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GEOIldE 11. TSWCHWCK.
Sn-orn to before me nnd subscribed In my pres
ence lids 1st dny of Aumut , 1S9I.
( Senl. ) N. P. FKII. , . Notary Public.
la the Ilrccklnrldgo campaign for a con-
cresslonal rcnomlnatton to last until the eve
of election ?
The proceedings of the democratic house
caucus demonstrate that Speaker Crisp Is
moro than ever cock of the house walk.
No man has a right lo ask far a place on
the republican llcket this year whose record
has to b'o defended or apologized for.
Qreat Urltnln Is out with her proclama
tion of neutrality. President Cleveland will
probably take the hint within a few days.
The milk In the cocoanut has several ad
vantages over that supplied from poorly fed
cows In filthy'dairies to the patrons of cer
tain local milk dealers.
A steady maximum temperalure three or
four degrees above 90 serves to remind us
all that August Is usually reputed to bo one
of our hottest months.
What has become of the Humane society
whlla some of the graders have been liter
ally starving their horses to death ? Is that
society In existence now only on paper ?
The only way by which the Japanese can
hope to become citizens of this country Is to
fico to It that they are born In tlio United
States and subject to the jurisdiction there
of.
The South Omaha strikers must know
that a resort to violence will deprive them
of whatever popular sympathy Ihey may
havo. Lawlessness 'must , and will be put
down.
The republican party must nominate clean
f , jd capable men for every position on the
Uclcot from governor down to road super
visor. Thai Is Ihe only safe path to party
success.
i r TJio paved roadway from the city boundary
to Benson will bo completed within the next
ton days , and when the few blocks that
ramaln unpaved between the boundary and
Walnut III11 are paved this road will become -
como the most popular of all our drives.
Omaha dealers claim to have gotten on
the winning side of the rise in corn and to
have raked off a neat sliaro In the profits of
the flurry. It Is consoling to know thai
some of the loss from drouth-damaged corn
Is thus early recouped from the eastern
grain speculators.
Free sugar Is out of the question , except for
certain democratic senators , who may expect
to bo furnished free sugar by a grateful Sugar
trust. The common people will have to pay
for their sugar a price sufficient to reimburse
the trust for the outla'ys It has been com
pelled to make to keep Its senators faithful.
The French authorities do neb Intend to
inlnco matters about executing the assassin
of the late President Carnot. Ten days to
them Is ample rcsptto for the prisoner and
the chances of reprieve or stay on appeal
are extremely slight , The executioner's knife
Is already being sharpened anil will do Its
appointed work at the hour named unless
some unexpected occurrence should Intervene
to .prevent.
The appointment of James D. Porter of
Tennessee to bo district Judge was doubtless
primed so as 'to glvo President Cleveland an
opportunity to reward some other good dem
ocrat with Ihe place now held by Mr. Porter ,
namely , the Chilian ministry. The now min
ister to Chill will of course be named with
special reference to the probable effect of
the appointment upon the coming congres
sional elections.
Local republicans are alive to the duty
tliat will devolve upon them during the
coming state convention , nnd are preparing
to entertain the visitors In a manner worthy
ot the occasion. Omaha wants to niako so
good an Impression upon delegates and can
didates that they will all prefer to have
succeeding slate conventions held In Omaha.
The way to do this Is to make every one
feal that he Is Individually welcome.
Don't Imagine for an Instant that Con
gressman llynuni stands alone In the house
In favor of yielding to the demands of the
senate tariff conferees , There are plenty ot
democratic congressmen who are to anxious
to got home that they ! arc wllllnc to take
the senate bill or any other bill that maybe
bo offered. They dare not express their real
desires , however , and for this reason the
democrats ot the house still present to the
outer wrld an appearance of solidity ,
The situation at South Omaha makes It
moro than ever apparent that annexation
la demanded 'In the interest of law and
order. The South Omaha police force of
the chief and eight men Is Inadequate to
repress mob violence or riotous disturb
ance just a * the South Omaha lire depart
ment la Inadequate to suppress an extensive
conflagration , M a matter ot self preserva
tion South Omaha should consolidate with
Omaha within the next twelve months.
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The silver plank In tlio platform of tlio
republicans of the Sixth congressional dis
trict Is unrtnly defend oil by one of Its
framcri In a letter which wo print else
where. Tlio writer assert * that this plank
was modeled after the national republican
platform ! ) of 1883 and 1S92 , and he further *
more Insists that each concessional district
has a right to formulate Its own views on
any ot the vital Issues before the people , re
gardless of what position the state conven
tion may take upon the sumo question. On
both these points The Dee takes most de
cided Issue.
The Sixth district had a right to reaffirm
the plcdsos made by the last national con
vention on the question of silver coinage ,
but It had no right to Interpolate II or mis
interpret Its meaning. The platform of 1888
simply declared the party to be In favor of
gold and silver ns money and denounced the
democratic administration for attempting to
ilcinonctfoo silver. What the convention of
1SSS Intended to convey by the declaration
Is at this Unto a matter of conjecture. General
Harrison did not refer to that plank In his
letter of acceptance of 1SS8 nor In his In
augural. The denunciation of the demo
cratic administration may have had refer
ence to. the policy of Cleveland1 ! * secretary
of the treasury In exercising his discretion
under the Illand-Alllson act of 1878 adverse
to the extensive circulation of silver. Hut
the fact that the national convention of .1838
denounced the democratic party for Its hos
tility to silver does not Justify the republi
cans of IS'JI ' to denounce the democratic
party for the alleged "crime of 1833. "
Wo might Just as well denounce the dem
ocratic party at this time for declaring the
war a failure In Its national platform of
1SG4. The conditions of 1891 are not the
conditions of 18S8. In 1888 sliver was rang
ing from 00 cents to $1 an ounce. This year
It has been ranging from CO to 05 cents an
ounce. The divergence Is so great now be
tween the commercial and coinage value of
the metals that Jt would bo utterly Impos
sible to bring them together and keep them
together at the old ratio , even by an Inter
national agreement , let alone under a free
coinage act unsupported by International
agreement.
What Is the. "crime of 1893" anyway ?
The Sherman act was passed by a republican
congress and approved by a republican pres
ident with a view of stimulating the price
of silver and raising Its commercial value
up to the coinage standard. The experiment
was a lamentable failure and the repeal of
the act was demanded and supported by re
publicans with very few exceptions. What
sense Is there In denouncing the democrats
for demonetizing silver when they had no
more to do with It than the republicans ?
We deny the right of any congressional
district to commit the party to a position
on the question of free silver or any other
national Issue. Such a practice would dis
member the party. No party divided Into
fragments upon vital questions could survive
very long. Furthermore , such a course , even
If It was proper , would be Impolitic. The
democracy In this and other states Is hope
lessly divided on that Issue and republicans
are In position to profit by that division.
What advantage Is to be gained by wab
bling and Jugglery on the silver Issue ?
How many Uryan democrats will be caught
by any such chaff ? Is It not absolutely cer-
tala that the only hope of getting support
from democrats for republican candidates In
the present campaign Is through a firm stand
for sound money as against any scheme of
free coinage Ilatlsm ? In other words. It fs a
foregone conclusion that the Bryan free
coinage , wing will support populists as
against any republican , and the democrats
who oppose the debasing of the currency will
not vote with republicans unless the party
and its candidates stand up for honest
money as defined by ex-President Harrison
In his letter of acceptance for 1892. When
the republicans of the Sixth district come
to face this Issue squarely where will they
bo at ?
A SNNSIHLK VKI'O .V * > S.1OE.
The veto message sent by President Cleveland -
land to the house of representatives on Tues
day Is sensible , and commendable because
sensible. The president refuses to sign a
bill passed by cqngress authorizing him to
appoint an ex-army officer , designated by
name , to be second lieutenant In the artil
lery , to bo placed Immediately upon the
retired list for disability , without even the
customary examination by a retiring board
The reason assigned for this refusal Is that
such special legislation Is subversive- sound
policy and good administration.
It must bo acknowledged that the- practice
of prostituting the retired list of the regu
lar army to the private benefit of men who
have no claim to Its privilege has become
altogether too prevalent. President Cleve
land himself confesses to having signed sev
eral bills equally objectionable as this from
this point of view , his scruples having been
overcome In each Instance by the persuasive
force of sympathy and sentiment. The fact
that the president has himself been. Incon
sistent on this subject does not , however ,
affect the soundness of his present position.
The retired list of the army was originally
Intended as a provision for army officers
who maintain their good standing until In
capacitated for service by ago or disability.
To the officers of the regular army It waste
to bo what the retired list Is for Judges of
the federal courts both an opportunity to
live In comfort when a life work has been
exhausted and a means ot keeping the
actual work In the hands of men able to
attend to It. A bill authorizing the presi
dent to appoint a designated man to * a
vacant Judgeshlp to be Immediately retired
would secure no recognition In. congress
whatever , yet bills to use the army retired
list for a similar purpose are viewed as
perfectly legitimate. If the beneficiary Is
really deserving there are , as the president
points out , various ways In which relief bills
may bo framed without destroying the sig
nificance of the retired list.
The particular bill which has fallen under
the president's veto appears to have few , If
any redeeming features , the officer for
whoso benefit It was Intended having for
feited his place In the army through gross
misbehavior and having spared no efforts to
overturn the finding of the court martial
that dismissed hliu through political In
fluence nnd political wire pulllne-
At the same time the principle at the bottom
tom of the president's reasoning has a wider
application than to thU one method ot per
verting the retired list. Tim latter Is sub
ject to attacks from the executive as well
uu the legislative. Too often ere promotions
to the army and navy madi merely to give
the appointee a higher title and pay In order
to retire In a few months to better advantage
tage- than before. Frequently the near approach
preach of the BED for retirement U one of
( be most potent arguments advanced In
favor of Jumping this person or that person
out of the regular order and compelling those ,
In the Una of promotion to wait , The fraud
U not 80 much upon the latter as upon the
people who ore forced to support a retired
Hit brcer than the spirit of the Jaw con
templates. Unfortunately judicial appoint
ments have also on one or two occasions
been prompted by the prospect of retire
ment after the minimum period of service ,
and a suspicion of this character bus nt-
tnchcd to some of President Cleveland's own
appointment ! to the bench. lint If he wit !
consistently adhere In the future to the
principle enunciated In his veto mcs-iagc we
shall try to forgive his Inconsistencies In
respect to It In the past.
.SK7T/.B Till ! STHIKK.
The South Omaha butchers' strike has
reached the dangerous paint. The attempt of
the strikers to carry their demands by force
will compel the local authorities to resort
to force to repress disturbance nnd protect
property. If the police and sheriff's deputies
are overpowered the mllltla will have to be
put In requisition , and If the mllltla fall to
restore peace and keep the disturbing ele
ment under subjection the regular army
will doubtless be called out , as It was
twelve years ago during the so-called dump
riots In this city. The outcome would In
the end be disastrous to the striking
butchers , although It would also inflict cerlojs
damage upon the packers , and Incidentally
cripple this community. As a matter of fact ,
an Incalculable amount of damage has al
ready been Inflicted upon South Omaha and
Omaha by the strike. Our stock market
had been steadily gaining ground within the
past six months. Omaha had overtaken
Kansas City , nnd become second ouly to
Chicago as a packing center. The strike has
diverted a large part of thh business , and
It will take months If not years to recover
lost ground. Nobody has been the gainer ,
and nobody can gain anything by the strike ,
whatever way It may terminate.
Now , why cannot the strike be settled
peaceably and amicably ? The striking
butchers have offered to submit their differ
ences to arbitration. The packers , as usual
In almost every strike , declare they have
nothing to arbitrate. They claim that there
really Is little or no difference between the
exlstlns butchers' scale and the demand of
the striking butchers. If "fills Is true , no
great harm would come from arbitration.
If the arbitrators cannot agree , no harm can
come from making the effort. In our Judg
ment the packers and stock yards people
are Interested In settling the strike ami
cably. The glory and triumph of winning In
such a fight wjll be more than offset by the
bitterness engendered. If the conflict con
tinues any length of tlma It will be carried
Into politics In the next legislature , and
the next legislature Is liable to retaliate
In a way that will permanently cripple the
stock yards and do nobody any good.
It seems to us that arbitration Is n very
slight concession to organized labor. If It
Is not adopted voluntarily It will bo made
compulsory by law In spite of all the re
sistance of corporate employ ers.
CUSOHKSS AXD T11K COMIIlfiATlOXS.
In the whitewashing report of the demo
crats of the senate committee that investi
gated the sugar scandal there Is a. para
graph which has not received the attention
It merits. It Is this : "Though perhaps
outside the. scope of the duty Imposed upon
your committee , they take occasion to
strongly deprecate the Importunity and
pressure to which congress and Its members
are subjected by the representatives of great
Industrial combinations , whose enormous
wealth tends t" suggest undue Influence and
to create In the public mind a demoralizing
belief In the existence of corrupt practices. "
Having made this statement It would seem
that some member of the committee might
with entlro propriety have proposed some
way to remedy this abuse , which Is a reproach
preach to congress and the country. But
no suggestion looking In this direction has
been made and It must bo assumed that
members of congress will continue to tolerate
erate the Importunities of representatives of
Industrial combinations as well as of those
of the corporations which maintain a lobby
at Washington to dlno and wine congressmen
regardless of expense whenever the interests
of the corporations are to be looked after.
To merely deprecate this state of affairs
amounts to nothing. It will not deter the
combinations and corporations from sending
men to the seat of government to influence
legislation , nor will it have any effect upon
members of congress who are willing to hold
Intercourse with these men. And so long as
this Is tolerated the public will bo fully war
ranted In believing In the existence of cor
rupt practices. Indeed , the fact that the
combinations and corporations keep repre
sentatives at Washington must be taken as
prlma facie evidence that such practices do
exist. If it was simply the purpose of the
corporations to enlighten congress regarding
proposed legislation affecting their Interests
there would be no necessity for keeping
at Washington high-salaried representatives
with unlimited means nt their command. It
Is because they know there are congressmen
who can bo corruptly manipulated that they
keep well paid lobbyists at Washington who
understand the arts by which weak and dis
honest men are caught.
Perhaps the only sure cure for the nbuso
which the members cf the senate Investigat
ing committee deprecate Is to be found In a
higher standard of public morality and self-
respect among congressmen. No such scan
dals as bring reproach upon the American
congress are ever heard about the British
Parliament or the French Assembly. The
obvious explanation Is that the members of
those bodies ore constantly solicitous to
maintain unsulllod their character as public
men. They know that the suspicion of any
connection with corrupt practices will destroy
them politically , and consequently they are
most careful to maintain n high standard
of public morality and honesty. They are
not subjected to the Importunity and pres
sure cf combinations and corporations be
cause they will not permit It. A member of
the House of Commons whose ear was at the
command ot lobbyists and who commonly
associated wllh them , as many of the mem
bers of congress do , accepting their favors
of ono Eort and another , would be retired to
private life and political obscurity at the
first opportunity. Our earlier congresses
were free from scandals because their mem
bers had truer Ideas of Integrity and moral
ity In public llfo , and also a loftier sense
ot the honor and dignity of their positions.
The men"Who give character to the earlier
congresses were not mere politicians and
their Ideas ot public duty -were elevated and
clean. True , there was no Sugar trust or
Coal syndicate In those daya to practice cor
ruption , but there U no reason to doubt that
the men ot that time would have been prcof
egalnst even these Influences. Tlio Im
portunity and pressure of the representatives
of Industrial combinations will cease' Just as
soon as members of congress refuse utterly
to have anything to do with these' people
personally and keep aloof from them. Sen
ator Mills sot an admirable example when
je declined to see the president ot the S.ugar
trust , knowing the object of that official In
calling on htm. If all congressmen would
emulate this example there would speedily
bo an end to the Importunity on the part of
lobbrlats and to the scandals tint bring reproach
preach upon c ngjoss nnd the American
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There nppcatji M be no doubt that Dates
has carried Alabama" , but that there was
fraud In the election , as charged by Kolb
teems to.be no less certain , and It Is highly
probable that the defeated candidate and his
supporters will mnke some trouble before the
matter Is scttleij. This Is Indicated by the tan
guagc of his published statement , In whlcl
lie claims to have been elected by n large
majority and charges wholesale frauds on
the part of Ujejjsupportors of Dates. The
closing paragraph of this statement contains
n distinct threat and Kolb has heretofore
shown that ho has fighting qualities whlcl
compel the respact of his adversaries. The
contest between the Kolb faction of the dem
ocracy and the regular organization has
been going on for four years. In 1890 Kolb
was defeated for the , nomination for governor
In the regular convention and tlte.n clalmei
that ho was defrauded. Two years later he
again lost the nomination , having In the
meanwhile allied himself with the farmers
alliance , and he ran on n separate ticket
He was defeated , nnd then , as now , chargei
his defeat to fraud. This year Kolb was
nominated by n convention representing a
combination of democrats , republicans and
populists and made nn aggressive campaign
The democrats , however , were well organ
ized , they had many speakers In the fieh
and they appear to have made gains among
the colored voters. What Kolb can do It
the matter , beyond holding public meetings
and denouncing the successful party as he
did two years ago , Is not apparent , but he
may bo expected to raise a good deal of a
disturbance. The election of a successor to
United States Senator Morgan was an Impor
tant factor In the campaign and umloubtedlj
exerted u considerable Influence favorable to
Oates. . _
The decision by Judge Bellinger that the
allotment of Indian lands in severally makes
the Indian an American citizen and deprives
him of the benefit of any special legislation
enacted for his benefit by congress Is doubt
less the logic ot the law , but It Is sure to
crsate trouble for the Indians who find them
selves with a title to their shares of the
tribal lands. The Judge was led to this con
clusion by the case of a man accused of Ille
gally selling liquor to an Indian , in which n
defense was entered that the , law prohibiting
such sale applied to Indians only In their
tribal states. The theory upon which the
decision Is based Is that the Jurisdiction of
congress under the constitution to legislate
for the domestic affairs of the Indian Is con
fined to the tribal Indian. It assumes that
whenever congress orders the lands allotted
In severally the Indian has progressed far
enough to take care of himself and has no
longer need of a federal guardianship. This ,
In most instances. Is really not the truth ,
because the allotment Is made from alto-
cether differentmotives. . The Indian Is in
as much need of _ federal control and super
vision after as 'before allotment. Take that
protection away , and the Indian will bo help
less In the hands ot unscrupulous whites.
The large number of counterfeiters re
cently apprehenUedJjy the government detec
tive service shows "how irresistible n big
stake Is to crooks'ami thieves In "spite of the
almost certain detection that follows the
act. There Is scarcely an unpunished coun
terfeiter In the cpurilry , yet there are hun
dreds of men re dy to embark in every coun
terfeiting enterprise. The counterfeller - is
doomed the moment he sets about his work.
Figurine < > " the ( 'out.
Olobe-Demncriit.
"ISradstrect's" makes the aRgrcgale cost
of the recent strike $81.000,000 , ot which
considerably moie than half is in wages.
The railroads lost by destruction of prop
erty about $2,000OUO , and this they will re
cover from taxpayers. Fruit growers are
out $2,500,000 , and con call on no one to re
imburse them. Moat of them are poor men ,
struggling * to make both endB meet.
Iliirninny In the Cnrollnns.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The democracy of South Carolina Is hav
ing a real lively , nlco time all by itself.
Governor Tlllmnn calls General Duller some
fourteen different kinds of "a llnr , " and
Uutler shows that Tlllman Is "a white
sepuleher of fraud , " with all the colors of
"a hypocrite" painted all over him. The
state has not been so amused and enter
tained since the days of the Hamburg mas
sacre.
, Tim KxoihiH to Knrope.
Indlnnnpolla Journal.
The exodua to Kuropo which began early
In the spring still continues and Increases.
Some of the steamers which left New York
last week carried as many as 1,000
steerage passengers. Steamship agents es
timate that not less than S ) , < )00 ) a month
are now returning to Europe as a result
of hard times and low rates. It is a sin
gular illustration of the operation of nat
ural causes in the correction of social con
ditions.
Million * In tlin Knqar Do.il.
Cincinnati Commercial.
The sugar receipts at the four ports of
New York , Philadelphia , Uoston nnd Haiti-
more since January 1 , or since the develop
ment of the sugar policy of the democracy
led by the president nnd the nemite are
1,320,436 tons , or about lifty pounds for each
sugar consuming person , anil on this the
agreed sugar schedule will advance tlio
price 2 cents a pound , or $1 per capita. In
other words , the people of the United States
are to turn over JGO.OOO.OOO to the trust that
has the patronage of the president and
democratic senators.
StmndiilnuH Misconduct of Senators.
New Yurk World.
This report easts such a stigma upon the
senators as no newspaper publication could.
It discredits botli the Intelligence and the
Integrity of that body. It betrays its utter
Incapacity to deal with misconduct on the
part of Its own members , nnd reveals Its
entire lack of desire or willingness to do so.
It 1 a consent to shame , a confession of
blind Insensibility to scandalous misconduct.
The report leaves the senate worse smirched
with suspicion than before. It will con
vince the public that those accusations are
true which the report Is carefully framed
to deny. The whole ( iroceedlng has been n
cowardly Bhlrklnuv and no man's reputation
will suffer more by It than Senator Gray's.
A I.'onlfmillStinir Itnllnp.
SIlnnvMi&rTa Tribune.
It appears that 'PresIdent ' Lincoln , in 18C2.
Issued an order-t'i'the ' ' effect that Boldlers
should not bo compelled to do unnecessary
work on Sunday. llecenlly a , private
named Cedarqulsli jyfts ordered by his second
end lieutenant to , engage in target practice
on that day , and icfused. He was tried
by | court martial arlir-sentenced to tine ami
Imprisonment. The1 Hecretary of war has
now ordered that the sentence be. remitted
and that the olllrl/rlwlio Issued the legal
order must be brqusht to trial for dis
obedience to the j > rs.aJdent'H order. The at
torney who dcfvijdod , Cedarqiilst declares
that the effect ot the ruling is that a sol
dier need only obSy itVwful orders.
This would Bi'iiinlito be u dangerous rul
ing , subversive ofid.ls > clpllne and good order
In the army. The' first duty of a soldier Is
to obey , anil ho Wiidl to stop to ask ques
tions or discuss ilnKar points. The olllcer
may be presumed to be as well posted on
the law as the private ; If he Isn't , ho Issues
nn unlawful order at hln peril , and may
subsequently be punished for It but the
duty of the soldier at the moment 1s to obey
without question. It would be rather it
dangerous state of affairs If a company or
regiment were confronting u vicious mob
and the soldlerH should act up their own
private Judgment and declare the. orders
; lven them by the officers to fire or charge
; o be Illegal. The order issued by the sec
retary of war cannot fall to exert a demor-
illzlnx effect upon the army. Cedarqul.it
should be punlHhed for disobedience. The
right course for htm to have pursued was
o obey the order for target practice , under
protest , ut the time , nnd afterwards brim ?
iharKen against the lieutenant for luHuIni ;
an lllfKUl order. Such a course would tia
n the line of the strict maintenance of dis
cipline. If the privates In rank are to be
allowed to isot up an.'amateur lawyers and
act upon their own Judgments as to whether
orderu are legal or Illegal , the army will be
come u mob.
O.V tl.tlX St.ltlltttl.
New York Sun Prof. Dliumore of the
Normal school nt ICmporln and other Kaiisn *
experimenters are working hard to produce
rain by artificial moans. If the Kansas
farmers want rain , why don't they get up a
plclno or Induce the legislature to prohibit
the use of umbrellas ? If mcro thunder and
guns could be depended upon to broach the
casks of heaven , the populists would luvo
KanSai ten feet under water.
Boston Olobe ; Speaking of rAltimoklng ,
Prof , Fernando Sunford says In the Popular
Science- Monthly : "There Is no evidence to
show that even the smallest local shower has
been produced artificially. Further than
that , It is safe to say that no method of pro
ducing artificial rain has yet been publicly
proposed which suggests to one familiar with
the scientific principles Involved even a pos
sibility of success. " Hut , then , there wore
scientific gentlemen who told Noah once that
he was away off In thinking there wast going
to be a flood.
Philadelphia Inquirer : Prof. Sanford says
thai theoretically the best way to produce
rain would be to send up liquefied carbonic
acid , because In vaporizing and expanding
the acid would tnke enough heat from the
surrounding air to set molecules vibrating In
gaseous form , But to cool the air sufficient
to glvo a quarter of an Inch of rain over n
square mlln would take 400,000,000 pounds of
the add , and If such a quantity could be pur-
chared at a dollar a pound the coat would be
1600,000 per acre for acid alone. The planet
ot the professed rainmaker seems to be to
contract to furnish rain to as many sections
of the country as possible. If It rains over
any one of these areas he will collect the pay.
If U docs not rain the experiment has cost
nothing.
Springfield Republican : Faith In the pos
sibility of bringing down rain by artificial
means Is particularly strong with the officials
ot the Rock Island railroad , and while Prof.
Sanford of California Is writing down the
failure of nil such experiments , the Hock
Island reid has nn experimenter named
Jewell at work trying to bring moisture
upon the parched plains through which the
road runs. They declare that he has been
successful enough to warrant their furnish
ing him a special car and paying his ex
penses , besides a salary. Jewell claims to
be able , by the discharge of certain gases In
the air , to so far reduce the temperature as
to bring about precipitation. He tells big
stories , but the Hock Island people seem to
think them true , and testify to this opinion
by the expenditure of some money.
St. Paul Pioneer Press : But this year
was the rainmaker's opportunity , and where
Is he ? Never was there such a chance for
him to confound the skeptics. For weeks
the prayer of a line of great commonwealths
from Manitoba to Texas , has been for rain
A moderate discharge would have saved
crops worth millions of dollars. In Soutl
Dakota , Nebraska and Kansas a rainmaker
with any evidence to support his title could
have won a bigger harvest from the clouds
than the rescued farmer from his crop. The
demand for rain was never more general or
urgent. So , too , there -would have been
lltilo chance to dispute the right of the rain
maker to credit for any precipitation thai
occurred. The drouth was so prolonged am :
severe that a break In It could hardly have
been attributed to natural causes. The rain
maker who really brought rain would have
marched out with flying colors.
J'JCUl'LK AM ) TH/A-fl.S.
Ho Is a wise senator who recognizes his
own Sugar orders.
Ex-Secretary of War Dick Thompson Is
writing n book , and he Is S3. Ills great age
protccls him.
The lalo victories of the Vigilant con
firm the popular notion that George Gould is
a capital fellow.
If reports from the seat of war are correct ,
the Chinese are going after bottom facts
with persistent regularity.
It took seven hours' balloting to nominate
Christian Holler for congress at South Bend ,
Ind. But he Is not out of the woods yet.
A poll of the Ashland dlslrlct gives Ilreek-
Inrldge nearly twice as many votes as either
Owens or Settle. Blue grass reformers are
opposed to untried men , evidently.
A cursory reading of Chicago papers leads
to the conclusion that Mr. Stead's reputation
would be materially enhanced In the city If
ho would write less about Chicago.
While J. Slllcan Coxey was addressing a
multitude at Alliance , O. , a horse standing
near dropped dead. The animal was hitched
short and could not get out of range of
Coxey's voice.
It Is proposed to erect In Washington a
monument to Pierre C. L'Enfant , the engineer
who planned the streets of the city. His
remains are buried at Green Hill , Md. ,
where he died In 1824.
The Genlnl , a naphtha launch built for
President Cleveland , was seized by the
Standard Oil company at New Haven for
debt. As soon as the selzers learned the
name of the owner they dropped It quite
suddenly.
Brooklyn Is experimenting with postal
trolley cars. Two cars have been filled for
that purpose one half of each arranged for
the handling and assorting of malls. They
will be operated between the city and outly
ing districts.
An editor In New Mexico was enthusiasti
cally walloped by local censors for fulling to
exercise Judicious supervision over his
"patent Inside. " The Incident Migget.ts thai
border Journallsls should lay aside the saw
nnd ax and test their guns on the boiler
plate.
Judge Amos M. Thayer , the new circuit
Judge , is 52 years old. He served In a New
York regiment during the war and was ad
mitted to the bar In St. Louis In 1868. Ho
has served on the stale and federal district
benches since 1874 , and takes high rank
among the Jurists of the west.
A New York Chinaman gave this char-
nc'erlstlc ' opinion of the war : "Japan not
whip not any Chinamen. Bah , only s > pltflrc !
Ho not big soldier like China. China say
shop , bang , that slettle. No more war.
Only flea bites on elephant now. Not make
much difference. China keep Corea If he
like. "
Hon. Austin Blair ot Michigan , whose
death Is announced , was one of the famous
group of war governors. He was ono of
the founders of the republican party , but
drifted away from his first love In 1872. A
short stay In Ihe democratic camp effectually
cured him , and he returned to his flrst alle
giance a stalwart among stalwarts.
To.vjc1 roit Loaa JFAVRS.
Boston Courier : "Stars and Bnrtera ! " ex
claimed the man as one of the ballet girls
kicked oft a tuft of his hair.
Somervllle Journal : Judging by occasional
disclosures at the seashore , the summer
girl Is getting through the season in pretty
jood shape. _
Washington Star : "Kt lazy mini , " said
Uncle Eben , "will tire his be'f tryln' ter
dodge work more dan er Industrious man
will In doln * twlcet de 'mount. "
Yniikem Statesman : Mrs. Crlmsonbeak
I see by this paper Unit a western man
ins Invented a movcnble ke-yhole. Mr.
'rlmsoubcak Thnt'H nothing now. I've seen
hem many a night.
Indianapolis Journal : First Chinese War
rior Whnttee thin Cllatlan science ?
Second Chinese Warrior Machine guns.
Truth : Prlscllla Don't you envy my
uckT Isn't Jack Murray n splendid fellow
to have for a flanqp ? Prunella Oh , yes ; I
know that from experience.
Syracuse Courier : Warm smiles are still
woin , but cool expressions are preferred.
Judge : Miss Faith Cure Now , MrH.
lllunt , after hearing the experiences of our
> rothers find ulsters nnd what divine mercy
ms done for their salvation , don't you think
you 'would like to join us ? Mrs. Ulunt
s'o , thanks. I'm afraid I'm not bad enough.
Somervlllo Journal : Wlggs What a fear-
'ul ' cold you've got , old man ! Are you tuk-
ns anything for It ?
Ultrifs yen.
UlKb'H Advice.
_
FAN TAN.
New Yoik 1'rem.
Quoth Admiral Ting : "If * u very strange
How these confounded Japanese fight ;
They panic Chili and Chen , and , Bad , to
say. then
Chlng-Yucn knocked clean out of ( light.
'Hence It won't do for me to venture to
Hca ,
So I'll not take the blame of that Bin :
lut a challangu I'll aend by the hand of
some friend
For a fame which I think I can win ,
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Shall the Party Commit Itself to a Tattooed f ,
Standard Bearer ? J
The candidacy of Thomas J. Majors con
fronts the republican party of Nebraska as
a menace to Its success In the Impending
campaign. To clevate'hlm to the position ol
standard bearer will place the party on iho
defensive and subject It to a galling fire that
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It could not withstand. Every candidate nnd
every party leader on the stump would bo
compelled to champion Ihe candidacy of n
man who Is tattooed with a record of In-
delllble 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 reprcscnta-
llve. They would be confronled with the
more recent misbehavior of that same ex-
congressman whllo acting In capacity of
president of the stale 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 nolorlously a lool
and capper for the corporation lobby , nnd
exerted all his power and 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 lo curb Ihe rapac
ity of corporate monopoly.
SCANDALIZED THE STATE.
During the session of 1891 the stale 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. Seely. There Is
no doubt whatever that Majors and
Soely must have known of the plot lo abduct
Taylor In order to keep him from casting his
vote for Ihe Newberry maximum rale bill.
Taylor's abduction created such n sensa
tion that even If Majors had not been ad
vised about the plot ho could not have been
Ignorant of the fact thai Taylor had disap
peared. The fact Ihat 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 ofllce show
that Taylor had drawn $262.40 as Ills pay
and mileage for the session up to the time
of his abrupt departure In the middle of
March.
On March 31 , when the session closed ,
THE TELL-TALE TAYLOU ORDER.
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HltiKHKCOUtm.
OHxnmte.
The above Is a fac stmllo of the order ot
the abducted ex-senator authorizing Walt
Seely to receipt the vouchers and warrants
for his unearned salary. It will be noted
that the order Is In the handwriting of AValt
M. Seely , private secretary ot Lieutenant
tiKIIHAKKA AND KKJIHAHKAftS.
The Scotia Monitor has suspended publica
tion.
tion.The Scotts llluff county fair will bo held
at Goring September 19 to 21.
Charles Klago , on Aurora grocer , has
failed , with liabilities of over $1,000 and
assets of $1,800.
It Is reported that farmers In Hamilton
county are hilling their horees because they
have nothing lo feed them and thc-re is nq
sale for common stock.
Another attempt to find coul Is being put
forth south of PlaUsmoutii , and a diamond
drill Is now forcing Its way Into the bowels
of the earth on the Midklff farm.
Three Ileatrlco nlrnrod * who went to the
wilds of Wyoming on a hunting expedition
nave returned with two bears , a mountain
{ oat and numerous other game that Isn't to
: ie found In the stale of Nebraska.
Whllo excavating for the llayard canal In
Cheyenne county workmen found a coin-
dotoly construclcd fie oven nnd llreplace ,
* llh wood and charcoal ready for use. The
find was burled bonealh three feet of soil.
There Is much speculation an to who built
t and when. It might have been built a
thousand years ago or In the days when the
VIonnon trail ran up the valley or by noino
of the early hunters and trappers. It Is
evidently a relic of a bygone generation , pre
served almost complete beneath an accumu-
atlon of years. So far as possible It will
> o kept for the Inupectlun of the public ,
Fuloo to I'urty ml I'ledee.
New York Him.
The preservation of American Institutions
B of JilKher moment than the nerformajieu
> f a democratic pledge. Let Ilift popullHti
and eoclallst labor pnoplo enact their In
come tax when they obUUn power from t ia
the following bill , certified to b.y T. " J.
Majors ns president of the senate , WAS placed
In tlio hands of thu auditor nnd a warrant
for $75 was Issued to W. M. Taylor as bal. *
Mice due tor alleged services In the senate
for the last fifteen days of the month :
The above Is a fac simile of the certificate
signed by Lieutenant Governor Majors and
approved by the auditor , as now on fllo In
tlir office of the auditor ot state.
The warrant for $75 was cashed by Walt
M. Seely , private sccrstary of Ihe lieutenant
governor , and pocketed by him. Taylor
never received n penny of this money fraudu
lently procured by the connlvanco of the
lieutenant governor.
This act alone stamps Thomas J. Majors as
a dangerous man In any public office. When
he certified thai Taylor had served through
the entire term he knowingly nnd wil
lingly committed a grave crime thai 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 martialed and cashiered In dis
grace. Where the offense was as flagrant
as the Taylor voucher fraud , ho would have
been made lo serve a sentence In a military
prison. Is Ibis the kind of a man the re
publicans of Nebraska arc .asked to make
chief executive of stale and commander-ln-
chlof of the military forces of the common
wealth ?
THE SENATJ5 OIL IIOOM.
The climax of Infamy on the part ot ( iio
lieutenant governor was the conversion of
his private office adjoining the senate cham
ber Into a legislative oil room. Invlich (
liquor was dispensed freely to members of the
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 kpy 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 which the lleu-
tenant governor's room was generously sup
plied regardless of expense by the corporate
concerns whose bills were lo bo logrolled
Ihrouuh and whose Interests were to bo
protected by the 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 Iho ticket ?
Governor Majors. It purports to be dated
nt Portland , Ore. , but Is written on nn of-
Jiclal blank , headed with the numo of the
lieutenant governor , at the senate chamber ,
Lincoln , Neb , , with the data line Iclt blank ,
except iho figures 1891.
country to do HO. The democratic party
u.innot enact It for them , an it blackmail
IKiyment for a tnrlff bill , without bring
false to the first Ideiis of American politics.
A ISVIltRST.
m JZugi-ne Flelil.
Tbp Cafe Mnllurnii i where
A dainty little minx
Kvi vt-s ( , od und man UH bi'xt Him con
! ! y hcrvlim mititH anil ilrlnkH.
Oh , Kuril mi all the creature has ,
And Mich u pivtty fupol
I took dpllcht that autumn nleht
In huneUit ; 'round the place.
I know but very little. Frenuli ,
1 have not luiiK l'ti > n hcn-i
Kin when cht > HiinUe. her meaning broka
Full sweetly on my ear.
Then , too , HIO | Hcemi-d to underHtand
\VlmUiYr I had to , iy ,
Though most 1 luH-w wa.i "onny pee , "
"IloiiK Bhoor , " and "HISS voo play , "
The female wit IH aluuy * quick ,
And of nil wumuiiklnd
"flH here In Fiance thin you , purchoncc ,
Thi ) keenest wltH Hhall llmi
And here you'll find that subtle gift ,
Thut rare , distinctive touch.
Combined wllh KTH-PO of form and foco ,
That clad * moil overmuch.
"Our girls at liointt. " I mused aloud ,
"Lack either thrit or this ;
They don't nombluu the-urt divine
AM doeH th ( lalllciiilrtM. .
Far be U from inu to malign
Our Iwlles IUTOUH thu xtta ,
And yet I'll Hweur none can compara
With this Ideal Blie. "
And then I pialwi-d hei dulnty foot
In very awful French.
And parleyvooed In guileful mood
Until thB nancy wuitPh
ToH.iod buck her liuiiKlity auburn liriul ,
And froze mo with dlMdulii ;
"There arc on mo no llloa , " a.'Uil nbo.
"tVw I name from flaneur. Ji.if i ' *
