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If we liavo an acting governor why don't
ho act ?
There are tac similes and fac similes. If
rou are not satisfied with one , Just ask for
another.
There Is no other conclusion at which we
may arrive than that the Sugar trust cer
tificates merely speculated with themselves.
Wo haven't heard yet how much the people
ple will bo compelled to pay for that pot of
whitewash purchased for the use of the
Kcnato sugar scandal Investigating commit
tee.
Hon. Charles II. Brown appears to have
ahled his castor Into the congressional arena
of the First district. What does the lion.
Constantine J. Smytho think of that ? And
where does ex-Govurnor Boyd come In ?
Debs expressly renounces any political am
bitions which ho may once have had and
denies that ho Is or will bo a candidate for
any office this your. This Is where Debs
shows a longer head than a great many more
pretentious politicians who are courting po
litical defeat.
It Is needless to say that Mr. Bryan Is
among tha congressmen most anxious for
congress to adjourn. Ills yearning for his
dear constituents Is so great at this season
of the year that nothing but the absolute
necessity of his vote on the tariff conference
"report keeps him away.
The council committee of Baltimore ,
which , after a tour of Inspection , Included
brick as ono of the paying materials which
It could unqualifiedly recommend must have
omitted Omaha from its Junket. Our. ex
perience with brick pavements la that they
are satisfactory only when subject to the
lightest of trolllc.
New "York Is having the question of
garbage ) disposal Investigated by a specially
appointed committee , which Is to report on
the merits of the different methods. In
vogue. This investigation will bo of value
to all American cities. Omaha authorities
may bo able to gather some ndvico from its
conclusions when they are miulo public.
The tell-tale- certificate Is complete In Itself.
So la the tell-tale Taylor order. The order
does not consist in a few lines written on
tbe bottom of the certificate , as some of the
fool defenders of Majors would have people
llellovo. Whatever suppression or conceal
ment lias existed with reference to this
fraud has been perpetrated by the Majors
contingent.
From present appearances It Is almost
certain that the city clcrkbhlp plum will re
main out of- the reach of candidates for
some months. Possession Is nine points of
the law and Jack Evans being a democrat
In possession ho Is not likely tobo ousted
by the members of his own party unless
they can make a trade that would give them
something to boot In the bargain.
The Hawaiian royal commissioners who
nro visiting Washington In the Interests of
the deposed queen think that Piesldent
Cleveland has treated their ox-sovcrelgn In
a very shabby manner. Queen Lll Is not
the only ono who has been treated shab
bily by Grover. There is Senator Hill for
example. Senator Gorman , too , has plausible
grounds for a similar complaint. Our own
Congressman Bryan has a few grievances
against President Cleveland. If all these
parties will but get together mutual sym
pathy will not bo larking.
The house conferees on the tariff bill ore
not exactly suited with the five ye\r \ limita
tion of the Income tax schedule which the
senate Inserted Into the measure. The lim
itation makes the tax lapse at the- expiration
of five years unless It Is ro-enncted by con
gress previous to that time. The Income
tax enthusiasts prefer to have the tax con
tinue until congress repeals it by alflrmatlvo
action. The change effected by the senate
puts the burden of Its continuance on Its
advocates Instead of placing the burden of
Its discontinuance upon Its opponents. It is
questionable , however , whether the differ
ence la worth lighting for at the present
time , particularly wht n u light over It might
endanger the prospect of the whole Income
tax.
In finally declaring the great railway strlliu
off , the American Hallway union Is doing
what it ought to 1mvo dime ? tevvral weeks
ago , when the backbone of the strike was
broken. Prolonging It after It became hopeless -
less merely prevented a largo number of
"worklngmen loyal to the union from return
ing to work ami earning their own living.
Many of them by this time Imvo lost their
positions altogether , to say nothing of the
loss of wages they might liavo received
were they not Idlv. This has been a useless
and senseless hardship- Imposed upon them.
The strike has been off for weeks , notwith
standing the fact that It had not been of
ficially declared off. For this reason the
tardy official declaration can have but llttlo
pr no appreciable effect.
tin I'AX A NOS / 8KNA TOM A I , I'l.A TFOIUt.
William Jennings Bryan hag now formally
announced himself as a candidate for tha
United Slates senatorshlp. From the outset
Mr. Bryan's candidacy lias been a spectacu
lar drama. The play li artistically mounted
for the political stage on which Bryan expects
to perform In the Impending canvass , The
nenatorlal drama opened with the silver
democrat conference In which Mr. Bryan ,
duly advertised as the star actor , appeared
In the title role and the curtain was rung
down amid vociferous applause of an audi
ence exclusively composed of his warm ad
mirers.
Then came Act II. with the spontaneous
appeal from the troupe and supers begging
the eminent political comedian to permit the
ute of his name as a candidate of the people
and by the people for a cushioned scat In the
United States senate.
Act III , The spontaneous candidate pre
sents himself robed In tha simple Jeffcrsonlan
toga , with tree silver spangles and Jack-
sonlan top boots and spurs on a demo-popu-
llstlc and socialistic platform of his own
unique workmanship. And tha curtain ti
rung down once moro amid great applause.
So for the Bryan play-has been well acted.
The star and his supporters have sustained
their parts admirably. It remains to be seen ,
however , whether the plot will hold the audi
ence to the end.
As a piece of political lltera'uro Mr. Bryan's
letter of acceptance must be conceded a
drawing card. It appeals to democratic as
well as popullsttc sentiment and has the
flavor of anti-monopoly that strikes a re
sponsive chord In the breasts of the working
classes. As a political I'aganlnl who can
play all the popular tunes on ono string
Bryan Is peerless In these ports. Ho has
a masterly faculty of catching onto the cur
rent popular fads and dove-tailing them Into
Ills repertoire. That fact Is strikingly ex
emplified In the platform on which he pro
poses to ride into the senate.
Starting out with a lot of platitudes about
the declaration of Independence and Invoking
the memory of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew
Jackson Mr. Bryan spreads his political legs
far apart for an acrobatic feat and assures
the people If elected he Would act with his
own party , presumably the democratic party ,
and every other party under whatever name ,
Including populists , prohibitionists , national
ists and possibly even republicans who maybe
bo striving for Mr. Bryan's Ideal of govern
ment. A man who Is endowed with such
straddling capacity should have no difficulty
In landing In the senate.
And now aord about that exquisite politi
cal mosaic which constitutes the Bryan
platform.
Mr. Bryan pledges himself to continue
his labors for a tariff for revenue only ,
whatever that may mean. As no two of the
revenue tariff reformers have yet been able
to agree as to what articles should be taxed ,
and -how much the tax should be , nnd how It
Is to be distributed , Mr. Bryan will be free to
agree or disagree wlt'i all the other tariff
reformers.
The next plank Mr. Bryan constructs for
himself Is free coinage at 1C to 1 of the
American product , and the prohibition of all
contracts that compel payment of debts in
gold coin exclusively , the abolition of all
national bank currency , and the prohibition
of bond Issues to keep up the gold reserve
In the treasury. On these points Mr. Bryan
Is playing to the populist part of his audi
ence , but ho may discover before the cam
paign Is over that a good many people ) In
Nebraska differ with him on his Hat finan
ciering schemes.
Mr. Byan favors the election of United
States senators by the people , and also the
proposition to limit presidents to a single
term. On these propositions Mr. Bryan Is
by no means entitled to letters patent , or
oven to a copyright. The single presidential
term was advocated by American statesmen
long before the war , and this provision was
really about the only commendable reform in
serted In the constitution of the southern
confederacy. The election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people was
advocated by The Bee as far back as 1872 ,
and after three years agitation the principle
was embodied by the framers of our present
constitution Into the revised organic law.
In view of the fact that the con
stitutional convention of 1875 was re
publican by a large majority , the first de
cisive step taken In this state toward the
popular election of United States senators
did not emanate either from a tariff for
revenue democrat or populist.
Mr. Bryan pledges himself in favor of a
liberal pension policy. Thnt part of his
creed Is also borrowed from republicans , and
Its profession Is apparently intended as a
sop to the old Eoldfcr clement ,
Mr. Bryan favors the postal telegraph , the
control of railroads by the federal govern
ment , and the foreclosure of the Union Pa
cific mortgage debt. On these points ho Is
In accord with public sentiment rather than
any particular party. The postal telegraph
was first advocated by General Cresswoll , a
republican postmaster general. It was again
endorsed by Postmaster General Gresham
when Arthur was president , and re-endorsed
by Postmaster General Wanamoker under
President Harrison It was never endorsed
by any democratic postmaster general. The
Interstate commerce law was the first step
toward regulation of railroads. It was en
acted by a republican senate and a demo
cratic house , and whatever credit attaches
to It belongs to no particular party. Mr.
Bryan has been In congress nearly four
years , but his record on postal telegraph and
railroad regulation laws does not tally with
his profession of faith. At least ho has done
nothing looking to the acquisition of the
telegraphs by the government , or toward
plugging up the holes and mending the weak
spots In the Interstate commerce law.
The last plank In Mr , Bryan's platform
starts out with that absolutely original
declaration , that "Tho laborer Is worthy of
his hire , " and pledges the author in favor of
such labor legislation as would do away with
labor strikes and boycotts. Honeyed words
and empty promises to the labor clement
have been the stock-ln-trado of all pro
fessional office-seekers , and Mr. Bryan's
sympathetic strike for the labor vote will
doubtless bo appreciated for what It Is
worth.
Wo shall now bo held In suspense until the
curtain rises upon the fourth act of the
Bryan drama the democratic state conven
tion ,
IPJOrui \ , Kir run nit.hs.
The railroads which suffered loss of prop
erty during the recent strike riots In Chicago
cage are beginning to bring In ther | accounts
for the damages which they expect the
municipal authorities to pay. All of thu bills
have not yet been made out , and while those
already presented are not quite so targe as
was anticipated In same quarters , the total
claims , when added together , promise to
make an amount sufficiently largo to arouse
a protest against their payment In case there
Is any way that the supposed obligation may
be evaded. It will be remembered that the
railroad organs set up a cry before the riot
ing had really begun lu earnest that tbe
pcoplo of Chicago would have to Bland the
cxpenso of tha strikers' lawlessness and
that It mattered llttlo to the railroads how
much property was destroyed , since they
would hold the municipal government re
sponsible for the wreckage.
In presenting their bills tor damages the
railroads are acting consistently upon the
plan originally enunciated , but It It folly
to cxjiect the bills to bo | > ald without a con
test In the courts. If the railroads want to
hold the municipal authorities to their al
leged responsibility to afford adequate pro
tection to their property they will have to
Institute suit to do so. This will Imme
diately raise the question for review whether
the local government Is really responsible
In money damages , The railroad attorneys
have been almost over-confident that the
proposition Is no longer open to question.
They maintain that there are altogether too
many well established precedents In their
favor and they lay particular stress upon tha
judgments secured against the municipal au
thorities on account of the destruction
wrought by the Pltlsburg rioters In 1877.
One thing , however , that Is generally over
looked deprives these cases of the force
which they would ordinarily exert. It is
that the Chicago strike presents the first In
stance where the federal government has
Interfered of its own motion on behalf ol
the threatened railroads. The Interference
of the federal troops , which was regarded
at the time with Intense satisfaction by the
railroad officials , may give the municipal
governments an opportunity to escape their
supposed responsibility. If the authority of
the federal , government extends to the pro
tection of Interstate commerce and of the
Instruments of Interstate commerce , the
local governments must In the same degree
be relieved of their duties In the premises.
In order to establish a claim for damages ,
the duty to protect must be plain and un
equivocal. If the federal government shares
the duty to protect , It must also share the
responsibility for failure to protect. The
complication arising from the Interference
of the federal government Is likely to play
havoc with the plan of the railroads to force
payment of their bills upon the municipal
authorities.
THE KAriOffAfi CIIKDITMRA'.tCKD.
Perhaps the most urgent demand for
an early settlement of the tariff
question la In the condition of the
treasury gold reserve. That la now reduced
to a little more than half of the ordinary
minimum , or the amount which It has been
deemed necessary to maintain In the treas
ury for the purpose of keeping at par the
currency of the government redeemable in
gold. If the outflow of gold for the next
three weeks should equal that of tha last
three the reserve will be down to $40,000-
000 by the end of the current mouth , and
as the danger point Is already reached it la
a very serious question whether the present
condition of affairs can continue even a
month longer without sending gold to a
premium. That this has not already taken
place is duo to the strong public faith In
the government and to a patient willingness
to await the end of the tariff struggle , In the
expectation that however It may terminate
the revenues of the treasury will be at once
largely Increased. But this faith Is being
sublected to a very severe strain when the
gold resources of the treasury amount to
only about 7 cents on the dollar of Its ob
ligations redeemable In gold , and to still
further reduce this proportion will manifestly
be very dangerous. As the situation now Is
it would not be n very difficult matter fern
n combination of capitalists or speculators to
deplete the treasury of gold , or , at any rate ,
to send the reserve down to a point that
would create general alarm and put gold
at a premium.
As to a cessation of the outflow of gold
there docs not appear to bo any good rea
son to expect It until there isa radical
change in conditions. One explanation of
the exports of gold Is the fact that its
owners can make moro profitable use of it
abroad than at home. The depression here
and the uncertainty regarding the future of
business prevent Investments and curtail the
demand for money. Therefore It Is sent away ,
and as gold' alone can find employment
abroad the drain is upon that part of the
currency. Another explanation Is that large
amounts of English capital are being with
drawn from the United Stales , as reported
In dispatches from London , because of dis
trust of the financial future In America.
The tariff situation Is largely responsible for
this , because whatever may be the economic
views of British capitalists at homo it was
the prosperity of this country under the
protective policy that induced them to In
vest their money In American Industries ,
and now that these Industries have become
unprofitable in consequence of the threat
to depart from that policy they do not pro
pose to let their capital remain here If they
can transfer It elsewhere merely because
they believe In the doctrine of free trade.
A settlement of the tariff question would
relieve the uncertainty and enable all In
terests to begin the work of readjustment. It
would bo Immediately helpful to the treasury
by releasing the largo quantities of goods
lying In bond. There Is no danger so far
as the general balance of the treasury is
concerned. This is ample for present de
mands. The menace to the credit of the
Government Is In the steady reduction of
the gold reserve.
It Is said that Secretary Carlisle Is watchIng -
Ing the situation closely and Is hopeful that
the tide will soon turn and that gold will
bo received both for customs duties and In
exchange- for small notes. Ho does not de
sire to Issue more bonds ami does not be-
Hevo that It will become necessary. This
belief is duo to expectation of an early en
actment of the tariff bill. If that falls and
the struggle is prolonged beyond the pres
ent month the secretary will be compelled
to Issue bonds to save the credit of the gov
ernment.
As the result of an Inquiry into past
periods of depression In this country the
chief of the bureau of statistics reaches
thu encouraging conclusion that we are
about at the end of the present depression
and that the likelihood of a change , and a
steady change , for the bctlcr Is the only
admissible view. He points out that the
crisis of 1S73 , which was as severe as ever
troubled the country In Its economic- ex
perience nnd was followed by six years of
depression In all branches of Industry and
commerce , was characterized by a steady de-
cllno of Imports from year to year , moderate
exports , the absence of every speculative
feature , and a falling off In the revenues
from customs. Many of the conditions of
1878 , he remarks , are now with us. Under
an average duty of 49 per cent the revenue
from customs In 1894 was less than $4.000-
000 moro than In 1878 , when the average
duty was 43 per cent. Taking Into view
the larger population and thu larger
capacity for consumption , he regards
such a comparison as startling. But
there U one very vital difference between
the two periods. Sixteen years ago
there was no attack , upon the tariff
policy of tha country , nn now , with lt
disastrous consequent * * to capital nnd labor
nnd Its effect In keeping revenue from the
treasury by Inducing tha withholding o
Imports. However , [ everybody will bo very
wllllnc to accept the conclusion of the chle
of the bureau of statistics that In the twelve
months of 1S94 the greatest possible range
of depression was experienced ; that what re
quired six years In , 1873-1873 has occuplet
only one year nt'tRls time , and that any
chance must be for the better. That Is n
statement ot the situation which It Is to
bo hoped will be speedily verified.
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Under directions of Attorney General Olnoy
the ault recently brought against the Southern
orn Pacific rallrowd tor violating the null
trust law has beln ! Withdrawn. The district
attorney who Instituted the action disclaims
all knowledge of the reason for Us with
drawal , stating that he has no other duty In
the premises than to obey the orders of the
attorney general. To tha casual observer
there seems to bo something mysterious
about this suit. The attorney general , whet
apprised that It had been begun , nffectci
to be at once surprised and displeased , am
he has taken the first opportunity to remove
the cause of lite displeasure. Just what
Influence the Southern Pacific railroad has
in the office of the altorney general Is not
quite clear , but that the dismissal of the
suit is greatly to its advantage will not be
denied. When the Southern Pacific gets Inlo
nnolhcr scrape of this kind It will doubt
less again apply to the attorney general for
assistance.
The band concert at IMvcrview park gave
a great many people an opportunity to be
come acquainted with what promises lo bo
the finest of our local parks. Complaint Is
quite general , however , that the place Is
still comparatively Inaccessible. Those who
patronize the street cars have a considerable )
distance to walk. With better facilities for
reaching the park It must soon bo the most
frequented part of our park system. It
would seem to bo to the Interest of the
street railway company to extend its lines
at the earliest possible moment and to build
up a traffic to this quarter of the city.
Rlvervlow cannot assume Its proper place
until It is made more accessible to the
common people. The street railway com
pany owes It to the community to co-operato
with the park commission to this end.
Looks I.Ikn It Hero.
New York Sun.
Is harmony to menn democracy or pop
ulism ? The question has been raised even
out of the consuming ashes of IS ! ) ' . ; , nnd It
will have to be answered.
The Hlght Mini 111 the Klght IMuce.
Globe-Democrat.
General Henderson of Iowa has been re-
nomlnnted for congress by the unanimous
vote of the convention , this making tbe
seventh time that he 1ms thus been honored.
He Is one of the strongmen in the house ,
nnd his constituents evidently Intend to
keep him there as king as be cares to stay.
Indlnnnpoljs Journal.
Those excellent gintlemen who nre devot-
Ins themselves to Interviews and pledging
delegations for a republican candidate for
president In 1S9U are too previous and too
emotional. The battle this year Is to elect
n republican house and prepare for the
election of a hnlf-flozen republicans to the
senate. _ _
The llccoril of'ii Tr.npjcdy.
Knns.iaiClty Journal.
A drove of Pawnee county , Nebraska ,
hogs raided a neighboring corn Held. The
owner of the coin got his gun to shoot the
hogs and the owner or the hogs took a part
In the name by shooting the owner of the
corn. When the smoke of battle cleared
away there were - two dead and two
wounded men , and''the hogs were still In
the corn. , ,
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I'opulur Klcrtlou of Senators ,
Courier-Journal.
Devices for filtering the popular vote
through a body of electors have not been
popular in the United States. In practice
the people have virtually t abolished the
electoral college , which , instead of choosing
the president and vice president , has be
come a mere machine , and a somewhat
clumsy one , for registering the result of
the popular vote. In a similar spirit thu
people are already anticipating a change In
the constitution by nominating In party
conventions the senators whom they desire
the legislature to elect. A refusal to change
the constitution on this point would not
stay Its practical abrogation by this and
similar methods of expressing the popular
will. .
Republican Indifference.
Lincoln Coll.
The republican party In Nebraska , com
posed to a large extent of conscientious ,
clear-headed , patriotic voters , and pretendIng -
Ing to represent the best Intelligence of the
state , does not measure up to the standards
that have been raised by the party ami Its
prophets.
The republican party In Nebraska has
gone through much tribulation which
should have scourged it of the corruption
and foolishness that have hung to It like
the old man of the seas ; It has been an In
voluntary eye witness of many an object
lesson of Inelllciency , not to use a stronger
word , the result of the foolhardlness of
some of Its leaders ; the republican party ,
once so powerfully entrenched In the con
fidence of the peopjle of this state , has
suffered Itbelf to be bamboozled by unprin
cipled and entirely selfish leadeis , nnd It
has , in the last three or four years , been
traveling down the toboggan slide. It has
reached at this date a perilous position.
All the lessons and trials of the past
have , apparently , no effect upon the party ,
or that element of the party that succeeds
In retaining control of the party machinery
and dominates conventions.
There is , apparently , no more career
or thought In the. naming of candidates for
Btnto olllces or Ihe preparation of a plat-
fonn at this time , when the party Is hu
miliated and In Jeopardy , than was exer
cised five years ago , when n republican
nomination meant certain election , when
almost anything on a republican ticket
from n demagogic blatherskite to a yellow
dog could be voted Into otllce.
Repeated defeats have made little Impres
sion on the ruling element of the party.
Republican foolishness has at different
times permitted the populists to obtain con
trol of the state legislature and other Im
portant olllces , nnd the credit nnd welfare
of the state were on many occasions sub
jected to many hard knocks.
The slate convention Is only a few days
off. It will meet at a time when the cry of
poor crops and hard times will be abroad
In the state , when populist activity will be
at Its highest point a particularly critical
time. It Is acknowledged on all sides that
the success of the republican party In the
coming campaign Is most decidedly uncer
tain. Victory Is hanging In the balance.
And yet , In the face of this condition of
affairs , is there anv thought of rising to
the emergency nnd by one BweeplnR stroke
placing the party ou u higher ground than
it boa hitherto occupied ? Is there any en
deavor to meet the demands of the time
and by proper action assure success for the
republican state ticket ? Or Is the politics
of the republican party proceeding In the
old way , the current directed by a few
manipulators , who would hesitate at nothing
to obtain their ends' ? la , the party drifting
Into the shoals of certain defeat because
of the Indifference and npatliy of the better
elements of the organization In allowing ti
few men to muko up clafe-j nnd run the con
ventions to suit themselves ?
It Is a matter of oma regret thnt repub
lican voters of the stuto have not ere this
risen In their strength nnd demanded a
radical departure In the coming state con
vention.
At a time like the present personal nnd
selfish considerations should IH > laid aside ,
anil If certain men persist In their candi
dacy to the detriment of the party and the
state they should bq brushed off the board
without compunction. The republican party
has a higher and nobler purpose than Hint
of furthering the scheme of nny ono man
or set of men. Its mission Is to place only
the best men on guard , so that the stuto
may bo protected nnd Its welfare advanced
In the highest drgrto , but the mluslon Is
too often lost sight of In the manipulations
of the "practical" politicians.
IB It too late for the party to rise up and
In the coming state convention 'do what
lias not been done In many years , frnmo
nml adopt an entirely honest platform , and
nominate for state ofllcea the best and
ablest men to bo found In the party , men
agulnut whom - there Is not the. slightest
misplclon , either of corruption or Incom-
[ M-tence ?
Unless this Is done , unless there Is more
of patriotism In the ututu convention and
lexa of "politics. " the party may us well
i > reparo for more defeats and a further en-
crouchment of populist power and Intluence.
IIIIITK WlXnu , I.VTIlKtll I'tlOt'llKT ,
St Louis Republic Congressman Bryan
lias bought n newspaper In which to boom
free coinage. Trying to balance hi * receipts
nnd expenditures will doubtless teach Mr.
Bryan the necessity of parity In finance.
Chicago Tlmi's : The free-silver demo
crats of Nebraska have asked RopruitenU-
tlvo Bryan lo stand ns n candidate for Hie
United States senate. This action Is but the
formal expression of n very general senti
ment Rinung Nebraska democrats , Mr.
Bryan's career in congress has been one ol
great credit to himself and of natural pride
to his state , One of the youngest of the
members of the house , he has forced hlmscll
to the front nnd become ono of the most
prominent. His advancement to the senate
would bo a wise act on the part of his state.
Chicago Herald : Not finding the country
over-excited about his desertion of democ
racy for populism , the young political cy
clone of Nebraska , William J. Bryan , Ig
going to turn editor , preferring the tripod
to the forum. As on editor he will far more
quickly than as an orator convince both him
self and hla silver backers that their theories
nro unsafe nnd thnt the system of disturb-
nniy and demoralization by which they have
so previously prostrated the west will not
restore Us thrift or nwnken Its suspended
energies. Cyclone methods li : journ.illsm
were somewhat exhausted years ngu by that
proto-popullsl , Ihe lamented "Brick" Pom-
eroy , nnd are still prnctlced , It spasmodically ,
vehemently by the unlamented O. Francis
Trnln. With these exemplars to guide hla
pen , Mr. Bryan ought lo slart out with Iho
utmost confidence.
A XVruk Drfpiise.
Lincoln Ncwa.
If anything wera needed to strengthen
Iho fight being mndo on the candidacy
Of Majors for the republ can nomina
tion for governor It hna b on supplied.
The State Journal , true to the precedent it
has always followed , has rushed to his de
fense. Whenever a man suspected of too
much sympathy for the railroads Is as
sailed the columns of the State Journal nre
nt once crowded with manufnclured vindica
tions. Mr. Majors Is but getting from that
paper that to which he would be entitled
by precedent If he were guilty beyond'ques
tion. It has come to pass that a vindica
tion at the hands of the State Journal is
equivalent to a confession of guilt , and mi
Innocent man to preserve such confidence ns
may have been reposed In him by the public
has just cause for complaint thai he has
been libelled if the Journal essays a de
fense of his character. A good word from
that paper Is such damning evidence of
ciookedness In the man whom It would de
fend thai he would have good grounds upon
wl.Ich to base an application for Injunction
to prevent Its kindly Interference in his
behalf.
But what Is Its defense of Majors ?
An Omaha paper has charged thai Majors
certified to a voucher for the pay of Senator
Tnylor during the time that he did not
servo the state after ho had been abducted
from the state by railroad Influences in an
attempt to defeat the passage of the maxi
mum rate law , nnd produces a fac simile of
Ihe fraudulent voucher.
Does the Journal deny thnt Majors certi
fied to the correctness of lhat voucher or say
that It Is a forgery ? No to speak of.
Hoes It deny that Walt Seely collected
the money on the same , or that Walt Sely
was Lieutenant Governor Majors' private
secretary ? Well , hardly.
Docs It contend thnt Senator Taylor served
out his term and was entitled to the salary
that Seely collected ostensibly In his be-
hali , and to which the lieutenant governor
officially certified thnt he was entitled ? Not
up to date.
It lisa no fault to find with the voucher.
What Ihen Is its defense of Majors ?
It attempts lo show tlmt the Omaha paper
came Into possession of the voucher , a
fau simile of which la produced in Its col
umns , by mysterious methods and without
the knowledge of the stale audllor.
Suppose Ihe editor slugged the auditor of
state , bound and gagged him and tortured
him by pulling out his finger nails until ho
gave up that voucher , what effect would
that fact have upon the guilt or Innocence
of Majors ?
Suppose he entered the auditor's office In
the dead of night and with Jimmy and bomb
rent open the vaults and carried away and
photographed It , would that Indicate that It
is a virtuous document or that the official
who made It Is without sin or blame ?
Are not the records In the nudllor's olllco
open to Ihe public , Including Ihe press , and
was lliere any necesslly of stealing a copy
If It Is wanted , and If there exists such a
necessity , ' should it exist ?
Why should the stale auditor object to any
paper taking a fac simile copy of tills
voucher or any other , If he did object , and
why la there any necessity of his making
nny explanations to Mr. Majors , If he did
make any explanations ?
Why , If the voucher Is all right and be
yond criticism , should Mr. Majors , the stale
audllor , Ihe State Journal , or any olher man
or thing object to allowing n fac simile to bo
sent abroad over the state in the public
prlnls ?
Whnt difference does It make to the public
In what wny nn Omaha paper secured a
copy of a public document which every citi
zen of the stale has a right to examine at
will ?
Steer Clour of Mm Koclts.
On ! Quiz.
The success of the republican party in
Nebraska Is practically assured In this
campaign , provided only that wisdom and
justice dictate the actions of the coming
State convention. Upon the actions of any
convention never hinged greater responsibil
ities. The public mind , recognizing the
serious consequences of political folly , and
looming the lessons of experience. Is now
In a formative state again. In order that
the public mind may be led aright It be
hooves the republican stale convention to
avoid Iho rocks lhat have threatened re-
liubllcnn success , to assume boldly the legit
imate responsibilities of the party , but to
rush Inlo no battles that are not pioperly
Its own. There Is fresh In the public mind
the recenl Impeachment proceedings , which
for Iho time rent the political heavens.
The damaging disclosures of Hint trial are
not yet forgotten. And It may be de
pended upon that this subject will enter
more or less Into this campaign. Whether
the accused ofllcials were guilty or Innocent
It Is not the purpose of this article to assume ,
nor will It be the province of the stale
convenllon to decide. It Is enough that tbe
republican party wash Its hands of Ihe
whole unfair. If Ihose men nre Innocent
they will evenlually be acqullled In the
public minds , as they were In the courts.
If they nre guilty tbe republican party ,
being now not responsible for their acts ,
should not become so by endorsing them or
their intimate associates. And whether In
nocent or guilty , the republican party can
not afford to endanger Its prospects by any
entanglements with them In this campaign.
Avoid the rocks. The ofllce of attorney pen-
ernl , though named at nearly the bollom
of the stale lleket , Is by no means the
east Important of Ihe state offices , Through
it alone the state must look for legal de
fense against opposing forces nnd the pros
ecution of those who may have done it In-
lury. It IH the state's citadel , and by all
means the voters of Nebraska will demand
.hal no man shall be placed In charge of It
against whom the shadow of n. reproach
clings , or who has been In any way asso
ciated with Ihe wrongs lhat this common
wealth lias suffered. The people of Ne-
> raska ought to nnd will demand tlmt Its
chief legal adviser and prosecutor shall be
al once competent nnd frea from all en-
: miKlmnent thai will tend to divert his al-
enllon from the best Interests of tin * state.
This article piuposps no candidate for the
ilaces to be filled and names nunu to 1 >
specially discarded , but it calls attention to
certain conditions which Ihe state conven-
.lon ought lo bear In mind , and which , If
t be wise , It will be careful to regard.
No llnllHli liullyliiR In Japan ,
New York Hun.
We do not bellevo that the mikado's mln-
slers will Klvo Knglnml what both Chinese
UK ) Englishmen desire , a pretext for em-
> loylng the Itrltlsh navy nKnlnul Japan. If
n the sinking of the transport Kow Hhlng
nterni.tiotinl law wns vlolnled , pioper rep-
arallon will no doubt be made. Hut If the
affair la made the busts for Intolerable nx-
icllons , Japan will be juslllled In appealing
lo arbitration , for the- public opinion of the
world will not In this Instance suffer Eng-
nnd to play her favorite game of bullying
states weaker than herself. Japan has
friends ; neither Russia nor France will
tllow her to be muilu the victim of an
\nglo-Chlnese combination , not even thouKh
his should be backed by the relatively
mlmportnnt naval resources of the Triple
Alliance. As to what would be the feelings
of Americana should Hnglnnd try to brow-
> eat Jnnun , there rannot bean atom of
doubt. They would be vigorously expressed
n favor of the ana progressive Asiatic
leopli ) to which the American republic has
opened the path of western civilization.
Mlnlitorhtl Crlila In
MONTEVIDEO. Aiig. 0. The minister of
orelgn affairs resigned Thursday and the
whole ministry threatens to step down ,
Eff IT 111
Shall the Party Commit Itself to a Tattooed
Standard Bearer ?
The candidacy of Thomas J. Majors con
fronts the republican party of Nebraska ns
a menace lo Us success In the Impending
campaign. To elevate him to the position ol
standard bearer will place the party on the
defensive nnd subject U to a galling fire that
THE TELL-TALE CnilTlFICATG.
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Total , -
Deduct amount drawn ,
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Warrant.
It could not withstand. Kvcry candidate and
every party lender on the stump would be
compelled to champion the candidacy of a
man who is taltooed with n record of In-
dclllble Infamy. They would be confronted
at every crossroad with the story of the
forged census returns lhat scandalized the
state at the national capllal and placed n
sllgma 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 be confronted with the
more 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 Ihe corporallon lobby , and
exerled all his power and influence during
each session of the legislature lo promote
Jobbery and asslsl 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 1891 the stale was
scandalized by Iho 'abduction of Senator
Taylor , a populist , who had been elected on
Iho anti-monopoly platform , which pledged
htm lo support a maximum rate law. It
Is notorious that Taylor was on confidential
terms with Lieutenant Governor Majors ,
and especially wilh his prlvale sec-
relary , Walt M. Seely. There Is
no doubt whatever thnt Majors and
Seely must have known of the plot to abduct
Taylor In order to keep him from casting his
vole for the Newberry maximum rale bill.
Taylor's abduction crealed such a sensa-
lion that even if Majors had not been ad
vised about the plot he could not have been
Ignorant of the fact that Taylor had disap
peared. The fact that Majors directed the
sergeanl-at-nrms to have Taylor arrested
shows absolute knowledge on the part of
Majors of the disappearance of Taylor.
The records of the auditor's oluce show
lhat 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 the1 session closed ,
THE TELL-TALE TAYLOR OttDEH
l.l.WMORS.UWIWKMQO'JWUOR.
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& < llt > < * -Clt ,
The above is a fac aimllo of the order of
the abducted ex-senator authorizing Walt
Seely to receipt the vouchers and warrants
for hla unearned salary. It will bo noted
lhat the order Is In the handwriting of Walt
M. Seely , private secretary of Lleutenanl
MlltTII.
New York Herald : Mrs. Kredulus I
bring my cblldien up entirely by faith.
Mrs. Switchback So ilo I. In a measure-
that Is , by the laying on of bands.
Atchlson Globe : A widower with seven
child ) en stands a better show matrimonially
menially than u widow with one.
Chicago Record : "Have you done any
thing for the social freedom of woman ? "
asked Ihe Imly with eye-glasses. "No'm ,
sold Iho Judge , who sal In divorce cases
and wns n cynic , "bill I've done a heap
for the emancipation of man.
Indianapolis Journal : Watts I don't llko
the Idea of holillns the primary In a. saloon.
Polls Why nol ? lan't a .saloon a sort of
prlmery ?
Philadelphia Record : ' "A bad boy seldom
gels hla Imdnem from bis father. " says the
Mnnayunk philosopher. "The old man us-
ualiy hangs on to all he has.
Truth : Mrs. Newlywed Henry , I Ihlnk
y < ° NewlytH"e'l-Well. I doneT
Mr ( - . whnt have
Mrs. Newlywed-Mother writes that In
letter aaklDB her to come nml Bee lia
your " " " and
you said "vlsllallon" Instead of "vlall ,
now she's nol coming.
New York Sun : Doclor Your husband's
pulse Is BOlng at a terrific rate , madam. I
Ilon't know how to account for It.
'
Mrs. Sprlnger-I know. I told him you'
intent bring your bill with you.
Ban Francisco Post : "I'll tell you what , "
BUM McSwattere the other evening , "If
you want to bring out what'u In a man
give him a ca voyage. "
Wnahlngton Slar : "Donn * nebbali try tcr
comfo'ht er man by tellln' 'Im Is troubleu
might bo wus , " said Undo Ebeii. "It.
the following bill , certified to by T. J.
Majors na president of the senate , wns placed
In the hands of the auditor nnd n warrant
for $75 was Issued to W. M. Taylor as bal-
htice due for alleged services In the sonata
for the last fifteen days of the month :
The above Is a foe simile of the ccrllflcata
signed by Lieutenant Governor Majors and
approved by the auditor , as now on file In
the ofllce of the auditor of state.
The warrant for $7G ns cashed by Walt
M. Sccly , private secretary of the lieutenant
governor , and pocketed by him. Tnylor
never received a penny of this money fraudu
lently procured by the connivance of tha
lieutenant governor.
This act alone stamps Thomas J , Majors aa
a dangerous man In nny public ollicc. When
ho certified that Taylor had served through
Iho entire term he knowingly nnd wil
lingly commuted n grave crime that laid
him liable not only to Impeachment , but to
prosecution In the criminal courts.
Had Majors certified to a fraudulent
voucher In the army , or duplicated his own
pay In the army pay roll , ho would have
been court mnrtlalcd and cashiered In dis
grace. Where Ihe offense was ns flagrant
as the Tnylor voucher fraud , he would have
been made lo servo n scnlcnco In a military
prison. la Hits the kind of a man the re
publicans of Nebraska are naked to mnko
chief executive of stale and commander-In
ch let of the military forces of the common
wealth ?
THE SENATE OIL ROOM.
The climax of Infamy on the part of tha
lieutenant governor was the conversion of
his private ofllce adjoining the senate cham
ber Inlo a legislative oil room , In which
liquor was dispensed freely lo members of Ihg
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 Iho gang
carried a Yale lock key In his pocket ao aa
to have access nt nil times , night or day ,
when the senate was In session or at recess ,
to Iho demijohns nnd decanters filled with
choice brands of liquor , with which the lieu
tenant governor's room wns genoroualy sup
plied regardless of expense by the corporals
concerns whose bills were to bo logrolled
through and uhose Interests were to ba
protected by Iho bland , affable and accom
modating lieutenant governor.
Can republicans stultify themselves and
jeopardize their cause by placing a man with
such a record at the head of the ticket ?
Governor Majors. It purports lo bo dated
nt Portland , Ore. , but is written on an of
ficial blank , headed with the name of tha
lieutenant governor , at the senate chamber ,
Lincoln , Neb. , with the date line left blank ,
except the figures 1891.
Hoh'tler llcklcs er man's pride ter feel dat
he's bentln' do record , cbcn when lilt cornea
tor misery. "
Washington Star : "Lady , " began Mr.
TilHiunl Pnwson , "you see before you u man
whose nnmu la mud ; in , u , d , mud. "
"There must bo name mistake In your
calculations , " replied the lady. "It taken
water to muko mud. "
ON THU COMMON ,
lloslon Courier.
She stood on Honton common , and her atti
tude was gland ,
Whllo the strains of Wagner's choicest
Mowed from the cadet band ;
Her face nnd form were faultless , and
unto my soul It seemed
The muBlR held bur Bpellbonnil , while tha
master's dream she dreamed.
Just then her rlium espied her , nml when
those fairies met ,
The worilM which ftozo my romance I ne'er
ran quite forgcl ;
She. whom I'd placed BO hliili In arl , unto
lu.-r friend did say :
"I wish they'd Kit threw tunln' < jp v > '
tackle 'Hoom-du-ny. ' "
I'OKTHJ VltJ.lll'H ,
New York Kvcnlntr Hun ,
Tell me not In mournful number *
That I inuan't eat greun fruit ;
What IH llfu without cucumbers.
Bait and vlnvgar to suit ?
Hut enjoyment , nnd not sorrow ,
IH our destined end or way ;
Juat to eat. lhat unch tomorrow
Finds ua fatter thun today.
Tim cucumber crop U Heeling.
CJreen upplen for no one wait ;
Let ua , then , bo up nnd eating ,
VUth tv heart for uny fatal