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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1894)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt WE1) ) > * ESI > VY , AUGUST IfllH. THE OMAHA DAILY BHE. U. R , Editor. I'Ullt.ISIIKb BVnilY MOttNlNO. OP BUIWCIHITION , ll e ( nlthntit fiurulny ) One Year ! Utr nn < l Bun.lay . , Ono Year. . , 10 W I nil Month * , . * M Tlirw Month * * -J Piiiulny lice , On * \ > ir J F/itiinlny 11 * ' . Oni > Year , . . .i. 1 jO Weekly lice , One Yenr omens. OnuJm , The fl * * HulMltm' . Bfflith Ornnlm , t'nrnrr N nnd Twenty-fourth Sis Counrll lilurfu , iz I'ifirl Htrwt. Clilcnffo omce , 317 C'hnmbcr of t'ninmircc. New Vork , nootiu 13. H nnd 15. Tltbuno B Waahlnuton , 1W7 F Street , NV. . COIimHl : > ONDiNClJ. : All communications n-litlnn to n M nnrt cJU torlal matter FlioiiM bo addressed ! To the Killtor. HUHINKSS WrrrnrtS. All linlncji letters nnd r mlttnnce ihauUt lw luMrrnsttl to Th.j Hco I'ultllxlilng cnmpiny , Omaha Drnfm , clieokn and poMonico otilon to be made rumble to Ilia ortli-r nf IIIcompany. . TUB UIMJ I'lJllUSHINOCOMl'ANr. STATEMENT Ol' C1IICOLATION. Ocoruc n. TrKChuck , secretary of The Ilco fob- Ilililng compnny , liclnp ituly iiworn , my that Ihe nctiml number of full nnd complete copies of ThB Dally Jlornlnu , Uvenlnc nnd HunJuy Ilea printed durlnif the month of July , 1891. wan ns follows : i . 2i on 17 , , . . . . . . . . 211M t . 21 IS3 u , . . nioo 3 . 22.2.V ) 10 Jt. 23 TO 4 . , II 6V ) JO 21 'ill C . 2t.C7 21 23301 6 . 2r,2Vl ; 21510 7 . , . S03M 2.1 22 M ! 21 22071 t . 29 407 K 22 ( in- 10 . TO Dili 2C 22 IM 11 . SOC71 27 , 22301 n . too ; ' 2S. . . 22 Wl 13 . SM21 29. . , ' 21 ID' 14 . 27.371 30 , , 23.283 15 . , . 20 WO 21 22.031 U . , 2I.C23 Total 773,501 l * s deductions fur unsold nmr returned copies IS 111 Totnl noli ! T,7023 Dally average net circulation 21,420 Sunilny. v ononr.n n T/.SCHL'CK. Bworn to before me nnd Rumcrlliml In tny pres ence thli 1st day of AUKiist. 1KI1. ( Seal ) N. P. I-EII. , Notary Public. The democrats are welcome to all the en couragement that they can get out of Ala bama. The sol 111 south remains still unbroken , al though the ranks arc no longer so firm as they were wont to be. Are the democrats trying to bre.tk the record by seeing how Ions they can keep the tariff bill In conference ? The "acting governor" appears to be de voting much more time to the promotion of Ms own campaign for the governorship than to the duties of his olllce. The Vigilant Is juat getting down to her racing form. During the next two weeks the British yachts will have all they can dote to hold their own with their American com petitor. People who want to mike charges against public officials should h.ivo I in courage In coma out from behind the conovilmei : ; ( f an niioiiymous letter Tha nminymoiu c-nn- I.U'lnant has no standing In court. China and Japan have all the men of their own whoso sacrifice will bo required in the present war , Cltl/cns at the United States will act wisely If they save their lives for the service of their own country. . When the city concludes to own its own Jail It will want a building erected for that particular purpose. 1'ho cl'v just now has no money to Invest in jail propmty that Is not suitable for a Jail tin ! never was built Tor such use. Mr. Havemeyer should have nsKed for a little more concession to the Sugar trust and then have offered to compromise. By such a policy ho might have gotten what lie wanted with less friction , although his present methods are just as certain and ef fective. The question that is seriously agitating the bread nnd butter democrats in the wake of Congressman Bryan Is , Will Mr. Bryan bo able to get more favors from the admin istration in case he Is made senator than he has while occupying a place in the lower house of congress ? The treasury experts give' up the com promise sugar schedule riddle and declare that they can't tell whether It would Increase or decrease the gift to the trust. They need not remain a moment in suspense. It will inoroaso the trust's profits or the democrats would never have proposed It. Besmirched senators came oft so well at the hands of the senate sugar whitewashing committee- that they prefer to retain the same committee for all other similar white washing jobs that may originate in their end of the capltol , U seems to bo a case of rewarding faithful service by continued em ployment. After the tariff conference committee suc ceeds In reconciling house and senate , an other job awaits It In settling the differ ences between ono James J. Corbctt and one Peter Jackson. To a great many of their constituents the adjustment of the latter's differences Is of as great. If not greater , Im portance than a trifling tariff agreement. The Bryan senatorial comedy Is only In Us Infancy. The fourth act promises to excel all preceding acts In the development of the plot and the movement of the charac ters. Every effort Is being put forth by the management to lm\o the calcium lights In perfect working order. The principal Is de voting night and day to the rehearsal of his part. t The weather bureau ss ma to bo oiitlroi ) demoralized this season Neatly every fore cast this summer has bwi a delusion nnd a snare. This may not bo chargeable to the Wilson bill , the wal of tlu Sherman law , or the Pullman -nrlku , but U camts mighty near destrovjng whatever confidence the people have had In the olllelal weather astrologer , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ K the school board Is bound to retrench and economise it should dispense with the fads and sideshows Instead of cutting down the Instructors In English literature. The weakest spot In our educational system has alwaja been an attempt to cultivate the ornamental at the expense of the useful. Our high school graduates nro way up In astronomy and nil the ologles , with a smat tering of French and Herman , but they are aadly deficient In Anglo-Saxon. People who pay for milk want to know what kind of a decoction they are getting for their money. They pay enough to en able the dairymen to keep their places In a decent condition and to give their cows wholesome feed. The milk dealer who does not llvo up to the regulations prescribed by the Hoard of Health should be prosecuted for It and the fact given publicity. ThU will Inform his customers of the fact and they will continue to patronize him , knowing "ihat they uro to expect. MIUJ ? lAAOxsor TAXATION. Many economists and financiers linro tried their hands at Improving npon the no-called canons of taxation promulgated by Adam Smith In Ills great work , "The Wealth of Nations , " first published In 1770 , but not one of them has yet nuccccdcd In enunciating a set of principles that have seriously com peted for recognition -with those of the father of political economy. None of them , how ever , have tried to gain for their Ideas of the principles of just taxation an authority tliHt they do not carry of their own weight by having their statements adopted as a resolution of a legislative body. U remains for Senator Mills to pee as this kind of a financier and to resolve the truth of his financial theories by the votes of his fellow senators. The resolution Introduced Into the senate on Monday by Senator Mills la a queer com bination of truism and fiction , of logic and fallacy , that.may perhaps servo as the text of a speech by the ambitious Texas senator , but which at this late day In the tariff con troversy cannot possibly have any tangible result , whether the resolution Is unanimously adopted or rejected. Mr. Mills starts out by naylnc that "all taxes are burdens on the taxpayers nnd can only be rightfully Imposed to raise revenue to support the government " We believe that no one will deny that taxes are burdens , especially to those who really pay them and who are unable to shift their share upon some one less fortunate The purpose of taxation , too , Is commonly acknowledged to be the support of the gov ernment , the chief point of contention being how far the functions of government extend. The republlcm parly has always maintained that those functions Included the fostering of new Industries and the protection of American laborers against the disastrous competition of poorer paid foreigners , and that the power of taxation can bo rightfully used , with judicious discrimination , to per form that function. Senator Mills would most probably deny that this power can be constitutionally em ployed In this way. We Infer this much , not only from his well Known attitude on the tariff , but also from his second great canon , that "when taxes are Imposed on Imported goods the rate should be so low as not to mateilally restrict Importation" It Is , of course , impossible to conbtruct a protective tariff that does not to a greater or lesser degree restrict Importation , since without restricted Importation there would be no protection. But to take Mr. Mills' stand point , the imposition of Import duties must be altogether wrongful. The tendency of every tax upon Imported commodities Is ; to obstruct Its Importation. The only way to have unrestricted importation Is to abolish tariff duties altogether. This Is the policy of free trade , pure and simple a policy to which Mr. Mills does not care to commit himself publicly In so many words. Three canons hufflce Mr. Mills for his wisdom upon the principles of taxation , al though the redoubtable Adam Smith was unable to get along with less than four. For fallacious reasoning and inconsistency , how ever , Mr. Mills' third canon excels all others , not only of his own formation , but also those of Adam Smith and all of Adam's successors and imitators. It affirms that "in selecting articles to be taxed only those ready for consumption should bu chosen and those Im ported for manufacture or manufacturers should be exempted. " The obvious design of such a declaration Is to make an opening for President Cleveland's "great democratic piinclple of free raw materials , " but the opening Is so large that It admits the en tire protective system. It is unnecessary to dwell on the dllllculty or rather Impossibil ity , of distinguishing between commodities that are ready for consumption and those that are intended to be woiked up into some other form before being consumed , The des tination of the imported artlelo depends al together upon the Intention of the Importer , * and It lies within his power to change his mind whenever It may be convenient or profitable to do so. The only excuse for exempting importations not ready for Im mediate consumption Is that such xemptlon will encourage manufacturers by giving them cheaper raw materials. Free raw materials means Increased duties on othercommodi ties. Thus to encourage manufactures Sen ator Mills Is willing to employ the * power of taxation and to employ It In a vvoy that must tend to restrict Importation. * His last canon of taxation , therefore , violates both of his first canons1 and Indicates the logical foundation for the protective system. There is but one step from encouraging manufac tures by exempting certain articles from taxation and taxing manufactured articles higher than would otherwise bo necessary to taxlnc manufactured articles at a rate that will alone yield the sanie measure of pro tection. As faulty as Adam Smith's canons of tax ation arc bald to be , we think Senator Mills will do well to abide by them In preference to his own effusions. VATUK lir MUfUCll'Ali rilANCIllSKS. Although the constitution of Nebraska ex pressly provides for the taxation of franchises Independent of the property , realer or personal , owned by franchlsed corpora tions this provision remains a dead letter. There has been apparently a concerted effort on the part of the owners of franchises to have them excluded from the assessment rolls In the early history of the state franchises possessed comparatively small value , but as the state has grown and population has Increased the value of franchises la becoming more marked. Omit ting consideration of the value of railroad franchlbes the fact that municipal fran chises often command a greater value than the property of the corporation that owns them has been strikingly exemplified In the cities that sold franchises for street rail' ways and municipal supply of water , gas and electric lights on competitive bids. In homo of the cities the royalty from such franchises almost pavs t'no current o\- pcns ° s of municipal government. As an object lesson as to the value of franchises the city of Toronto , Out. , stands un rivaled among modern American titles. Tlio original charter of the Toronto street rail ways was granted In 1801 The thirty-year franchise terminated In 1S91 , and the city , Instead of renewing the franchise , exercised Us alternative right to purchase the property of the retiring company. The prlco waa tlxcd by arbitration at $1,500,000. The rail way and franchise were then offered for sale to the bst bidder. The purchaser was requlroJ to pay the amount awarded by the Hibltrators and the tlty reserved to Itself the right to determine the spo U and service necessary on each line of the system be sides asserting Its right to' order tha ox- terslon of the system In any direction within the city limits , Tlio city also re quired the company to sell tickets to pur chasers In quantities of twenty.five for $1 , or six for 25 cents , and that at certain hours of the morning and evening tickets for the use of waguworkcra should bo sold at the rate of eight for S5 oenU , and children's tickets , to bo used from 8 a. in. to C p. m. , old at the rate of tea for 25 cents. All fares to bo Rood for a ride from any point on the street rnllwnv to nny other point , thus insuring n coluprehenslvo system of transfers. Further specifications were adopted touching the style and dimensions of cars nnd mode of operation. U was particularly specified that cars were not to bo over crowded and that the maximum number which any car should hold should be de termined by the city engineer and council. The workmen employed by the company wcro not to be required to work longer than ten hours per day or sixty hours per week. With nil these restrictions the company con tracted to pay the city a royalty of $800 a year for every mile of single track and 11,600 a year for every mlle of double track , besides the following percentage : On gross receipts , up to $1,000,000 per annum , 8 per cent ; between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000 , 10 per cent ; between $1,600,000 and $2,000- 000 , IS per cent ; on all gross receipts over $3,000,000 per annum , 20 per cent. Ac cording to Mr. Albert Shaw , who has made a special study of the municipal government of Toronto , the street railway system Is n source of very considerable revenue to that city and Its rapid development ns to mileage and volume of business Is constantly In creasing the revenues of the city. The course pursued with regard to the Toronto street railways has also been pur sued relating to the telephone monopoly. The Dell Telephone company now pays a royalty of G per cent of Its gross receipts and Is restricted In Its charges to the public , to very moderate rates. It goes without saying that every city In this country will sooner or later emulate the example of the Ontario metropolis. Munici pal ownership of gas , water nnd lighting plants , where possible , and royalties for franchises wherever granted to private cor porations for municipal privileges , must sooner or later become the settled policy of city governments. SLEUl'IXU CAll While the late Pullman strike was at Its height The Bee suggested several lines of legislation which would contribute toward making a recurrence of snoh labor difficul ties Improbable , if not Impossible. One of these suggestions has already been em bodied Into a bill Introduced by Congress man Brlckner of Wisconsin , who has had several sessions' experience In congress , and Is receiving very favorable consideration at the hands of the house committee on Inter state commerce. The Brlckner bill alms to do away In practice with a great part of the business , of the Pullman company namely that part concerned with the owner ship and management of sleeping , parlor and dining cars upon the lines of the dif ferent railroads of the United States. It alms to do this by compelling ov-ury rail road engaged In Interstate commerce to sup ply Its patrons with fully equipped trains of their own , Including baggage cars , day coaches , parlor , dining and sleeping cars , where the same are demanded for the con venience of passengers. Each railroad must either own or control by lease the cars In its service on the roads or branches operated or controlled by it under penalty of $10 n day for each instance where it fails to comply with the requirements of the law. The effect of such legislation , If en acted , would necessarily bo to force the Pullman and Wagner and other analogous companies into the field of car building and equipment , and to take from them the lucrative privileges they enjoy of operat ing their own cars on the greater part of the railway mlleago of the country. The absolute separation of the con struction and operation of these special cars would unquestionably remove all oc casion for tying up our entlro railroad sys tem for the sole purpose of supporting a strike of employes of the car constructors. The bond of sympathy of the sympathetic railway strike would bo broken. The strike on ono or more railroad systems to redress grievances existing among their own employes would notfo In the least affected , and would still have to bo dealt with by other legislation , but a railroad strike to Injure a company altogether Independent of the railroad would bo an absurdity in which no labor leader would indulge. Among other scarcely less Important re sults to bo expected from the enactment of the Brlckner bill , or some other similar measure , will bo the distribution to the stockholders of the railroads of their pro portionate shares of the Immense earnings now absorbed by the sleeping car companies. The latter was In reality nothing less than an Inside ring devised to enrich a chosen few at the expense of the general railway Investor. The Pullman and Wagner com panies will then have to bo content with the profits of car construction , and that In the face of a vigorous competition with rival car builders. Such legislation would fur thermore simplify the muddle that Invaria bly arises wherever the states attempt to subject the sleeping car companies to taxa tion. The companies always maintain that they uro foreign corporations and that they have no taxable property within the juris diction of the particular state , and by skill ful manipulation manage to evade almost all taxation. Force the railroads to operate their own passenger cars and these can bo assessed along with their other rolling stock In the ratio of the mileage within each state to the total mileage. The present system Is most demoralizing to every effort at com prehensive state taxation. We cannot ex pect a single slmplo legislative measure to solve the whole problem , but the step pro posed by the Brickner bill will certainly do much toward accomplishing that object. In appointing Judge Amos M , Thayer to the additional circuit judgeshlp for the nighth judicial circuit the president has adhered to the policy of making promotions from the bench , and in this Instance has unquestionably based that promotion upon merit. Other considerations doubtless en tered Into the selection , for Mr. Cleveland has niado as many , If not more , judlc'nl ' appointments from among the ordinary members of the bar , and assuming that the place was not to be allotted to Nebraska , we could not bo given a more- satisfactory judge. By promoting Judge Thayer the president secured an opportunity to show favor to two men at once through the filling of the vacancy on the district bench , which qulto naturally fell to a Missouri attorney. The whole arrangement appears to be quite diplomatic all aiound When the proposition to rcduco the school year at thirty-eight weeks was adopted by the Board of education the alleged rea son was that It became BO warm during the last two weeks In June that satisfactory work could bo done neither by the pupils nor the teachers.There / was , uomo platisa- blltly In this , although the school year had continued until the end of June ever since tha school district had been organized. Now It U proposed to make the first term com mence a week later , not because It Is too warm , but because of outside attractions that are likely to bo at hand In early Sep tember The ndotflM .of such n proposi tion would practical'ftivo ! the lie to the reason ntlcgrd for shortening ( ho achoo ! jear. \Vo might ns "well recignlzc the fact that the demaftd , for a shorter schno yoir docs not come -fram the children nor from the children's parents , but rather from the teachers , who want less work at the same. pay. Is It ifot ijiioligtt to knock oft two weeks of the school year at their re quest without knocklng"lhein off In a way detrimental to the 'fiutfl merely to bene fit the teachers ? " " ' The fact that the 'mcKsago which Is being carried by the relay bicycle riders from Washington to Denver , . Is signed by Mr Tliurbor , private secretary to the president give's some color to the story that was cir culated before the race began that President Cleveland refused point blank to communi cate with Governor Walto In this or any other manner , U was the original Intention of the promoters of the enterprise to have the riders carry a message from President Cleveland to Governor Walte , but they seem to have been unable to obtain the presi dent's co-operation. Whether or not their failure Is due to the president's dislike ol Governor Walto owing to his unsavory no toriety Is subject only to conjecture. ShoiiU the governor be convinced that such Is the case , It Is possible nnd perhaps probable that he , too , will refuse to participate In any capacity In the relay bicycle race , and following the example of the president may designate his private secretary to receive the communication of Secretary Thurber. This will not Interfere with the object of the race , but It certainly will bo an ex ample of pettiness In the Incumbents otlilgh offices which they ought to be far above. All roads lead to the city clerkship to the mind of the average applicant for the posi tion. Judging from the character of the men who are mentioning themselves for the place , the prevailing impression seems to be that any occupation whatever fits men to discharge the duties of city clerk. C'un't llldo tint hotH | , New York World. Senators Cnmden , Quay , McPherson , Smith and Uilcc huve all been ut the sugar bowl , nnd , whitewash or no white wash , they all know that everjbody knows Iluclprovltj'K Vindication. New Yorl : Sun. It is funny to hear that the great hope of the adminlstratlonlsts to find something to bury decently Mr. Cleveland's theory of free coal and It on lies In the possibility of adopting the reciprocity principles of James O. ISlnlne. Oh ! grave , where Is thy victory ? ( ihe Whcitt uSlum. . Glubo-Dt mocrat. Our distinguished national missionary , Colonel Chillies J Murphy , who has been coachlnK the Europeans on our Indian corn , should begin to ° ay a good word for wheat cakes and vvhltu bread. The price of maize has been pulling up on wheat at u wonder 1'ul rate. ' Aftcmmtli of ' ( iTu Cnxuy Folly. Washington' Star. The absolute height of impertinent Inso lence Is leached In CoxeV's petition to con gress to make an ( 'appropriation for the support of the gang of * Idlers he brought to Washington iinilqr , .false pretenses and then basely deserted ns soon as he had gained the notoriety he dtslted. If con gress makes any respdrtse It should be a demand for that blatant humbug' to come here and mutch hlsuleliuled followers back to their respective righting Hilly Aclilcvuft runic. Chlcifeo Kiit. "Uncle Billy" Is ari'Amerlcan ' all through , and he does not care Who knows It. Hut he challenges admiration for his prowess as well ns for his patriotism. Ills full name Is William Shull. . . but no one ever apeaKs of him that vwiy. In Omaha , where he lives , people who do , not call him "Uncle Hilly" addicss him as "Fighting Billy , " on account of his record with General Crook among the Indians His latest achievement Is brleflv described .is follows : OMAHA , Aug. 5. Fighting Billy Shull , the well known western character , who won his spurs campaigning with Crook among the Indians , gave three Englishmen a scientific thrashing today for cursing America. Uncle Hilly beard them denouncing American In stitutions nnd hotly replied that they had better return to ICnsland. They resented the old man's remarks and were soundly thrashed. Good for "Uncle Billy ! " We have noth ing against the Englishman personally , but we do not like to have strangers come over here , enjoy our hospitality and then decry us anil our institutions. One Stead in a life time Is enough. And besides , no one- but a populist has a bona fide license to revile this country and Its government. VEOVLK .i.M > Senator Camden's denial is not surprising. There is always a negative for a photograph. The ex-queen of Hawaii has not made a bloomlnc succcs of her last sympathetic strike on Cleveland. Senator Hill insists on democratic harmony and weal9 a hatchet In his hip pocket as a guarantee of good faith. It is suggested that the metallic sign on cars , "Passengers are not allowed to ride on the platform , " applies to democrats solely. Japan shows a strong tendency toward democracy , judging from the abundance of free raw material furnished the denizens of the ocean. Mayor Gllroy of New York declines to stand for re-election. When the fox saw he could not reach the pullet he decided that chicken dinner was too rich for his blood. It is reasonably certain no court of France will grant Santo a midnight stay for the pur pose of inquiring into his sanity. Wherein the young republic differs from some of her sisters. Ilattie Walters , known In the freak world as "Big Alice , " has laid down her load of 300 pounds and shuffled off. She acquired fame and $70 a w-eek on her shape , which In her palmy days , tipped the beam at 500 pounds. She leaves a daughter , aged 10 a coy , lissome maiden of 200 pounds. The St. Louh Ilepubllc makes a pathetic plea for the appointment of a Missourlan tea a vacant circuit judgeshlp. The hunger for pto In Missouri has reached an alarming stage. The unterrliled cry abroad for a meager crust , and In this Instance ns In countless otheis , the ever-faithful seem doomed to whet their teeth on a stone. "Tho Irresistible force of habit of our re ligious reporter , " the Buffalo Express should say , "made us add n few unnecessary ciphers to statistics iqcently published. The details need not be mentioned. It Is suf ficient for our readersito know that the overzealous - zealous reporter was /i former census taker In St. Paul , and Is wholly Irresponsible In the matter of figures. " A Chicago lad makes a living by securing seats for women In crowded cars , lie makes his stand nt u thoroughfare that Is always thronged , and arranges with some well-to-do woman , with i her arms full of bundles , or perhaps a , baby , to run and jump on a car before It reaches the corner. When It gets to that P9lnt he has a seat reserved for her. t There Is no real obstacle to harmonlzo the differences between Gorman and Cleveland. The senator eliminated from his printed speech the reference to the "slime" of the campaign of 1881 , and the other remark about "cowards In high places" cannot be taken as applying toClsveland , As a matter - tor of fact , the altitude of the white house Is lower than that of the senate chamber. Prof. Llndley Gllbschln , the eminent as trologer , has succeeded , after much painstak ing labor , In casting the horoscope of the now born "white wings" division of the Ne braska democracy Thot professor does not feel justified at present In publishing his lucid Interpretation qf Him political signs. The trend of his conclusions may , however , bo gathered from a story Illustrative of the efforts of the white wings to absorb tha plo- blters. "My eon , " related the professor , "rushed Into the house ono morning and In formed his mother ho hail placed eighty- seven eggs under the netting hen. 'Why , son. uhe can never cover BO many eggs an all that ! ' exclaimed Mrs. Gllbschln , In amazement. 'I know It , ' replied my boy , 'but I just wanted to BOO the old fool spread herself. ' " i / trt'Ot'ititt. Stuart Ledger . Jaik MacOoll' * ctuncc for the republican nomination for governo arc growing brighter as the days go by. Pl.ittsmouth News- John A. Davlos fo the Mate sctnlo would he n winner. No combination of circumstances can ilefea him If the republican convention atVntual has the good judgment to nominate him. Lexington Plonfen There U no taint at taclieil to the name or record of John II. .Mac Coll. Ho Is clean-handed nnd above rcproac ! and ns a vote-getter Is "out of sight , " quail Mentions that are necessary and should no be overlooked. There Is gome talk of n fusion betweei the republicans and democrats In the Ninth scnatorhl district , but it will never iimuun to more than talk. A straight republican candidate for the sennte will bo good enoitgl for the people of that district. Warwick Sa mi tiers announces In his Platte County Argus that he Is "almost persuaded1 to become a candidate for secretary of staten on the populist ticket. He Is wlllln' , nnd he Is only waiting for the convention to glvo him n chance to bo "fully p ° rsuaded " Lincoln News Thcro are those who clnln to know who say that Jack MuuColl wll have Douglas county and likewise Dodge lie would have n good share of Lancaster' delegation If the said delcgttlon really repre sented the rank and Illo nf the party. IMgar Post : It Is said that the continued drouth Is driving the pops out of the western counties In such large numbers that thr republicans will certainly be victorious It that part of the state this fall That socm like n hard way to work a reformation , bu he Is a mighty mean man Indeed who wouli question the Inscrutable ways of providence Cozad Tribune The demand for a new deal , for new men nnd for a now order o things Is growing with terrible force Thl year , by wise nominations , the rcpubllcut party can settle for a decade uf je.irs its complete supremacy in Rtnto affalis Let u rise to the emergencies of the hour nni sweep f ot ever from the stage of action the curse of populism by nominating men whose standard of Integrity will roll up majorities never before equalled In the history of our fair young state. Pawnee Press Candidate Majors hoc scarcely left this city Saturday when can dldato Howe put in an appearance The latter said he came to produce rain for the farmers of Pawnee county , and sure enough that very night the rain poured down It this locality as If purposely manufacture * and ordered to fall by the shrewd nnd skill ful Ncmaha county candidate fur congress It aluaj.s rains when Church comes to Pawnee , and for this reason we believe he has some Influence over the elements , whether or not he lias any over the voters of this congressional dlstilct. Lincoln Hews The fact that so many of the delegations to the state conventions In counties that have no candidate for any state office are unlnstructed lias apparently given rise to n boujancy of hope on the part of the Majors men that Is Justified by the cir cumstances. Thcro Is no attempt on the part of the friends and advocates of the Nemaha perennial candidate to defend his record ; they know na well as nny one else that It is indefensible , but if they can get the various county conventions not to In struct against him , they know they have more than a fighting chance to nominate him. The reason for this lies in the fact that it is comparatively easier for accom plished pluggers , such as are helping the Majors boom on behalf of the. railroads , to convince an unlnstructed delegate than to get one to violate his Instructions. Grand Island TimesThat campaign canard about Hosewater having collected $500 during the campaign of 1892 and devoted - voted It to his own use has been exploded by one swipe of Hosewater's hatchet. Con tributions vsere solicited In Omaha by Chair man Cady and Mr. Hosowater and the money that was collected promptly turned over to the state committee for expenditure , Mr. Ilosewater having had nothing to do with handling the funds. Instead of having profited to any extent , financially or other wise , by that campaign , he was shy several thousand dollars In cish p < Id out of his own pocket in contributions and personal ex penses while campaigning throughout the state. We happen to be in a position to Know that Mr. Rosewater's statement is true In detail , as set forth In The Bee. and that ho Is deserving of praise rather than censure for the .indefatigable efforts he put forth during that campaign. If the little coterlo that is eternally snapping at his heels will keep their hands as free from questionable transactions as does Mr. Hose- water they will stand In better odor with the masses of the people who have faith In that old adage , "honesty Is the best policy. " Lincoln Call : It will not do for republi cans to deceive themselves with the idea that success in the coming campaign Is as sured. There was a time , several weeks ago , when the promise of an abundant ciop and prosperity seemed to predicate a more rational political feeling , nnd to point to re publican succss. But the blasting of crops has been followed by a wave of pessimism decidedly conducive to populist development , and It Is evident at this juncture that the future Is most uncertain. Whether the party is to be successful depends , wo be lieve , largely upon the action of the state convention. The people of the state are not In a niood to accept the conventional output of the machine nnd render homage to dimin utive candidates set up by the bosses who have axes to grind. There Is a critical spirit abroad , and the action of the county convention will bo closely scrutinized. If the warnings that have been sounded are heeded , and the convention measures up tne stature of true republicanism and patriotism , the republican ticket will huve the con fidence of the people and It will , In our opinion , be elected with case ; but unless there Is a decisive departure from the methods that have lately characterl/ed the party , a breaking asunder of the ties that bind the party to the wire pullers and political thugs , almost certain defeat must be the portion of the republican paity In November. Which course will the party follow ? Will it strive honestly and ear nestly to achieve sucess by declaring for right at the state convention and placing on the ticket men Insted of puppetsOr will It court defeat by yielding to the dictation of the jackals that masquerade as the leaders of the party ? _ bb J'OYJ 'JlIJi J'OOIC , Chicago Tribune1 The true way to hejp men Is to glvo them employment rather than charity. Senator Allen's plan would pauper ize those who wcro aided by It. His vote for protection would bo a substantial bene fit to every vvorklngman. New York Sun Senator Allen has dived down to the bottom of his thought well and brought up a bill to Issue $ uO,000,000 of treas ury notea , to bo divided among the states oc- ccordlng to population and used for the rol'ef ' of "the worthy poor. " Wo venerate Mr. Allen , but cannot think that even In this bill Is the full perfection ot his wisdom ex pressed. Philadelphia Record Senator Allen's bill to appropriate $50,000,000 for the relief of : he worthy poor might ns well be frankly : ermcd "An act to keep open an everlasting drain upon the treasury ; " for the poor we always have with us , and If It should bo pos sible to convert the government Into an al monry the shadow of the almsfolk would never grow less In the land. Plttsburg Gazette- Senator Allen's sugges tion that $50,000,000 bo appropriated for dis tribution among the worthy poor Is much more creditable to his heart than to his judg ment. If he will help knock out the demo cratic tariff legislation the worthy poor will soon be In much bettor circumstances. It would be much bettor , though , to glvo the money to the worthy poor than to the un worthy Sugar trust. 'Iho Nunutiirliil New York Tribune. Benntor Allen'H scheme to euro the hard times by Issuing $ WXW,000 of trtmsuiy nutes Tor distribution among the seveial states n proportion to population Is a manifesta tion of the rare , olu-fashloned Idiocy which lomlmitul tli 11 undent quacks who always iled u patient as a means of curing falnt- ng Hpells. When a scheme likeAllen's becomes practical nnd effective. It will bo [ lo.sslblu for a man to lift himself Into pros perity simply by adding to hla obligations mil Increasing the evidences of his own In debtedness , I.iilirlrutlni ; the Lobby , Hprlnglleld Itfpubllcan The $00,000 exiiondcd by the Bell Telephone company In Inlluenclng the legislature was for leelslutlon against the public. Interest , And In the event It proved that the money was thrown away This ought to teach .hat company and nil other large con > orate ntere.itH that economy nnd pnillt are rather : o be found In pursuing a moro unselfish course. Kit IT BM Shall the Party Commit Itself to a Tattooed Standard Bearer ? The candidacy of Thomas J. Majors confronts - i the following bill , certified to by T , J. fronts the republican party of Nebrugka as I Majors aa president of the senate , was placed a menace to Its success In ths Impending i In the hands of the auditor and a warrant campaign. To elevate him to the position' ol . for $75 was Issued to W. M. Taylor as bal- stnndird bearer will place the partj on the I mice due for alleged services In the senate defensive and subject It to a galling flro that for the last fifteen daya ot the month : TUG THLL-TALU CL'KTIFICATR. . 0 * Mttiagc- $ . .7 . / .nitc3iitlOccnt ! ) Mrmttc , Jalai\ccilite ! \ , Lincoln , . . . c/ . . . isyi. / hereby ce > ttfy that the adoi e account li correct arwlju st , ami Aai not been jut U. ' MB * i-Wr Ptrrtirtl of T.Jl.lt\'lOX AwttorofJ\i , it could not withstand. Every candidate and every party leader on the stump would bo compelled to champion the candidacy of a man who Is tattooed with a record of In- delllble Infamy. They would be 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 plnco 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 lleutemnt 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. SCANDALIZCD THC STATE. During the session of 1891 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 Tavlor was on confidential terms with Lieutenant Governor , Majors , and especially , with his private sec retary , Walt M. Secly. Thcro 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 New berry maximum rate bill. Taylor's abduction created such a sensa tion that even if Majors had not been ad vised about the plot he could not have been ignorant of the fact that Tailor had disap peared. The fact that 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 MarcB. On March 31 , when the session closed. The above Is a fac simile of thp certificate signed by Lieutenant Governor Majors and approved by the auditor , as now on file In i the- office of the auditor of state. The warrant for $75 was cashed by Walt M. Seely , private secretary of the lieutenant goveinor , and pocketed by him. Taylor never received n penny of this money fraudu lently procured by the connivance of the lieutenant governor. This act alone stamps Thomas J. Majors as a dangerous man In nny public offico. When he 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. Had Majors certified to a fraudulent voucher In the army , or duplicated his own pay In the army pay roll , he would have been court martlaled and cashiered In dis grace. Where the offense was as flagrant as the Taylor voucher fraud , he would have been made to serve a sentence In a military prison. Is this the kind of a man the re publicans of Nebraska are asked to maka chief executive of state and commander-In- chlef 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 olllce adjoining the senate cham ber into a legislative oil room. In which liquor was dispensed freely to members ot the senate who wcro addicted to drink , and to lobbyists , imle 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 as to have access at all times , night or day , when the senate was in session or at recess , to the demijohns and decanters filled with choice brands of liquor , with w hlch the lieu tenant governor's room was generously sup plied regardless of cxpenso by the corporate concerns whoso bills were to bo logrolled through and whoso Interests wcro to ba protected by the bland , affable and accora- 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 ? THE TELL-TALE TAYLOR. ORDER. enate GRwwfe. /S9/ < -v The above Is a fac slmllo of the order of Governor Majors , It purports to bo dated the abducted ex-senator authorizing Walt at Portland , Ore. , but Is written on an of Seely to receipt the vouchers and warrants ficial blank , headed with the name ot the for his unearned salary. It will bo noted lieutenant governor , at the senate chamber , that the order Is In the handwriting of Walt Lincoln , Neb. , with the duto line left blank , Lieutenant except the figures 1891. secretary of \l. \ Seely , private Till ! MilJOH'lt 1 V31HLK , Detroit Free Press : Elijah Halford did not tnow what long chances ho was taking when 10 accepted an appointment to the army from President Harrison The former sec retary was recently thrown from a buggy n a runaway accident. Buffalo Express Of course Major Halford must have expected to glvo his blood and , f necessary , his life , to his country when 10 entered the regular army , but it Is a llt- lo aggravating that his first wound bhould ) o caused by a team of runaway horses. Any plain civilian might have been wounded n that way. , JHH ) JJ.IV I HO III. New York Press : Hairlet-Dldn't she sue him for breach of promiseJpsBlcn / - - Yes. but he got olt on a plea of emotional naanlty. Suni fhinco New York CobUle-My upends an awful amount of money on her Tresses ; yet , strange to Hay , be- has had the mime dressmaker for years. Htone Are > ou sure , old man , you nro lot going to many the vviong girl. ' Dallas News : The mortal who feels his teeplng sometimes llnds It veiy difficult to tcep his feelings. Philadelphia Times : Spirits of wine or ilcoliol may be used for theimomoterH , but jeer cannot. This la duo to the fact that ho hotter the weather the more beer goes down. _ _ Somervllle Journal : Ask a man to thread L needlu and you can tell by watching him whether or not ho In a bachelor. Buffalo Courier : HI * Pastor ( reprovingly ) I understand you huvo been playing curus or money , Mr , UaaiuioJtlc. Mr , Has/mark ( Indignantly ) Vor money ? It's false , I haven't won a cent In two months. Tiutli : Mrs. Quills ( at 1 a. m ) Where have you been until tills hour ? Mr. ( jullla Ate olllch , btilnnchln' my bnokshl Mrs. Qnllls Well , I hope they balance better than your feet , Arkansavv Traveler : Mrs. Tilriibull It's too bad that xmr hiiHbiind cut off hlH flow ing benul. Mrn. Urlmple Yes , he- had to do It I gave him a diamond ucnifplii for a bit Unlay present. Chicago itecord : "Who's your friend , " ankeil U'lllnirn , nu hla companion paused ami lifted hH hat to a lady who drove by. "That Isn't a friend , " mild Mnsser , absent/ mlndedly , "That's my wife. " THE HOW IN THE HAST. Atlanta Constitution , When "the heathen rage , " A war they wage , With heads that are hardly level ; They nin not agreed On the Chiistlan creed , But they give and lake the devlll o HKLINUA'M TKltHOn. Bomorvllle Journal When threatening clouds obscure the Hklea And fiercely the keen lightning flushes , Belinda , very nearly die * , Hlui'a so scared when the thunder crashe * . Shu neekn the nearest feather bed , Anil croucheH there , with terror quaking , Her hands clasped to her throbbing head , And every nerve within her aching. At every flash she starts with fear , And hides her head In abject terror Of what she knows shu'H going to hear And there she makes a curious error For , though HI ! < > does not think It mien , A queer mistake Hhe'H laboring under : She does not mind the lightning much , The thine that cures her la the Ihundeaj