their
localities to their ralnmaklng experiments ,
In spite ot the fact that nature has kindly
watered many equally parched sections of
the state without demanding tribute for the
rainmakers.
August Is usually the hottest month of the
year In this latitude ; In other words the
average temperature day in and day out Is
higher than It Is in any other month of the
year. This year , however , July has been
such a record-breaker that It will be Impos
sible for August to catch up with it.
This is to bo the month of conventions
in Nebraska. Twenty county conventions
will bo held next Saturday , and from two to
ten a day from that tlmo on till the latter
part of the month , with district and state
conventions thrown In here and thero. To
think of it Is enough to make anybody per
spire.
President Cleveland Is represented ns sayIng -
Ing that principles arc now more precious
than a slight reduction in the present tar
iff. In other words , ho Is accepting Sen
ator Hill's paraphrase of his own saying a
theory , not a condition , confronts us. Hill
having gone half way over the chasm , the
president Is making advances over the other
half.
Before another week shall have passed
the election In Alabama will have settled
the first skirmish of the political light of
1894. It Is a contest between democrats and
populists , the latter supported by a largo
part of the republicans. The democrats will
feel rejoiced If they but hold their ascend
ancy In this member of tbo solid south by
the narrowest majority.
Franklin MacVeagh , democratic senatorial
candidate In Illinois , wants to hold himself
aloof from nil challenges to debate with re
publicans mi the ground that thcro is no
authorized representative of the republican
party In Illinois to debate with him. This
places Mr , MacVeagh In a very awkward po
sition. All he will bo able to do will bo to
debitto with himself , and with such an in
ferior opponent he , of course , cannot bo
expected to make hla best Impression.
Omaha will derive some Ilttlo prestige
from being made an organizing station of
the Knights ot I > abor , whlla at the same
time one ot Ha local labor leaders wilt se
cure the position of general organizer. Labor
organizations In the surrounding cities and
towns will be led to look to Omaha for au
thority and mlvlco for their various move
ments. It will also impose upon Omaha
laboring men a greater responsibility because -
cause of the greater Importance of their
example , a responsibility which they should
not fall to appreciate.
Wp are pleased to note that the street rail
way companies whoso lines extend to Court-
laud beach propose to put Into force a 15-
cent round trip faro from the city In tha
event of the consummation ot the arrange
ments now pending far a grand spectacular
exhibition at that point. This would bo
liberal enough. But why confine such
liberal policy to the contingency In question !
As the transfer system now operates tbo
uninformed visitor is compelled to pay 30
cents for the same rldo simply because no
transfer ticket is given unless tha pas-
ftengor knows enough to ask for It , No such
panalty ought In fairness to bo exacted. It
tha strcot car companies can supply the
norvlco during- the proposed exhibition at 15
cents they can do It regularly for 20 cents.
HAILtlOAt )
That the Interstate commerce hw li being
flagrantly , prevalently and systematically
Violated everyb.dy understands. Otic of
the purposes f r which the uct wan framed
was to put n stop to the mailing of secret
rules by the payment ot rebates. It Ins
failed to accomplish thin , and almost from
the day It went Into effect the Ingenuity of
railway manager * has been exerted In findIng -
Ing ways to evade It , Hut while It li ft
matter of general knowledge that this Is
the cane , the public can'form nn t-dlmato
of the extent to which discrimination In
the form of rebates Is carried. Pome Idea
of It , however , may be obtained from what
has been disclosed by Investigations Into the
affairs of the Atchlson , TopekJ & Santa Ke
company since that company went Into the
hands of receivers. It Is said that the
siimH paid t9 favored shippers In the form
of rebates In the last two or three years
aggregate not less than $7,000,000. In other
words Uils one corporation has used this
large sum of money In giving the Inrga ship
pers who do business with It an adv.i'itngo
over the small bhlpers , In distinct disregard
nnd defiance of the law of the United States ,
Intended to secure equality to nil shippers. ,
If It has cost this single company the
( mormons sum of $7,000,000 In paying re
bates during n period of two or three years ,
what must bo the aggregate for all the rail
road corporations which , since the Inter
state commerce uct went Into effect , have
been violating It In this particular ? It Is
not an exaggeration to say that hundreds
of millions have been paid back to shippers ,
who In thin way were given nn unfair ad
vantage by the rnllioada sliirc the enact
ment of the Interstate commerce act. The
practice has been almost ruinous to many
of the corporations , while at the same tlmo
thousands of business failure * have been
directly due to the discrimination In the
mallei of rates , which puts business mtn
not abe ] to command the favor of railway
managers at a very great disadvantage.
Railway managers pretend to desire an
open schedule of rates and strict adherence
to It , ufl required by the law , but ns a mat
ter of fact no sooner Is the schedule made
than they go to cheating each other on It
and Incidentally violating the express pro
hibitions of the law. Yet , notwithstanding
their preslstent lawlessness , the railroad
manage ) H Invoke the protection of the
ccurts under an Interpretation of the Inter
state commerce law which was never con
templated when It was enacted.
The exposure In the Atchlson case , a part
of which Is that the gioss earnings of the
company were largely overstated. Is said to
have aroused a suspicion In financial quar
ters that some other companies have been
and arc doing the fame thing , and It Is pos
sible an overhauling of other companies may
result. So far ns the general business public
is concerned and Indeed everybody who Is In
terested In having the railroads comply with
the law , the facts brought out by the Atchl
son e\posute suggests that either further
legislation Is necessary to put a stop to the
discrimination involved In the rebate system
or there should be a reconstruction of the
Interstate commerce commission , which seems
to be absolutely indifferent to the
enforcement of the law. It cannot be ad
mitted that the commission Is wholly Ignor
ant of the fact that the law Is being per
sistently violated , unless upon the assump
tion that It mokes no effort to ascertain
whether or not the corporations nip comply
ing with the law. It must certainly be as
well informed In the matter as the public ,
and this should lead It to tnUe steps to
hunt down violations and bring those
guilty of them to punishment. Aa matters
now aio the law Is practically worthless
and the existence of the commission to carry
out its provisions and protect the people
from nbuso Is a mockery. It Is Intended by
the railroads that permission to pool
would correct this evil , but It ought to be
possible to correct It without such a conces
sion. Pooling might prove to be advantage
ous both to the public and to the corpora
tions , but it cannot bo admitted that It Is
Indispensable to the regulation of the cor
porations under the law. If the government
cannot enforce the Interstate commerce law-
It had better bo repealed ; but it can bo en
forced and will be when men are found
who are disposed to faithfully perform the
duties which the act imposes on them.
WHAT is 10 stor
The address of the Democratic Free Coinage -
ago league to the "fellow democrats of Ne
braska" Is noteworthy not for the platitudes
In favor of free silver coinage at the old
stand-by ratio of 1C to 1 , but for the recom
mendations which It offers to those who pro
fess to adhere to democracy , to free silver
coinage and to Congressman llryan , all atone
ono and the same time. The vvholo burden
of the complaint of the tree sllverlto demo
crats Is that they have lost their hold upon
the administration , that they were unmerci
fully routed at the last democratic state
convention and that their efforts to control
the machinery of the democratic party In
this state for the purpose of manipulating
the next democratic stuto convention to a
declaration In favor of the free coinage of
silver liavo thus far been stubbornly and suc
cessfully resisted. Finding themselves among
the outs In whatever direction they may
turn they have determined upon a "war of
conquest" against the supporters of tha ad
ministration and thus to force recognition at
the hands of the federal authorities. The
scheme Incidentally Includes the nomination
of Mr. Drynn for the United States senate
and anything elsa that may seem calculated
to further that aspirant's senatorial ambi
tions.
There is nothing to prevent the free sliver
democrats from going ahead and holding a
state convention. They may call It the dem
ocratic stale convention It they wish and no
ono will bo able to stop them , This seems
to bo vvlnt their present manifesto Is likely
to lead to , although Its framera have been
afraid to speak out and tell exactly what
they want. They say to their followers.
"Call your county conventions , Let them
make their nominations and appoint dele
gates to higher1 conventions. " As If It were
not against all precedent'to call county con
ventions before the higher convention has
been called and to name delegates bcforo the
apportionment has been made. What con
vention will admit as members a lot of floatIng -
Ing delegates who have been hanging around
waiting1 for a convention to bo summoned to
which they might accredit , themselves ? As
a matter of fact , thcro is no reason whatever
why the present manifesto should bo Issued
at this particular tlmo. The members ot the
Free Coinage league must have known what
they Intended to do'as soon as they organized
ulx weeks ago. But they are apparently
afraid to adopt any decisive measures. If
they want , to control a state convention ot
their own vUmt Is to stop them ?
Major Wheeler voted "no" on the resolu
tion to conllrm City Electrician Schurlg for
the reason that he did not know what Mr ,
Schurlg knows about electricity and dead
wires. Major Wheeler Is known as one pf
the great authorities ou electricity lu gen
eral anil electric lighting bills In particular ,
and It Is not conceivable that Mr. Schurlg
or niiy other man engaged In such common
work as supervising electric lighting plants
would Know as much as Mr. Wheeler. It
all the oth'r councMmcn had been ns high
up In electrics as Jlr. Wheeler It might
hnvo been Impossible to confirm anybody
as city electrician.
A hDXn-FKLT IIMAT.
You always have to go away from home
If jou wont to know- what Is going on In
your own Immediate vicinity. A Lincoln
paper makes the following startling an
nouncement :
"A change Is Imminent In the editorial
management of the World-Herald. The new
cil.tor will bo none other than Representa
tive W. J. Bryan. It Is understood that 0.
M. Hitchcock will remain In charge of the
business department. The rumor is that
the deal was to bo effected today , seme of
the stock passing Into the hands of promi
nent free silver democrats of this state. "
This community will not be startled by
the announcement that a change Is Immi
nent In the editorial compartment of the
W-H. That change has be n Imminent
for several years. Th * advent ot Mr. llryan
will doubtless be balled with n great deal
ot satlsf.icticn by many of the patrons of
the whirligig. It might not. be relished ,
hovvevor , by the Mortonlan wing of the
Nebraska mobocracy. As cdltor-ln-chlef of
the pure sliver organ Mr. Hryftn would find
a much broader field for Ms pent up gray
brain matter than on the floor of the house.
Moat of the great men that become edltors-
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In-chlcf ere pumped dry In less than thirty
days and tlion suffer a terrible relapse
from nerve-center exhaustion. Mr. llryan
may be an exception. He may be able to
keep up public Interest In his Ideas to the
end of the Impending campaign. From a
purely professional standpoint wo should hall
his ascent to the editorial tripod as the
gratification of a long-felt want. Any
thing for a change that will elevate the
standard of the metropolitan press and give
spice and tone to Its utterances. There Is
no fun or profit In running In competition
with papers nUllcted with the dry rot. If
the report concerning tfic Imminent change
Is true The I5ec will accord the new editor-
in-chief a cordial and hearty welcome Into
the arena of Omaha journalism.
IIV/0 IIKAHS THH
The most flagrant Injustice towhich the
real estate owners of this city and county
are subjected Is the vicious Bjstcm of as
sessments. It Is not so much because of
the low valuation of property ns the marked
discrimination against owners of real estate
and in favor of the class that has its In
vestments In personal property , mortgage
loans , bonds , moneys In bank , merchandise
and above all things the franchlsed corpora
tions. As a consequence the biunt of the
burdens of taxation fulls upon people who
have done most In building up the city and
the great mass of home owners.
A glance at the figures on the assessment
rolls vvfll suffice to convince any Intelligent
person of the grievous wrongs Imposed on
real estate owners. Out of a total of $21-
701,140.62 , $20,283,240 la assessed against
the owners of lots and lands In the county
and only $4,417,900 C2 Is assessed against
personal property. This Includes bank de
posits , mortgage loans , taxable merchan
dise , manufactuied products , live stock ,
household goods and all moveable articles
of value. The amount ot deposits In Omaha
und South Omaha banks ranges from $12-
000,000 to $15,000.000. The value of good's
In the Jobbing houses , retail stores and com
mission houses cannot fall short of $10-
000.000 , and It is safe to estimate the value
of taxable live stock , household goods and
other personal property at $10,000,000 more.
Add to this the franchise corporation prop
erty nnd the railioad property and we
would have in round figures fully $40,000,000
of taxable personal property.
Now the flvo franchlsed corporations , viz :
the street railway company , the waterworks
corrrany , the gas company , electric lighting
company nnd telephone company , are cap
italized , that Is , stocked and bonded , in
round figures , at $15,000,000 , but they pay
taxes on a valuation of less than $300,000.
The terminal facilities of the Union Pacific
alone are claimed to be worth $15,000,000.
Assuming that the terminal facilities of nil
the other roads In Omaha and South Omaha
were Included In that estimate and we
would bo entitled on on assessment of one-
tenth of that amount to at least $1,500,000 ,
while in fact these terminals are piactlcally
dumped In ns mileage nnd credited for less
than $200,000 all told.
The men and women who own store
buildings , warehouses , hotels , factories cr
dwelling houses cannot cover up their holdIngs -
Ings from the assessor. They bear the
brunt , not only of the general taxes , but are
compelled to pay special taxes for every
dollar's worth of Improvements. The own
ers of personal property either manage to
escape altogether or make returns that arc
scandalously low. The present assessments
In this county are virtually the single tax
sjstem. The lot and land owners pay four-
fifths of the general taxes and all the
special taxes , which constitute almost as
heavy a burden as the general tax.
Jl' l DKCL.UtKD ,
Japan has formally declared war against
China. In reality n state of war has existed
for more than n week , but the- formal an
nouncement of It by ono of the parties was
necessary to establish the relations of other
powers to the combatants , as prescribed by
International law. A declaration of war
alters the status of neutral nations toward
the nations-nt war , creating conditions and
requiring observances that would not exist
without such a declaration , even though
thcro was actual war. Of course this an
nouncement by Japan that a state ot war
exists between that country and China v\lll
put a stop to the efforts of other powers to
bring about a settlement of the trouble. It
Is a notice to the powers that Japan pro
poses to maintain her rights by the last re
sort of nations , and having given this no
tice no government can with propriety Inter
pose. A proffer of medtaU'on now could properly
bo regarded by Japan as an affront , since
In effect It would Imply that that govern
ment had made a mistake or that Us course
was uiurlso and unwarranted. Possibly as
the war progresses Japan , or China may ask
the intercession if friendly powers with a
view to a settlement , but until ono or the
other does this neutral nations will stand
aloof ,
That the conflict will be prolonged now
appears to be moro than probable , for the
hatred between the countries has , of course ,
become greatly Intensified. Thus far the
advantage Is largely with Japan , which has
surprised the world by the fighting quali
ties exhibited , The common idea Is that
there Is no essential difference between the
Chinese and the Japanese , but this Is a mis
take. The latter are moro Intelligent and
more progressive as a people , are more In
sympathy with the enlightenment ot tbn
age , and have a better Idea of what. . Is
1-1-
nvant by psn-IStlsm. The tendency ot these
conditions In to make them tetter soldiers
nml all theTtcsTlmony Is to the effect that
they take Itttteruo military duties than the
Chinese. A ! any rate , up to this time , they
hnvo shown Ihomtclvos the better fighters ,
both on the land and on the water. They
have succeeded already In seriously crip
pling China's naval strength , and It they
can continue as they have begun the out
come of the war Is not uncertain. Us pro
gress will now be watched with growing In
terest , nnd so far ns the American people
ore concerned their sympathy nnd hope will
be with the smaller and more civilized em
pire.
Mr. Wiley , acting for the Thomnon-iriii's- '
ton company , refuses outright to compSote
the contract which he has made with the
city to supply nil the electric trtl lamps
r edcd at the rate of $ )11.3J ) until the ex
piration of the present year. He bases his
refusal upon the ground that his company
will not come In under the general fran
chise ordinance , whose passage ho Insti
gated , because It gives nil other companies
the right to use the poles upon the payment
of a reasonable compensation. Mr. Wiley
knew of this feature of the general ordi
nance at the time he made his bid. What
Is more , his original contract with the city
contains the very same stipulation. Evi
dently this obligation Is bearing hard upon
the electric lighting managers nnd they are
doing their best to throw It off. Nothing
cine , however , was to have been expected of
Mr. Wiley. His dealings with the city have
been two-faced and fraudulent from the
start. No member of the council has any
rlg'it ' to rely upon his promises to act fairly
with the city. If he had conducted himself
In negotiations with any reputable buslnef
man ns he has In relation to the refcllng
of the city's electric lighting contracts the
latter would bo justified In refusing to have
anything more to do with him. Hut so
long ns he practically owns the city council
hewill be permitted to continue to submit
bids for electric lighting , to dictate read-
vertlslng when he Is underbid , nnd to re
pudiate his contracts with Impunity.
It may as well be admitted now as some
time later that the brick pavement , as
tested In Omaha , Is not a success. In fact ,
it Is but ono degree above the cedar nnd
cypress block. There arc only two kinds of
pavement materials that commend them
selves for use. On streets of moderate
grade , outside of the Jobbing district , ns-
plmlt Is the most desirable. It combines
the elements of smoothness , cleanliness nnd
durability when properly laid. On heavy
traffic streets Sioux Falls granite Is the
best as well as the cheapest , -while for
streets of high grade , where traffic Is not
too heavy , sandstone is the best adapted.
These conclusions are based on the experi
ence and costly experiments with all sorts
of paving materials in this city during the
past ten years. It-goes without sajlng that
we should glvp preference to brick pavement
over all others lj,4he brick pavements that
have been glvenl abundant and fair trial
had been a success.
The Board of Health
has finally secured an
additional allotment of rations to sustain It
for the rest of the year. The board must
not imagine , . .however , that this-Is to be
taken as permission to give free rein to Its
extravacancesandthcn ] | apply for another
appropriation ft lien another deficit stares it
in the face. , Thepractlce of allowing de
partments to exceed their regular npproprlo-
tiongiand trj draw-oil the general fund except
In extraordinary caaes 'Is n pernicious one
and ought not to be encouraged. The Board
of Health should be given to understand dis
tinctly that In the future t'ie garment must
be limited by the cloth.
"Tho United States Strike commission" Is
a rather big name for three men to assume
who have been selected to serve temporarily
In Investigating the facts of a single desig
nated strike. From the name one would
Imagine that the commission was a perma *
nent body , with authority over all strikes ,
past , present and future. But we suppose
that President Cleveland's appointees on
this commission are no different from other
men who rejoice lu trying to make them
selves appear more Important than they
really are.
Bryan's admiring worshipers want him
to ask for a popular expression upon his
candidacy for the United States senate.
What would Bryan gain by that ? With the
editorship of a great paper at his command
he can create senators nnd congressmen and
perhaps presidents. The creator Is always
greater than his creature. The editorship of
a metropolitan newspaper ought to quench
the flrca of all frlvolo'us senatorial ambitions
that burn In Bryan's breast.
All the franchises In the state of Ne
braska are listed for taxation ns valued at
$14,820. This of course Is not particularly
surprising , especially since the owners of
these franchises secured them from the
public for nothing. But there are several
franchises In the state any one of which
many people would bo glad to acquire for
the assessed value of all of them combined.
It has been suggested that President
Cleveland would have a much more peace
ful and a much more dignified time If the
majority In the senate were republican In
stead ot democratic. So he would. So ho
would , nlso , If ho were not president. We
can furthermore assure him that the peace
ful and dignified tlmo Is coming and will
not bo delayed beyond JIarch 1 , 1897.
Impcadilni ; tlu > ninny for Ono.
New "Yorjc Tribune.
Senntor Hill vindicates the president by
Impeaching his pnrly1. The operation Is like
saving a tumor by Amputating the person
to whom It vviis attiiched.
tlid Inuvltiibla.
Chlc'iibo Hernia.
The situation " 'Is not cheering for the
democracy. Between1 a mercenary Hennlp
and an Indlscredt president utullllcatlon of
the party seems Inevitable ,
Secret nf iHmntnrliit Delay ,
nichmflftti' lmes ( ilem. ) .
The debnto "rtfKea' ' over ugar In order
that the Sugar trust ? rnuy have legislation
that will causo-jlfcTury American to pay
much more a pound for his HUKUP than he
would have to pfyrflf there were no Huch
legislation where.by .that same Sutrnr tmst
limy gouge out.of niose snme Americana a
net profit of J10txXW ? to JIG , < X ,000 euch your
This enable * It to 'divide n million or so
unionist a few ko-called democratic sen
ators , who , added to the republican Hen-
ntorw , control the senate , and ntlll have u
net prollt of moie than DO per cent per an
num on the money Invested In the trust.
Ontrurlii ; the Ilucor * .
aiabe-Oemocrat.
A Liverpool paper wants the steamship
bullden ) to turn out u vessel that will croas
the ocean nt the rate of fifty mites an houi.
When reminded that to double the speed
means the quadrupling of the power. It imya
go ahead with the quadrupling ; The ship
could be 800 feet lontr. and have four times
the boiler power of the Campania , which ia
CU4 feet long. Only double the quantity ot
coal would be required , an the time of pas
sage would be cut down one-half , A ship
crossing from Queenstown to New York In
three days would Ket the cream of the pu -
senger travel aim be a paying investment
beyond question.
jwi.fr/cMK
Shclton Clipper1 AtncOoll for governor and
Maupln for nccrctnry of state would maKe a
great combination , and one that would bo a
sure winner.
"The people nre tired of the old alnto-
makers" In the war cry of Will M. Maupln
In making his canvass for the nomination for
necrctnry of state. Maupln Is > omig , and
he wants the people to know It.
denoa Leader. While Jack MncColl Isn't
the Leader's first choice for governor It 1
money to marbles that IIP Is nominated upon
the first ballot by three to one and that ho
will be elected by 25,000 plurality ,
Lexington Pioneer : If the republican
party wants a candidate for governor against
whose record no charge can be maintained ,
J. H. MacColl Is the man Thp party will
make no mistake In choosing him as Its
standard bearer.
B. O KrctRlrRcr of Ilpntrlce Is a candi
date for the populist nomination for at
torney general. It Is predicted that should
ho be pitted against \V. S. Summers the
campaign In Onuo county would be one lung
to bo remembered.
Kvcrythlng IK harmonious In Cumlng
county now that the republican county cen
tral committee has decided to call a con
vention for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to thu stuto convention. It makes
things look better , too.
Mr J. H. Mnckay , editor of the Madison
Reporter , refers to the office of superin
tendent of public Instruction ns n "super
numerary nppcndugo. " He wnnis the posi
tion abolished In tho- Interest of economy
nnd cfllctoncy In the schools.
The cies of nil the politicians In the state
will bo on Broken Bow today , where thu
republicans of the Sixth district are as
sembled for the purpose of nominating n
mnn to succeed Kern. This , the first big
convention ot the year In Nebraska , prom
ises to be a lively one , nnd the enthusiasm
Is liable to boll over Into some other dis
tricts In the state.
Ord Quiz- The strong cholco of this vi
cinity Is for Judge M. P. Klnkald for con
gress. The Judge Is so well knonn and
everywhere recognized ns n clean , capable
nnd Influential man that the Rood Judgment
of the masses Is that he should contest the
election with any man whom the populists
can put up With him In congress the
standing of northwestern Ncbrnska will be
vastly raised In the eyes of the nation. By
the men we choose to represent us we nre
Judged.
Cozad Tribune : The Republican Valley
Echo wants to know what Jack MacColl
has ever done that tbe party should reward
him. Its desire for Information may be
fully gratified by looking over the columns
of the state press. On the other hand , there
are several tilings that he has not done
that makes him a desirable person for the
gubernatorial nomination In the coming cam
paign. He has never been chief oil dis
penser of legislative oil rooms ; Is not rest
ing under the allegation of running anybody
out of the state at a time when said per
son's room was more desirable than his
company. Ho has EO conducted himself tint
no blot or stain exists upon his official , busi
ness or private life , and In the matter of
campaign subscriptions , If current ipport Is
true , he has considerably the edge over a
man \\lio Is his chief competitor.
Lincoln News : It Is noticeable that the
newspapers that are talking so glibly about
the "mud-sllnglng" at Tom Majors making
him votes don't seem to be ver > much en
couraged over Hon. Tom's prospects. As a
matter of fact there has been no mud-
sllnglng at .Majors. Kvcrj thing that has
been printed about him Is easily susceptible
of proof , and none of his newspaper backers
what few there are even attempt to deny
the charges None of the newspapers that
deem Mr. Majors , ' nomination unwise have
as yet laid bare the fiaud attempted In con
nection with his endeavor to get a seat In
congress , nor have they quoted from the
scathing remarks made by Tom Reed , who
investigated and found the charges against
Majors to be true. This may be ancient
history , but It is most damning to Mr.
Majors. There is enough suspicion attach
ing to his public career In Nebraska to
make his nomination a most vital mistake
for the party , and the open espousal of his
candidacy by the rallioads Is merely Indi
cative of what may be expected If he Is
nominated and should happen to be elected.
If the republicans of Nebraska want to make
a defensive campaign they should nominate
Tom Majors He will keep them busy ex
plaining until election day.
FOltKUI.OSIl THi : MOUTH.tdK.
Denver Republican : The debts of the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads
to the government sh'o-ild bo settled by foie-
closure. In that cicnt the government In
all probability would La the purchaser. This
would Involve the government operation of
the roads named , and there Is no doubt that
they could be operated by the government
with much greater benefit to the public than
they have been by their present owners.
New York World : Mr. Boalner does well
to file a minority report In opposition to the
Rellly refunding bill. That bill Is simply
a device to swindle the government out of
scores of millions of dollars , to release men
and estates from their obligation to pay
back money which has been filched from
the government by fraud and theft. The
whole matter has been laid bare in the
World. Huntlngton , Standford , the CrocKcrs
and Hopkins managed by Irlek and device to
put Into their own private purses nearly all
the millions contributed by the government
for the building of the Central Pacific. Un
der the law they or their estates may be
made to dlsgoige. The Rellly bill Is Intended
to release them from this obligation and to
leave the government with practically no se
curity for a claim amounting to a hundred
millions , where now It has a security that Is
ample. It Is a bill to legalize an accomplished
theft. Mr. Boatner Is rendering a great
public service by Insisting tnat the bill shall
be defeated and that suits shall bo brought
to recover the money wrongfully diverted to
private uses.
or A I
Globe Democrat : The republicans of both
Iowa and Kansas have entirely Ignored the
prohibition question In their platforms this
year. It has taken them some time to fully
comprehend the danger of fooling with such
an Issue , but the lesson has been learned at
last , and they will never again repeat the
blunder.
New York Evening Post : The Iowa re
publicans have followed the example of their
brethren in Kansas and entirely Ignored the
liquor question In their platform. There Is
not even the perfunctory declaration In favor
of temperance which is the last refuge of the
timid politician. The Incident Is a striking
proof of the decadence of prohibition. Only
three or four years ago the party was declar
ing "against a compromise with the saloon , "
nnd pledging "continued opposition to the
behests ot the saloon power through the
maintenance and enforcement of the prohlbl
tory law. " Last winter a republican legisla
ture virtually repealed that law by establish
ing a klud of local option e > stem , under
which saloons may bo started In any com
munity which votes to have them , and now
a republican state convention , by Its expres
sive silence , announces that the party has
abandoned all pretcnco of further belief In
prohibition. _
Tim rnivjirii of MO.VJ.V.
New York World : When at Vlnelaml a
strapping negro woman led her paler and
less muscular sisters In their charge on the
ballot box , when In spite of police and elec
tion officers she succeeded In depositing her
ballot , the emancipation of woman was prac
tically accomplished. There may be Mine de
lay In details , but the work Is over and
woman has been set free at last from her
long age of cnthralment.
Philadelphia Times : The women of Vineland -
land failed to follow Wolsey's advice to
Cromwell and carry gentle peace In their
hands when approaching ( he ( Kills. The mis
take was fatal. When grlra-visaged war rears
Its horrid front the woraeu are not In It to
any extent. In a stand-up and knock-down
tussle for the privilege of stuning the ballot
box and counting the rotes the husbands and
brothers of the women possess advantages
which make the contest a very one-sided
one ,
Theirs If They On fur It.
Denver lleimbllcan.
The republicans in Wyoming are prepared
to make a Htrong light , and there IB every
reason to believe that they will tucceed.
Wyoming U naturally a republican state ,
and UK people will Hliovv their j-ootl ueime If
they a In ml by Jhe party which has stood
by them.
TI
CEin Republicans Stand Up and Defend the
Record of Thomas Majors ?
The candidacy of Thomns J. Majors con the following bill , certified to by T. J.
fronts Iho n publican party of Nebraska ns Majors ns president i f the senate , wan placed
a menace to Its success In theImpcndlni ; In the hands of I he auditor and a warrant
campaign. To elevate htm to ( he position ol for $75 was Issued to W. M. Taylor as bal-
standard bearer will place the party on the hiicrv duo for nllcged services In the scnat *
defensive nnd subject It to n galling fire that for the last fifteen tin ) 3 ot the month-
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Deduct atnviint ilntwn , f .f " * > _
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Lincoln , Sfa'Vc c/ ISM.
Jtificly certfy that the oknr account li correct antUtut , and Aa ) not tccti j > < ild.
Jlccchcd of T
Warrant
it could not withstand. Kvcry cindldnte and
every party leader on the stump would Ito
compelled to champion the candidacy of a
man who Is tattooed with a record ot In-
delliblo infamy. They would bo confronted
at every crossroad with the story of the
forged census returns that scandalized the
state at the national capital and placed a
stigma upon the mnn whom the people of
this commonwealth had honored with a place
in the halls of congress as their representa
tive. They would be confiontcd with the
moro recent misbehavior of Hint same cx-
cougrcssman while acting in capacity of
president of the stale senate
During two sessions of the legislature In
which he occupied the responsible nnd honor
able position of presiding officer of the upper
house by virtue of his election as lieutenant
governor , Mr. Majors was notoriously a tool
and capper for the corporation lobby , nnd
exerted all his power and Influence during
each session of the legislature to promote
jobbery nnd assist boodle schemes and ob
struct , sidetrack nnd defeat all railway reg
ulation bills and measures to curb the rapac
ity of corporate monopoly.
SCANDALIZED TUG STATE.
During the session of 1S91 the state was
scandalized by the abduction of Senator
Taj lor , a populist , who had lieen elected on
the anti-monopoly platform , which pledged
him to support a maximum rate law. It
Is notorious that Taylor was on confidential
terms with Lieutenant Governor Majors ,
and especially with his private sec
retary , Walt M. Stely. There Is
no doubt whatever tint Majors and
Seely must have known of the plot to abduct
Taylor In order to keep him from casting his
vote for the New berry maximum rate bill.
Taylor's abduction created such a sensa
tion that even If Majois Imd not been nd-
vlsed about the plot he could not have been
Ignorant of the fact that Tajloi had disap
peared. The fact that Majors directed the
sergeant-at-flrms to have Taj lor arrested
shows absolute knowledge on the part of
Majors of the disappearance of Taylor.
The records of the auditor's office show
that Taylor had drawn $202.40 as his pay
and mileage for the session up to the time
of his abrupt departure in the middle of
March.
On March 31 , when the session closed.
KlSlSll.lUKA AKlt JV.K7I/M6/GIAA.
The Tangemann roller mills at Talmage
were sold at moitgage sale to Dr. L. B.
Lutgen of Brock for $5,401.
' A child of W. H. King of Dubois stepped
In front of Its father's mowing machine and
lost one foot , besides receiving a gash in
the thigh.
There Is an apparent shortage In the ac
counts of the treasurer of Scotts Bluff
county amounting to about $100 , caused by
a failure to keep the receipts of road over
seers.
The sixth annual reunion of the old set
tlers of Cass and adjoining countlest will be
held at Union August's and 9. An extensive
program has been prepared for the occasion ,
one of the fentmcs of which will bo a pic
nic dinner and a general good time ,
On the top at a high bluff In Daw son
county there had always been a spot where
grass did not grow , and a couple of boys
thought they would investigate the cause
So they secured a spade nnd dug a hole A
few feel below the surface they stiuck a
coffin and a skeleton , and then they quit.
The remains were evidently those of a man
who had lost his life while crossing the
country on the overland trail.
During the storm at Brunlng a heavy
wind came up anil did considerable damage
to property In town and In the sm rounding
country. All of I'crguson's corn cribs , ca
pacity 80,000 bushels , were twisted and leveled -
eled arid some ot the lumber can led 800
rods and driven through the gable end and
celling of a dwelling house. Mall's lumber
sheds were unroofed and carried roda away.
Telegraph lines were broken by fl > lng lum
ber , Btables smashed and othei outbuildings
picked up and thrown down on neighboring
premises. The Columbian art gallery was
caught up and carried away a considerable
distance , ballooning Dr Dempstci , who was
nsslstlng the proprietors In protecting the
outfit , Into a distant pllo of machinery. Ls-
tlmated damage In town , $2,000.
A A/U.SO.V.IW.W I OltlTK ,
Oil. for a lodge In the garden of cucumbers
Oh , foi iin IcubciK ur two ut control !
Oh. for a vale which ut midday the dew
cumbers ! '
Oh , for .1 pleasure trip up to the pole !
Ob. for a little one-story thermometer ,
With nothing but zeros ull r.niKcu In a
Oh , for a big , double-barreled hydrometer ,
To measure the moisture that rolls from
my brow.
Oh , that this cold world were twenty times
( That'a Irony red hot It m-ometh to me ) ,
Oh , for a turn of Its dreaded cold sUoulder !
Oh , what a comfort un ague would be !
Oh. for a urotto to typify heaven ,
Hcooped In the rock under cataract vast I
Oh , for u winter of discontent even !
Oh , tor a. wet blanket Judiciously cast !
Oh , for a soja fount spoiitlnff up boldly
l-'rom every hot lamp post ueiilnst the hot
Oh , far a proud maiden to look on me
lnX B0ul with a ulance of her eye !
Then , oh , for a draught from ivcup of
"cold plzen , "
And , oh , for a resting place In the cold
Km vet
With n. bath in the Btyx where- the thick
shadow lies on ,
And deepens tbe chill of Ha dark running
wave ,
The above Is a fnc simile of the certificate
signed by Lieutenant Governor Majors and
approved by the auditor , ns now on file in
the olTlco of the auditor of state.
The warrant for J7G was cashed by Walt
M. Scely , private secretary of the lieutenant
governor , and pocketed bjr him Tnylor
never received a penny of this money fraudu
lently procured by the connivance of the
lieutenant governor
This act alone stamps Thomas J Majors ns
n dangerous mnn In any public offico. When
he cfrtlfled that Taj lor had served through
the entire term he knowingly and wit
tingly committed a grave cilmc that laid
him llnblo not onto ! Impeachment , but to
prosecution In the cilmlnnl courts.
Had Majors certified to a fraudulent
voucher In the armjor duplicated his o\u
pay In the army pay roll , ho would have
been court martlaled and cashiered In dis
grace. Where the oftonse wns as flagrant
as the Taj lor voucher fraud , ho would have
been made to servo a sentence In a military
prison. Is this the kind of a man the republicans - ,
publicans of Nebraska are asked to make
chief executive of state and commander-ln-
chlef of the military forces of the common
wealth ?
TUG SENATE OIL ROOM.
The climax of Infimy on the part of the
lieutenant governor -was the conversion of
his private office adjoining the senate cham
ber into a legislative oil mom , In which
liquor was dispensed freely to members of the
senate who were addicted to drink , und to
lobbyists , mule and female , who resorted Id
the room for debauching the law makers.
Kvery fellow who belonged to the gang
carried a Yale lock key In his pocket so as
to have access nt nil times , ni ht or day ,
when the senate wns In session or at recess ,
to the demijohns nnd decanters filled with
cholco brands of liquor , with which the lieu
tenant governor's room was generously sup
plied regardless of expense by the corporate
concerns whose bills wpre to bo logrolled
thiouih and vUiose Interests were to bo
protected by the bland , affable nnd nccom *
modatlns lieutenant governor.
Can republicans stultify themselves and
Jeopardize their cause by placing n man with
such a record at the head of the ticket ?
I1OJ' It'K.lTUKlt JIA-llA'S.
Buffalo Courier : Jlllson snya It Is queer
how frequently Idle talk gels in its work.
Dallas News : The most consistent mortal
classes the path over and over ngiiln dur
ing a short lifetime.
Philadelphia. Times , Students of
would confer a favor by deciding whether
nn advanced and u forward woman nre the
tsaino.
Steamship Bulletin : "They are vciy blue-
blooded , I believe ? " "Yes , they must be.
Their Kiandfathci died of melancholia. "
Detroit Tribune : Lavvj'er Will you nn-
svver your husband In his suit for divorce ?
Knlr UtlKnnt ( with dignity ) No. sir ; I
wouldn't speak to him for the world.
Boston Budget : Angelina ( to her newly
betrothed ) Oh , Hdvvln , there's such a good-
lookinK girl juat behind you ! Do look !
IMvvIn Ah , I've no ejca for good looks
now , daillllr.
Atclilson Globe : The lack of tennis en
thusiasm this summer Is In a degree ilue to
the fnct that ovvlng-to the html llmcH many
of the yomiff men worn their tennlH pants
lust winter us underwear.
ArKnnsavv Travelu ICntle Say ,
why does your missus call this place llnv-
vlew ? Then-'H no liny and mlKhty Ilttlo
view about It. MUKKIP I heard her miy
It was bi cure theic xvus n hay horse In the
bat n , n bay tree In the yaid , n bay window
on the house , and a ha-by in the palrlor.
New York Press : "My darling , " wrote
the absent husband , "I am veiy lonesome ,
vcrv unhappy , without you litre There H
enoiiKli t" amuse one In tlilH place , but I
ciniiiot tuKo nnv pleasure In anything vvhllu
m > diulliiK Is absent from me In fact , my
life Is tnlscinlilc without you " "Dear fel
low , " she murmurs * , as a lavishing smllo
stole over her fare , and Hhe tenderly kissed
the epistle , "what delightful letteia hd
writes. "
AND IT CAM K TO PASS ,
IK troll 1'ree I're M
The fool killer fat on the mossy bank ,
He did ;
And watched n youthful Hummer crank ,
Which did ,
As we have of tf n made a note ,
Stitml up , nnd laughing , rock the boat.
The fool killer , mulling. Bald "Te-he ; "
HP did ,
"That fellow In dolm ? my work for me , "
And he did.
NcanilnloUH Vlnlittliiii nf l.nvv ,
New York Thm > B ,
Such treatment of rebate payments aa
have been dlscloxcd in the case of the
Atchlson Ilullroud company Is very properly -
erly condemned because It rnlHleinlH Block-
holders * nnd otherH who dpKlre to Invest
money In rallroud utocku us to the real
earning" < > f " rnllrnud corpuiatlon and the
leal value of It ! ) securities an Indicated by
ItH earning * . But there Is another aspect
of this evil which ilc ervea mora attention
today from Uu. people generally und fioni
congress and from the Department of Jus
tice than the misrepresentation of a rail
road company's real earning" capacity , and
It Is that this peralKtent , y tematle , nml
wholesale payment of rebates to fuvoieu
Hhlppertl ban been inudu in clear violation
of the federal law ( the Interstate commerce
net ) , whloli was enacted for the prevention
of such unjust discrimination.
Ami Ihu Country Will Itrjulcu.
Courier-Journal
Both sides having bluffed as much ns tha
proprieties wst-m to require , the aenate and
housu will doubtless nuw usjre to give the
country Us cold potato and BO homa-