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01:01101 : : n. TSMUHUCIC ,
Hwom to l 'fi > ro me nml nulnc-ilbeil In my pres
cnce thin 1st ilay ofAucust , 1SDI.
( Soul. ) N. P. rait * Notary I'ublli ! .
. Omnha Is rnpldly regaining some of hci
lost prestige ri3 nil Ideal siunnicr resort.
Some base ball teams arc making liny
whllo tlio nun shines. Others are making
gooso-eggs.
Judge Klnkald's friends In the Dig Slxtli
convention fought valiantly , but they lacked
staying qualities.
The republican party of Nebraska cannot
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hope to win if It places at the head of Its
ticket a professional gambler.
Private CeilarqulBt ought to bo transferred
from the Infantry Into the artillery service
nnd placd In charge of a Quaker gun.
The republican campaign In Chicago Is to
bo opened by Governor -McKlnley and ex-
Speaker Heed and Is to be closed by victory.
Gladstone Is the latest of the great men
to decline a flattering Invitation , ilut we
have yet to hoar from Congressman Bryan.
They nro nil honorable men In the sen-
nto. So say the sugar scandal Investigating
committee. So says Senator Hill. Hut what
says the public ?
Governor Tlllman of South Carolina must
have an eagle eye. Ho Is reopening the
state dispensaries in good time to catch all
the campaign trade In booze.
the Cedarqulst episode arisen upon
the heels of the general elections rather than
ln trout of them Congressman Grosvonor
probably would not have made an Issue of
It. "
Mr. Pullman seems finally to have come
to the wise conclusion that silence IB golden.
Hcnco the dearth of Interviews nnd mani
festoes from him during the past two weeks
or more.
Congressman Grosvenor might have waited
for the verdict of the proposed court martial
of the olTlcor who ordered Cedarqulst to
target practice on Sunday before convicting
4 him unheard on the floor of the house.
In the Impending campaign the republicans
of Nebraska can afford to lese no time de-
fondlng candidates against their bad records.
This la the wrong year for tattooed men to
seek vindication at the expense of the party.
It Is said that n very urgent demand for
a lump of free and
unlimited coinage , at n
ratio of 160 to 1 , suggested the chnnge soon
to bo made In the editorial management of
our benighted but ever-enterprising con
temporary.
The Chicago alderman who voted to grant
, a franchise without reading the ordinance
should take n lesson from the Omaha coun
cilman who refused to vote for the con-
-ilrmatlon of a man because ho was not nc-
uualntcd with him.
Majors Is not the only tattooed canJIdate
who seeks nomination on the republican
stnto ticket. There nro several other ox-
niembers of the legislature whoso unclean
record would make them vulnerable targets
for the common rnomy.
"Omnha could bettor afford to lese six of
her count-Union than her ono city clerk , "
is what one of our city olllclula Is credited
with . Not " " " "
saying. "six" but "twlco six ,
provided , of course , that they were recruited
from the Wlloy contingent.
There are no politics whatever In the encampments -
campmonts of the Grand Army of the llepub-
. Ho. It Is merely accident that the politicians
happen to converge upon the camp of the
veterans. If you don't believe It Just nt-
tcnd ono of the encampments yourself.
If the assurances of the senate sugar
scandul Investigating committee are to bo
accepted , of course there Is no need of en
acting Senator Allen's bill to preserve the
purity of the national legislature. Anything
so pure could not possibly be contaminated.
Congressman Ilryan denies , ieml-olllclally ,
through Mr. Morton's republican organ , that
he has mi engagement to assume the chief
editorship of the World-Herald , but ai the
denial comes with a string tied to It , wo
shall not be'In the least surprised It the re
port turns out to be trut > .
Any war between great nations naturally
excltea popular Interest , however distant It
may be. A fiercely contested naval engagement -
ment between Chinese and Japanese warships
U Imminent. The Dee can be rolled upon to
cover the great event ai no other paper
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west of Chicago can cover It.
Govorr.cr Hogg of Texas Is still rooting
ttgulmt President Cleveland and denouncing
hli action In calling out the federal troops
to suppress the great railroad strike. If the
affair < had only occurred In Texas wa might
IIATO had more serious fulmlnstlons than
those which emanated from Governor Alt-
nAruw.iti jt.irrs ; . , v IOITM.
The old Dgiir of the railroads agnlnat KOI
ernmenta ! regulation of rMcx Is about to t
renewed In Iowa , Notice to that effect lit
already been served upon the people by tti
petition uf the through lines asking 11 :
Uonrd of Hull road Commissioners "to revU
the schttlules nnd clnsniricatloiu now In fore
nnd to mine the maximum rntos which ma
bo charged In Iowa. " The professed objct
of the petitioning railroads Is to recuro "
reasonable , fair and Just compeliiatlun fc
the service to bo rendered In each parttcula
case , " nnd the allegation Is made that Hi
compensation now allowed Is nut reasonable
fair and just. This , of course , will raise
storm of opposition from jobbers , merchant !
farmers and shippers generally , but th
railroads , elated by their recent victory eve
the American Hallway union , are eager t
make another test of strength with the pea
pic.
When the Iowa schedule , of maximum rate
went Into effect In 1S8S the railroads lloodei
the state with prophesies of dlro dlsaste
and prevented Its enforcement to the grcatcs
extent In their power. Notwithstanding this
however , the earnings Increased by over $5 ,
000,000 , and they have continued to Incrcasi
steadily ever slnco. In 1893 their darning
for Iowa were ? 4j,000,000 ! , n considerable ud
Vance over the $37,000,000 of the prevlou :
year. The outlook for the present year 1 :
said not to bo very encouraging to the low :
railroads , but to what business Is It very en
coiiraglng ? The trainc and receipts of tin
railroads In that state have not been nffcctci
more seriously than these of roads In othei
states , while , according to their own state
ments , their economies , through retrenchmen
and reduced service , have been equal to tin
best.
best.Tho
The through lines tried to precipitate this
Issue last fall , when they changei
the basis of dividing earnings with loca
llnel which originate the business. Prloi
to that tltno local lines received 30 , 40 am !
oven as high as G216 per cent of the entire
earnings for originating the business and the
local haul. As the through traffic consti
tutes G5 per cent of the traffic of Iowa lines ,
tills gave- them satisfactory returns regard
less of local rates. An order of the through
lines promulgated In November , 18D3 , pro
posed to cut the basis of division to 10 per
cent , nnd was expected to transfer about
$10,000.000 annually from the local lines to
the through lines. It was nlso expected to
drive the local lines to demand an Increase of
the maximum- local rates , and there was
considerable talk of such action at the time.
The plan , however , did not materialize. The
through lines have therefore been left to
Institute the light themselves , a task to which
they have but now nerved themselvja. The
Issue Is bound to bs brought Into the political
arena , particularly should the present Board
of Ilallroad Commissioners vonluro to nccede
to the * request of the petitioners. Such a
proceeding will bo viewed ns the first step
In a systematic plan to undo nil the railroad
regulation which the people of Iowa have
secured after years of earnest effort. It will
not be submitted to without a struggle.
c.tnKors ASSASSIN SKNTKXCIID.
French justice deals summarily with an
archist assassins. On Sunday , June 21 , Sftdt
Carnet , president of France , was assassin
ated In the streets of Lyons by a young
man who had espoused anarchism. Last
Thursday the assassin was put on trial and
yesterday he was sentenced to death. There
was no tlmo wasted In the preliminaries and
no delay In the proceedings before the court.
No tricky lawyers Interposed technicalities
to obstruct the course of Justice. Taken
red-handed the murderer could have but ono
defense , thnt of Irresponsibility by reason of
mental weakness , and this defense ho would
not mako. Investigation Into the family his
tory of Cesarlo had disclosed the fact that
four of his relatives died In Insane asylums
nnd It was thought that this might bo made
the ground for n plea of Insanity on his be
half. Hut when the Judge asked the assas
sin whether ho was responsible for his ac
tions he replied In the alllrmatlve and fur
ther declared that none of his family had
over been weak minded.
The answers given by Cesarlo to the ques
tions of the court Illustrate the powerful Influence -
fluenco which anarchistic teachings exert
upon the minds of those who cspouso them.
This young man said thnt ho loves his
mother , who had tried hard , as did other
members of his family , to dissuade him from
bocomln : : an anarchist , but ho could regard
her pleadings ns prompted by prejudice and
was able to bring himself to bellevo that ho
was acting In the cause of humanity. What
sort of mental condition Is It that allows a
man to accept the doctrine that destruction
of llfo nnd property Is n proper means of
romcdylnc the Ills of society , that In such
a cause deliberate and cold-blooded murder
Is clorlous , and who will renounce family
nnd friends In order to put In practice this
most barbarous doctrine ? Certainly the
mind cannot be entirely sound and rational
that will do this. The assassin of Carnet
docs not appear to bo i\ mere bravo. That
ho believes ho was justified in committing
the heinous crime Is not to bo doubted , but
ho did not. In the course of the trial , make
any Inordinate manifestations , as some
others have done , of a scnso of pride or
glory In his deed , the only approach to such
nn exhibition being his claim thnt ho planned
the assassination without assistance , and
this may have been done for the purpose of
shielding others from suspicion. The pris
oner was allowed three days In which to
take nn appeal , but ho may not avail him
self of It , knowing that It would be of no
use to do so. The higher court will cer-
talnlv sustain the verdict and ns soon as
French law permits Cesarlo will pay the
penalty of his crime on the guillotine.
The swiftness with which justice has
been meted out In this case will naturally
be contrasted with the slow course of tlio
law In the cases of the assaeslns of public
muri In this country , particularly that of
I'rciulerEast , who did not pay the penalty
of his crime for more than clsht months
after Us commission. The example of the
French method of * administering justice In
such cases Is worthy of serious considera
tion.
.lOVAXTAOK III' IMVBJ ) COUKTV HO.IflS.
Whether macadam as laid on the new
roads In this county proves a success or
[ allure there Is no doubt that the
itono block pavement will endure
severalgenerations. . The now roadway
w the old Military road should by all means
JQ extended to the Klkhorn and clear to
the westers boundary of the county. It
is a magnificent stretch of public road so far
is It has been laid , and Is not excelled by
my country road In Amerlci. While stona
llocks hro very costly foe country road
Mvoments , they will. In our judgment , prove
the cheapest In the end. There are now
ibcut ISO miles of public roads In Douglas
: ounty. Every mile of paved roadway U
mre to double the value of adjacent land ,
Fho pivlng of every mlle of road In the
: ounty would bo the moat profitable Invest
ment the countcoulil make. The area
of I > ' " 'gtas cuunty Is * ! GO square miles. D <
ducting therefrom the area of townsltes an
roadways , nnd we have nbstit 185,000 acre
of cultivable land , At $ C,0 an ncre till
Innd has < tn aggregate value of $9,2SO,00 (
Not nn acre of this Innd would sail for Irs
than $100 after the county roads were n
paved. Computing tlio cost of paving a
$10,000 per mile , nnd wo would have a tola
outlay of $1,500,000 , while the Increase c
land values would exceed $9,000,0001 If W
would build ten miles of paved roadwa
each year we would have all the countr ,
roads paved within fifteen ycnrs. The nd
vantages to the farmers would bo Incal
ctihble. H would place them within n fc\
hours reach of the best market , and event
unlly would place every farm house nnd dalr ;
In close communlcntlon with the city b ;
motcr railway , trains running every hour litho
the day. To Oinahn that would mean th
virtual annexation of the population wlthli
it radius of thirty miles. This populatloi
would be trebled and quadrupled as rapid ! ;
an the country roads made rapid transit ti
the city possible and profitable to the farmer
Mora than one-third of the lands In Doug
Ins cojnty still remain unimproved nnd tin
remaining two-thirds nro only half cultivated
The fact Is that ovcry ten-acre tract cat
comfortably support a family. In othc :
words , the lands in Douglas county , when sot
tied ns they should be , would support fullj
18,000 families , which , added to the village
population , would give Omaha merchants am'
manufacturers the benefit of traffic with mon
th.in 100,000 people outside of those residing
within the limits 'of this town am
South Omalm. At the present time the
population of Douglas county outside ol
Omaha nnd South Omaha is not over 20,000 ,
This estimate of the possibilities of this
county Is not In the least exaggerated. II
anything It Is underrated. Just ns soon
ns wo establish large sugar mills and re
fineries , starch factories , cereal mills and
canning factories the suburban population ol
this city will assume proportions that we do
not dream of today. With paved roads and
motor lines leading In every direction thou
sands of working people will locate In subur
ban homes of their own that will enable them
to raise their vegetables nnd small fruit at
comparatively little cost.
Whether we build the proposed canal or
not the territory naturally tributary to
Omnha should be annexed by pavrd roadways
and motor railways. We bnve made n good
beginning this yenr and the work should be
kept up ,
nn : MX
The republicans of the Sixth dls'rlct have
fired the first gun of the campaign In this
state by nominating ns their candidate for
congress that untiring worker , Mr. Uangh-
erty.
erty.A
A resident of Nebraska for nearly twenty
years , Mr. Daugherty 1ms for the greater
part of that period labored to build up and
advertise the stnte as publisher and proprietor
of an influential county paper. Since his re
tirement from the newspaper business he
has been Identified with the cattle raising
Industry , which constitutes the chief factor
of the material wealth of the Sixth district.
An ardent and unflinching republican , Mr.
Daugherty has devoted a great deal of his
time and energy In season and out of season
to the Interests of the party. His nomina
tion Is a merited recognition of Invaluable
service. The cowboy district has been mis
represented In the national legislature the
past four years by a man whose sole claim tea
a seat In congress was a mortgaged farm and
whose work on behalf of this state up to this
date Is not perceptible to the naked eye.
With Matt Daugherty In congress , the people
of the Sixth district will have no difficulty
In ge'tlng a hearing for whatever Interest
they desire promoted at the national capital.
Daugherty Is intelligent , active and perse
vering. He Is a hustler that will leave no
stone unturned when ho has an object to
accomplish. Ho understands the wants of
western Nebraska as well as anybody and
will take pride In attending to these wants
to the best of his ability. That Is the kind
of a man the Sixth district has been looking
for over slnco the district was created.
THADE COXDIT1OKS AUltOAD.
Authentic reports regarding trade condi
tions In- the principal commercial nations of
Europe represent that they are Improving
nnd that gradually and surely depression Is
passing away. In England cheap money Is
stimulating sound business and It Is ex
pected that should no fresh untoward event
occur the present exceptional low value of
money will further facilitate trade Improve
ment. In Germany the return to better con
ditions Is more- especially noted in the
larger demand for securltles , though the In
dustries nro also feeling the Impulse of a
chnnge. The advices from France and Aus
tria arc more- favorable , and altogether the
Indications nro thnt the depression which has
prevailed throughout Kuropo even longer
than In this country Is disappearing.
This country Is Intimately concerned In
European trade conditions. The general ex
perience has been that when business de
pression existed at the same time hero and
abroad recovery first begun In this country ,
but the situation at present Is exceptional
by reason of the uncertainty regarding tariff
legislation. The commercial nations of Eu
rope are not troubled by any such disturbing
ind unsettling Influence. Their economic
; ) ollcies are not undergoing revision and are
not threatened with any radical changes.
\t the same time their financial systems
ira on a basis which promises to bo perma-
icnt , or at any rate they are free from the
nenuco of change that Is coiibtantly present
iere nnd which tends to keep alive a feeling
if distrust. There can bo no doubt that but
'or the tariff agitation , admitting that tlieru
night still have been some depression as a
esult of overproduction , this country would
iave months ago fully recovered from It
mil all brunches of Industry would be now
n active operation. It was , perhaps , Inevl-
ublo that we should participate to some ox-
cnt In the world-wide depression duo to a
. urlety of causes , even had there been no
ittuck mudo on the tariff , but In the ab-
ILMICO of that assault wo should have re-
leated the usual exper.enco of being the first
imong the great Industrial and commercial
mtlons to recover. As It Is , the Indications
ire that we shall bo the last , with the pos-
ilblllty that our recovery may bo much less
apld than theirs.
lint at any rate the Improving business
'ondltlona abroad contain tlio promiseof
icnefit to this country. If labor U more fully
mploycd and better paid In Kuropo than for
omo years It will mean an Increased con-
umptlon , which will enable us to Bend more
it our food products abroad and get better
irlces for them. The people of Kuropu have
or several years been practicing close econ-
my , and a very moderate Increase In the
lemand for the breadstuffs ami provision !
fhlch are chletly Imported from the United
Itates would make a material difference-
he aggregate value of our foreign trade ,
. 'here U ncinl of an Increased demand from
his kource to insure our agricultural Inter-
st against loss , for the prospect of an en-
Inrg d demand for home consumption li nr.
bright. At thcATame time WP are meetln
with nn Incrensfrte competition from Arscn
tlna and ollicrbfi developing Rraln-growln
countries , which In the absence of nn Ini
proved ICnroprnn demand must lessen our ex
ports nml stllffHrlher'depress prices. Th
reports of Inu > raving business condition
abroad have , therefore , special Interest fo
American farjiiCiT ) , and It Is to be hopei
they nro well founded nnd that the condl
tlons will coflfthfrn to grow belter. Whll
our own IcglsUtornnro proposing nn cconoml
policy which could not fnll to be most dam
nglng to thcu great agricultural Interest o
the country there Is some little comfort li
being able to look forward to n probable In
crease In the foreign demand for our fnrn
products. _
The fact thnt Secretary Carlisle has madi
a report In opposition to the bill provldlnt
for a consular Investigation of the records o
persons proposing to emigrate to this conn
try will probably kill It. The secretary snyi
that the existing law Is working well am
that It should not bo hampered by n dun
administration of the Stnte nnd Treasury do.
partments , which Is n very good reason foi
opposing the measure. The bill was passec !
In the house by a plcco of strategy , Imvlnt
been pressed to a vote when some of IU
strongest opponents were absent , but these
were able to make their opposition felt In the
senate , nnd It Is probable the measure would
have failed In that body , even without the
disapproval of Secretary Carlisle. The pur-
IKISC of the measure In to better Insure the
exclusion of criminals nnd paupers , and per
haps n consular Inspection would do this ,
but manifestly the secretary of the treasury
Is right In saying thnt It Is not well to have
the Immigration business looked after by two
departments of the government. Such nn
arrangement would not tend to Improve the
efficiency of the work. There Is n good deal
of exaggeration ns to the number of criminals
oiul paupers who get Into the country , nnd
If existing laws continue to be well en
forced there will be no serious danger on
this score.
A most Interesting fenture of The Sundny
Bee will be Frank Carpenter's Corcan letter ,
giving the true Inwardness of the present
dllllcultles In that benighted kingdom. "Carp"
Is now In Corea , right In the thick of the
fight. Consequently his letters will not
only be highly Interesting , but ho .will write
from personal observation. Mr. George Ken-
nan , whose books upon Russian life and Si
berian exiles are world-famed , contributes
nn article on the food supply of Russia ,
wherein he shows that the great mass of the
czar's people are half-starved and wretchedly
cared for. In view of the "rain-making"
fad prevalllugjln thls section , an article en
titled "Rain-Making Down to Date , " by Hon.
J. R. Sage , takontfrom the Midland Monthly ,
will prove beyond doubt the fact that al
leged rain-makers are simply Impostors. Their
claim to raln-makdig powers Is spurious. An
other attractive- feature Is a review of the
proceedings of/ / the United States League of
Dullding and Loan' Associations , embodying
Instructive statistics and Important rulings.
All standard departments of The Sunday Bee
will be full and complete , and first of all , the
news. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Independent of any existing vacancies In
city ofilces tl ere certainly ought to be a
way at hand by which such vacancies can
bo filled cltheY for' the unexplred term or
untilL the next , regu'lar..elecUdhV The most
natural wny and the way most in harmony
with the whole spirit of the charter Is by
vesting the appointment In the mayor , sub
ject , of course , to confirmation by the city
council. This Is what we should expect
had the matter been provided , for in the
charter Itself. If we lind a charter pro
vision on the subject political considerations
would enter only at the point of nomination
and confirmation , and we would know where
to place the responsibility for the continu
ance of the vacancy. An ordinance pro
scribing the manner In which vacancies In
municipal offices shall be filled should be
enacted without further delay.
The reopening of the Pullman shops at
Pullman , 111. , was characterized with as llt-
tlo commotion as the closing some two
months ago. The excitement of the Pullman
strike never raged highest about the Pull
man works , but spent Itself for the most
part upon the property of the railroad com
panics , far removed. Nominally the strike
was still on when the 250 men returned to
work , but It has been practically hopeless
ever since the railroads succeeded in mak
ing their cause the cause of law and order.
The workmen at Pullman can but further
Impoverish themselves by remaining out
longer. Their return to work Is the only
thine now left them.
Perhaps , ere the moon changes , we shall
eee the Nebraska soldiers bivouacked In the
shadows of the big slaughtering houses. It
may transpire that the militia will be called
out simply to display Us gold cord uniforms
inJ burnished epaulets to the. admiring mul
titude. Omaha has never seen n whole regi
ment of national guards , and people hero
tiave not a very exalted opinion of the prow-
iss of the state's defenders. Close Inspec
tion might be mutually beneficial.
So long as the strikers at South Omaha
: ouduct themselves In a peaceable manner
there Is no reason why the ordinary olficcrs
jf the law should not be able to servo
whatever processes of the courts may bo
> ntrusted to tlpmi ) , They have no other
luty In the prtniisos until there Is actual
mmlnenca of Wvlcssness. Happily there
icems nt present , 't'p ' | ( ie no' necessity of call-
ng for the lnterfer ifco of the authorities.
The marine Insurance companies are tak-
ng advantage of the Corean "unpleasant-
icss" by requiring 'till vessels engaged In
astern trnflic toj''ta cj out war risks against
he dangers of tlujjlipsUlltiea between China
mil Japan. The-1 Insurance companies would
lot seriously object If the war lasted all the
rear , on conJHIM h'tit they bo spared the
lalnful necessity-/ ! ) paying any of the poll-
Jes that may bid Issued ,
.f rn
ny censuring fjuv , newspaper correspondent
vho dared to make' ( specific charges against
nembers of the iwi'to .without having per-
: enl knowledge of the facts , the purpose
if the senate sugar scandal Investigating
omnilt'ten has doubtless been fully accom-
dished , All the ntlgma lias been removed
rum the senate , but the whitewash pall
tad to be emptied to do It.
I'lnicy of Whlto
SI. 1'au ! Olutra Mem ) ,
The Free Coinage league of Nebraska ap
ieals to the democratic party to adopt Us
ilatform. promiilKtttcil by the recent con-
entlon tit Omulmi promising that If they
lo no they -will curry the ntnte. Success
; alneil by n nacrltlcu uf principle. Hucli tia
i demamleil by the league , would not be
vortli havlnsv An honorable defeat In de
c-use of true democratic principles would be
tiuch preftrublo toM most uwecplnt ; vie-
or ) ' under a | lratlcal
OTtir.lt / , J.V/S Til IV Ht'llH ,
The fact cannot be Ijjnored that In * plt
of her despotism llusiia In doing much to nil
vance the clvlllzdtlon of the * , world , Uofer
cnce has already been made to her glgauM
project of building n railway through Slbcrl
to tliu Pacific ocean. Ileeldcs this , cunt
Asia has not been uenlected by her. Sh
has built R railway to the historic city o
Sainnrcand , the royul seat ol Tamerlane , am
proposes to extend It to the Pamirs , the roe
of the world , Snmnrcand ln been bid on
as n new and modern city , with line build
Ings nnd broad streets , while the countr ;
round about has boon Irrigated unJ made ti
produce good crops of corn nnd cotton , ctiltl
voted by emigrants from Kurope. This lirl
Ballon has. however , ilraun no heavily upoi
the Zcrnfilian river tint stilllclent Is not luf
to water the country around Uokhnra , and si
Russia has resolved to lead the famous Oxm
river lo the gates of th.it city by digging t
river channel for 200 miles across the desert
There lins been nothing like this work o
Russia's In Asia since the days of the 1'h.v
raohs In Egypt. There IB u wide dlffercnci
nlso between the outcome of schemes of nc
qulsltlon and colonization by Russia ami othe :
European powers. England , It has been raid
buililr up colonies and adds to her empire b }
sending first the missionary , next the tradei
ami then the soldier. France , Germany am :
Italy , when they go In for conquest and ex
pansions , have also lo fight to retain ( lit
foothold which they have secured. Nothing
of this happens with Russia. She sends liei
topographical engineers Into central Asia
where the people are alien to her race , Ir
creed. In sentiment and tradition , governed
by n tribal system as old as that of ancient
Israel , Ishmacla and nomads. Then follow the
sappers and miners , the builders of canals
nnd railroads , and soon the tribes are castIng -
Ing off their old dress nnd adapting them
selves to new conditions nnd requirements.
ft *
The Herlln None Dlncttor perhaps glvca
voice to a secret desireof Imperial Germany
In suggesting that eventually the smaller
states of Europe will be absorbed by their
more powerful neighbors , nnd In warning
the Fatherland to be beforehand In the com
ing struggle for the , Netherlands lest the
French should capture- not only Belgium , but
Holland. The Dutch and the Flemings , It Is
true , are kindred In race and language to
their German neighbors , but , after several
centuries of Independent nnd almost republi
can national life , the proud burghers of the
low countries might be averse to the rule
of the military empire of central Europe.
Neither Is It apparent by what secret al
chemy the Dutch colonies , which are stated
by the Neue Dlaetter to bo at present expen
sive luxuries for the kingdom of the Nether
lands , are to be suddenly transformed Into
sources of wealth through annexation to
mighty Germany. As If to compensate for
the cynicism of his suggestion , the writer of
the article referred to proposes that the Ger-
nmnlzatlon of Holland shall bo accomplished
by a resort to the wiles of Venus rather
than by an appeal to the methods of Mars ,
the war god. Let their heir to the German
throne become the husband of the young
queen of the Netherlands ! To be sure ,
Queen Wllhelmlna Is a well-favored little
lass , and young Prince Frederick William of
Germany might look further and fare worse.
And If the Netherlands are to bo 'had for a
Kiss , by all means let the Deutsch take Hol
land.
* *
The Norwegian radicals , according to a re
cent letter in a London newspaper , are deter
mined that In the event of the general elec
tion fulfllllng their expectations , their hands
shall not be tied by any fresh contracts with
Sweden. The budget committee of the Stor
thing has decided to recommend only the passage -
sago of provisional estimates for the Joint
consular service of the two kingdoms up to
January 1 , 1895. From that date , unless the
parliamentary majority Is In the meantime
displaced , estimates nro to be framed for n
separate consular service for Norway alone.
The Storthing has. In fact , taken upon Itself
the functions of a committee of public safety ,
and In the presence of a hostile ministry It
is bent upon prolonging the session almost
until the eve of the elections. Of the spirit
which animates the majority , the following
Incident Is quoted as a sample : A conserva
tive member , having been called to order
for charging one of his radical opponents
with deliberate untruthfulness , objected that
the same charge had been brought against
conservatives without any rebuKe from the
chair. Whereupon the president deliberately
stated that the unparliamentary charade ;
of such expressions depended entirely upon
the quarter of the house from which they
proceeded or to whom they applied.
* * *
The Turkish papers are publishing stalls
tics to illustrate the great progress of publli
Instruction in the empire under the presen
sultan. Slnco his accession the Increase In
the number of schools Is estimated nt 25,000 ,
and they are said to bo attended by 1,250-
900 scholars of both sexes. It Is difficult to
iscertaln what the number formerly was
but tlioro Is no dought the Increase Is great ,
This Is largely due to the measures taken by
Former sultans , Abdul Mcjld and Alxlu
Aziz , In laying the foundation of a minis
try of Instruction. The progress Is also
greatly due to the reform In the administra
tion of pious or ecclesiastical foundations
Thus , not only have many mosques and
schools been founded , particularly In con-
: iectlon with the largo immigration of refu-
jees , but religious fervor has been aroused
ind the revenues of the local religious cstab-
Ishments have been augmented consldera
jly. Formerly education In the country dls-
; rlcts was very backward , particularly for
; irls , as parents did not value It ; but since
iducation has become compulsory the nt-
.endance has much Improved. It Is only of
ate that statistics have been collected on a
latlsfactory plan , nnd there nre no figures
vlth which to make comparisons with the
> ast.
According to the latest official statement ,
ho Russian volunteer fleet In the Black sea
: onslsts of nine large Ironclads of from 5,000
0 fl,500 tons , and froift 1,050 to , 10,000 horse
lower. The Kolnlscho hears that the Uus
Ian government Is actively furthering the
chcmu for a largo new naval dockyard at
lebastopol , and for making that port u
inval station , the growth of the Illack sea
leet having been so rapid during the last
ew years that the docks of Nlkolaleff are
; o longer adequate. The new dockyards at
tebastopol are so far advanced thnt the
aval department proposes to lay down two
ow Ironclads and three cruisers there dur-
ig the next few months. These vessels are
utonded for the Illack spa fleet , and after
: s reorganization the governor of Sebastopol
1 to be entrusted with the command In
hlef of the coast defenses. The present gov-
rnor Is a military officer of high rank , but
lie post will In future bo given to a naval
( llcor with the tltlo of commander-ln-chlef
f the Illack sea HecU
TinTito linimliis.
Sii'luiyler Quill.
Mujora and Hunsell me bosom com-
anlons. They are like characters and
onifenlnl spirits. They look iilke , act alike ,
nd tulle iillke. Their personal resemblnncu
i marked nnd each wears n chin beam unil
jpportH a deep red voice , llotli say "air"
jr uru unil "wulr" for wen1 , und have nl-
uys tied In their ncore for waving the
bloody Bhlrt. " The iwnMoii policy of thu
dniinlstratlon la ut present their choice
it'ine. Koch Is a "colonel , " having won
10 title In times of peace. llosewuter
ntes both and both join In Imtlng Kom-
atcr. They are like pens , ami would
Indly be In the same pod.
Two years aso Russell presented the
nine of Majors for governor In the repub.
can state convention , and probably will
ftn-in. If nil succeeds the "governor" will
ix-Kc'iit Russell's name for uomo soft nnun
I the Htnte positions , nml then honors will
L even. Then , and not till then , will the
! cclver hl [ > of the llrokt-n How bank lie
Iven up.
Ilut Hhould there be failure to get the
omlmitlnn or the election ? The' picture U
> o terribleto contemplate. We cannot
L > on.
] ' . B. Tim Quill U mistaken about those
illltary titles. "Colonel" Russell was
liver commissioned either us a colonel ,
lajor , captain , or corjxirul , uxcept by his
aullcal cronleH. Majors was a real major
i tlio , wnr , and mustem ! out MB n , lieu-
nunt colonel. Kd. lice.
e >
Dt-li-ut with Honor.
tlfw York Son.
If the Cleveland Mil , Wilson bill. Voor-
I'cti bill , aormun bill , or whatever you
loose to 91111 It , Is buuten , the democracy
in hold up Its hctul and look every citizen
: the United Hiatus In the face again. U
my liuvo failed for the moment , hut It ha *
> mmllted no socialistic fraud upon the
luutry.
IT W
Shall the Party Commit Itself to a Tattooed *
Standard Bearer ?
The candidacy of Thomas J , Majors con
fronts ttie republican party of Nebraska ns
a menace to Its success In the Impcmllni ;
campaign. To elevate htm to the position ol
standard bearer will placa the party on the
defensive nnd subject It to a galling llro thnt
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It could not withstand. Every candidate and
every party leader on the stump would bo
compelled to champion the candidacy of n
man who Is tattooed with n record of In-
delllblo 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 man whom the people of
this commonwealth had honored with a place
in the halls of congress as their representa
tive. They would bo confronted with the
moro recent misbehavior of that same ex-
congressman while acting In capacity of
president of the state senate.
During two sessions of the legislature In
which he occupied the responsible and 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 , and
exerted all his power nnd Influence during
each session of the legislature to promote
jobbery and assist boodle schemes and ob
struct , sidetrack and defeat all railway/ reg
ulation bills and measures to curb the rapac
ity of corporate monopoly.
SCANDALIZED THE STATE.
During the session of 1S91 the state was
scandalized by the abduction of Senator
Taylor , a populist , who had been 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. Socly. There Is
no doubt whatever that Majors and
Seely must have known of the plot to abduct
Taylor In order to keep him from casting his
vote for the Newberry maximum rate bill.
Taylor's abduction created such n sensa
tion that even If Majors had not been ad
vised nbout the plo't ho could not have been
Ignorant of the fact that Taylor had disap
peared. The fact thnt Majors directed the
sergeant-at-arms to have Taylor 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 tlmo
of his abrupt departure In the middle of
March.
On March 31 , when the session closed ,
Tovcntxa TKHIKS.
Life : "Oh , Mr. Longhead , I Just saw
Charley Greene eloping with your wife ! "
"Good ! Now I'm even with him. He sold
me a horse Inst week. "
Yonkers Statesman : Mrs. Vcnsl IJo you
believe that llsh imiko brains ? Mrs. Crim-
sonbenk Of course I do ! Why , when my
husband goes llHhitiK the next morning his
head Is that big his hut won't lit him.
Harlem Life : Debs Sir Isaac Newton
nm yes he was one. of the founders of
Punch , was ho not ? Fobhs ( load Lord , no !
\Vlmt do you mean ? Dobbs Why , he was
the discoverer of the law of gravity.
Indianapolis Journal : "How does the
thermometer .stand ? " naked the summer
jlrl.
' "It doesn't stand hereabouts , " replied the
summer youm ? man. "Tho proprietor has
: ixed it .so us to lie to the extent of nbout
; en degrees. "
Detroit Tribune : "What , " demanded the
: aptalp of the beleagured , "Is all this
Kjundlng on the Kiite ? "
"It transpires , " answered the subaltern ,
rembllng , "thnt among < mr foes In a repres
entative of the gas company , who imtlstu
ipon looking lit our meter. "
"Lost ! " groaned the lender , and bulled
il.s face In his hands.
Detroit Free TrcB : "I'll take a little of
verythlnir. " snld Tuddles to the waiter ,
ifter glancing over the bill of fare ut the
estaurnnt.
"Yes , olr , " replied the waiter , who
tralghlway brought a plnte of hush.
Hnrper's Unzur : "I think Dawklns' books
night to have diagrams to explain his
okus , " Bald Cruticus. "Onwklns linn Ilxud
hat. Every time he has any of his char-
.ctero perpetrate n Joke ho udils : 'At this
ally of Rupert's the whole comjMiiy
[ UiBhed.1 or , as Rupert f-poke , Maud was
oivvulscd with laughter. ' U Is u treat
chomo for humorists , " Uynicus replied.
SURE SIC1N.
lluftttlJ Coiulrr.
f you should hap these days to sec the
coroner
O'er his face the smiles a chasing up und
down ,
let your pile with either native or it
foreigner
That home jumper from u parachute's
in town. _
Aiiiprlt'it'H UnilmUrii liullll | > rltim ,
lU'Ut-w of Itevltnvs.
It Is absurd for Europeans to call our
.mt-rlcan system nn "experiment , " und It
i well iilt.-li treasonable tor an American
: ius to refer to It ; for In truth It Is the
ext experimental and mo.stl completely
elf-sustiilnlng Hytitem that the uuttd hus
the follow Ing bill , certified to by T. J.
Majors ns president of the senate , was placed
In the hiimU of the auditor nml a warrant
for . $75 was Issued to W. M. Trtylor as bat-
Mice due for alleged services In the scimti
for the last fifteen days of the month :
The above Is a fac simile of the ccrtlflcatt
signed by Lieutenant Governor Majors null
approved by the auditor , as now on file In
the ofilcc of the auditor of state.
The warrant for $75 w"as cashed by Walt
M. Scely , private secrctnry of the lleiitcnant
governor , nnd pocketed by hlt'ii. Tnylor
never received a penny of this money fraudu
lently procured by the connivance of the
lieutenant governor.
This act alone stamps Thomas J. Mnjors ns
n dangerous mnn In any public office. Wl\n \
ho certified that Taylor had served through
the entire term ho knowingly and wit
tingly committed a grave crime that laid
him liable not only to Impeachment , but to
prosecution In the criminal courts.
Hud Majors certified to a fraudulent
voucher In the army , or duplicated his own
pay In the army pay roll , he would have
been court martlnled and cashiered In dis
grace. Where the offense was as flagrant
ns the Taylor voucher fraud , he would have
been made to servo a sentence In n military
prison. Is this the kind of a man the re
publicans of Nebraska nre asked to majco
chief executive- stnte nnd conuiiandpr-Ui-
chief of the military forces of the common
wealth ?
THE SENATE OIL ROOM.
The climax of Infamy on the part of the
lieutenant governor was the conversion of
his private office adjoining the stfnate chaifi-
ber Into a legislative oil room. In which
Jlquor was dispensed freely to members of tl |
senate who were addicted to drink , and to
lobbyists , male and female , who resorted to
the room for debauching the law makers.
Every fellow who belonged to the gang
carried a Yale lock key In his pocket so ns
to have access nt all times , night or day ,
when the senate was In session or nt recess ,
to the demijohns and decanters filled with
choice brands of liquor , with which the lieu
tenant governor's room was generously sup
plied regardless of expense by the corporate
concerns whoso bills were to bo logrolled
throuch and whose Interests were to bo
protected by the bland , affable and accom.
modatlng lieutenant governor.
Can republicans stultify themselves and
jeopardize their cause by placing a man with
such a record at the head of the ticket ?
ever peen. If one considers the actual ,
working constitutions of countries , ourn fit
the olde-st nml the most thoroughly tested
of any that exists today , Ignoring Aslato |
nystems. It Is the Ktnblv.st because It ImH
mo.st perfcc'tely expressed the equation of
law nnd liberty.
Against such a government who cnn rise
without dashliiR himself to pieces ? AnarchIsm -
Ism is puny and helpless. Lawlessness and
violence nre manifest absurdities. If Uio
law needs to benltcrfd to secure a truer
measure or quality of llbeity to all , then
Iioiiccful discussion nnd the open ballot box
point out the wny. When Senator Dilvls of
Mlnnpfotn , nt the height of the railroad
strike riots in C'lilcngo made his rhm'liiir
defense of Inw nnd Its enforcement , hu
knew that ho pressed the sentiment of nt
least C5.OJO.UOi ) of our 70,000,000 people , und
that fter the excitement of the moment
hail passed uway the other 5,000,000 jiconlo
would also agree with him. Senator Gordon
of Georgia knew that he represented the
views of the southern people when he fol
lowed Senator Davis In nn eloquent out
burst of pntilotlsm In Chicago Itself , tha
significant nnd prevailing badpre that men
wore on the streets was n small uuttonholo
edition of the national colors. Thn strike ,
with nil Its crlmlmil nnd bloody con-
oomltunts , forms n horrid chapter In our
Industrial history , but when It comes to the
stability of Institutions , our EnKllsh friends
should understand that the riots at the
ChlciiRO stock yanlB hail smnll Hlenlllcance
Indcod when compared with such Hrltlsh
Incidents ns Mltchcllstown or Trnfalger
square.
TllK riVKl'UOKKT ,
Itrooklyn I.Ire.
llellnda wns n cautious little maid ,
Whose motto wns the single word , "Be-
wnrt ; , "
She never lost a rhnnee to bo afraid ,
And spent u deal of tlmo In "taking care ; "
Yet , nil the while , her natural timidity
She hid beneath u musk of Intrepidity.
Obliged , one dny , upcn a railway train ,
To sit beside n Brave , sedate young man ,
A sudden ton or tilled Hcllnda's bruin ;
"He'll Biirely plcH my pooket If hu can !
'TIs true he looks respectable , hut than
The worst of shnipern pose as gentlemen. "
They reached 11 tunnel In another minute.
Hellmln. with her customary care
To guard Iii'-r pocket , slipped her hium
Hut found another hand already there !
To show her fortitude und hldo her frtcht
She ( jrntped the villain's list und held It
tlBht ,
Until they reached the open truck again.
And as the train Into the daylight rushed
As If It fuln would break Its record , thHi
No wonder that the modest maiden
No wonder'that the villain smiled a smile ,
Her hand wus In his pocket all the while.
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