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THE OMAH/V DAILY BEE ; TUBS DAY , AUGUST II , 1891. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. n I108BWATKH , Editor. HVKIIV tiormiNO. TUJIS ; o pnlly Ileo ( uilhnul HuitilA ) ) One Yiar . Ittt bully lice ami Humlny , On Tciir . ' ° Hlx Month * . . . S 71 ThruMoulin . . i fluiul.iy Hw , One Ycir . . . f JJ HatuMay Her , On * Ytur . . * S Weekly llec. One Tenr . w OKFICK3. Onmlm Thf ? ! < ( ItullillnK. . , , . , ni. . HI * noiith Urnnlin. Cofnrr N mid Twenty-fourth Council niiiffn , 13 IVarl Street. Clilrnini Otllcc. SI7 Cl.nmlicr of Cnmm'rce. New York , lloonm 13. U nml 15. Tribune Illilg. . WftililnghMi , Jl'J7 ' I' Htrcl. . N. W. All rommmileatlnm lelntlnK in news nnd edi torial liiutlcr vlmiiM l > e nddrr-swil : To the Editor , llt'MINiSS I.tTTiitH. : All M. lnfM litter * nnd romlttnnco * Bhotild ! > > ( Minuted to Th < - lie * 1'uUlililnn company. Omnlm. lmfl . cliocUa nnrt po tiilllci orders to bo mndf t iynlli < i > the ornVr of the " " " " "l" TIII : nin : Ptnii.iHiiiNO COMPANY. 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Adlnl Is but commencing to have a proper Dense of his own Importance. It doesn't require a modern Columbus to discover that the tariff conferees have missed their vacation. The blcyclo Is a great medium of com munication. Hut wo doubt whether It will over supplant the telegraph and the tele phone. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ For the Information of the general public wo wish to state that the much talked of yellow jacket Is In no way related , to the "hornet. " The United States senate seems to have embarked in the business of manufacturing ties and that despite the discouraging out look caused by a tlcd-up tariff bill. As a harmonlzer the president's letter to Chairman Wilson would have proved a won derful success had It been administered In homeopathic instead of allopathic doses. The fads and supernumeraries in the schools must go. The common people want the substantial of education ; those who want the luxuries can get them at their own expense. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Deportation under the Chinese exclusion net would bo the worst possible punishment that could possibly be inflicted so long as the war between China , and Japan is In progress. Senator Gorman Insists that ho always keeps campaign promises , and It seems that the president of the United States and nearly the whole of congress can't make him break his word. With Improved country roads It is safe to say that the tlmo made by the relay bl cycle riders from "Washington to Denver could be reduced by at least another twenty- four hours. What If the democratic -state convention ohould filially decide to put some * stalwart administration democrat in nomination for the United States senate. Where would Mr. Bryan bo then ? It the Iowa democrats are able to swallow Weaver for congress It will only bo because eo many years of the prohibitory law has accustomed them to swallowing any de coctions upon which they could get their liands. Isn't It almost tlmo for the municipal league to wake up ? There are nine ward council man to bo chosen In this city at the fall election. Reform in municipal government must begin with the city council. Wo under stand that the watchword of the municipal league Is municipal reform. It Is seine tlmo tilnco wo last were In formed that an agreement had been .reached between the city and the railroad companies by which the viaducts across the lattor's tracks were to be placed In a safe condition. Ono of the viaducts Is still closed to traffic and the other open at the citizen's risk. Should the city attempt to close ono of the busiest streets In the city there would bo a tremendous uproar resulting. It Is about time for the city to Insist upon a repair agreement that will repair. The Pullman company threatens to evict this week all the tenants of the model town ivjio ore In arrears for rent , and there ore 5,000 of thorn. Summary measures are to be taken to remove them from the territory over which the Pullman company rules. Where the unfortunate people are to go or what they nro to do is to bo loft for them to dcvlso. In anticipation Chicago will do well to pre pare for an invasion of the unemployed be- Blclo which nil the Industrial armies combined would cut but a small figure. Omaha business men must not forgst that the state fair is to bo relocated for a period of Ave years this fall. The city that shall bo selected will have to persuade the mem bers of the State Hoard of Agriculture that U -contribute more to the success of the fair than any other city competing for It. The way to get the state fair located In Omaha Is to formulate a proposition that no other Nebraska town can equal. Nothing will bo gained by waiting until the last possible moment before making a move In this direction. Conerossman Dolllver of Iowa ought not to bo unduly worried over the endorsement by the democrats of the populist nominee for congress In the Tenth district. At the last election , when Mr , Dolllver was reelected - elected , he received over 23,000 votes to 0,000 for all the other candidates combined. I ( ho merely holds his own , then , he will liavo majority of 3,500. His populist oppo nent this year cannot hope to poll the whole democratic vote , nor can ho cxpsct any ma terial defection from the republican column. Congressman Uolllver ought to bo returned to the Fifty-fourth congress , fusion or no .fusion. TllK 1IOUSK The long struggle between tlio senate nnt the house of representatives over the tarlf bill has ended In a complete victory ( or the former. The surrender of tlio house was absolute and unconditional' The senate bill with Its hundreds of amendments to the bll passed by the house , making It substantially a now measure , was accepted by the demo crats of the house without a change. 1'cr * haps the president should bo Included In the surrender , but this cannot be determine ! until It Is known what he will do with the bill , which will bo sent to him directly from the house. Thcro Is reason to believe that Mr , Cleveland was fully prepared for the action of the caucus of the house democrats He wns In consultation last Friday and Sat urday with Speaker Crisp , Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee and other leaders , and It Is a fair Inference that he gave his assent to what they have since done. If BO It ought to be perfectly safe to assume that ho will approve the bill , although to do BO will Involve an cxtrcino of sclf-stultlflca tlon which no president has yet been guilty of and an acquiescence In "party perfidy" and "party dishonor" that Mr. Cleveland will have great difficulty In finding an ad mlsslblo excuse for. In the light of President Cleveland's letter - tor to Mr. Wilson , the speech of the latter on reporting the first disagreement of the senate nnd house conferees , the utterances of other democrats In the house , and the decisive vote by which the house ordered a continuance of the conference , the complete surrender to the senate Is most remarkable , Then the country was told In the most unambiguous and uncompromising terms that under no circumstances would the house ac cept the sugar schedule framed In the Inter est of the trust and abandon the vital demo cratic principle of free raw materials by agreeing to n duty on Iron ore and coal. In the Impassioned address of the chairman of the ways and means committee ho declared that it would bo better tariff legislation by this congress should fall than that the democratic party should become responsible for such a tariff measure as the senate had adopted. The democrats of the house re ceived this declaration with boundless en thusiasm and further conference was ordered without a dissenting democratic vote. This indicated a determination to maintain the contest , if necessary , until the term of the present congress expires. And this was only a little more than two weeks ago. In that brief tlmo the professed courage and de termination of the house democrats gave out , and putting aside their boasted devotion to principle they yielded to the demands of the senate and committed an act of stultification unparalleled In our legislative history. The whole record of this struggle Is exceptional and extraordinary. For the first time In the history of the country the executive branch of the Eovrnment has conspicuously and constantly Intruded Its counsel and Inter ference upon the legislative branch , the pres ident going so far beyond his legitimate and constitutional functions as to advise the con ferees of one branch of congress regarding their duty. That the effect of this Interfer ence was to prolong the struggle and com plicate rather than simplify it everybody un derstands. The house having passed the senate bill without amendment or change In any respect , the measure will go at once to the president , and Interest will now center upon the question as to whether he will approve or veto It. Mr. Cleveland is placed in a peculiar and embarrassing position. Ho has condemned the senate bill In unmeasured terms. He has declared that Its adoption would mean party perfidy and party dis honor. Fidelity to these convictions would compel him to veto It. On the other band , ho has said that he would not disre gard the action of a majority of his party In congress. Forty-three democratic votes were cast for the bill In the senate and 1S2 In the house , only ono democratic vote being recorded against the meas ure In the former body and eleven In the latter. Everybody knows that the bill Is not satisfactory to a majority of the democrats of either the senate or house , but will Mr. Cleveland for this reason take the responsibility of vetoing It and thereby defeating all tariff legislation by his party , or will ho accept the view of Mr. McMlllin and some other democrats and approve it on the ground that It Is at any rate better than the McKlnley law ? The country ought not to bo long kept In uncertainty as to what the president will do with the bill. As to the separate bills for free sugar , free coal and free Iron ore , their Introduc tion will amount to nothing not even so much as a vindication of the house demo crats. Doubtless they will pass the house , and there consideration of them will end. They cannot bo passed In the senate , because the influences there that were pow erful enough to pass the sugar schedule and retain coal and iron ore on the dutiable list will still be powerful enough to defeat these bills. Congress having ended Its work on the tariff the duty now rests with the president to say how much longer the damaging un certainty regarding this legislation shall con tinue. He can end it within ten days , or ho can allow It to go on during the life of the present congress. Ills decision will be awaited with universal and profound Interest and anxiety. ir/rar is TO HB DOJVK irmi FT. One of the questions that will bo agitated In this community In the very near future Is what is to become of Fort Omaha after the garrison has been moved to Fort Crook. Shall the old fort with Its beautiful parade ground and Its magnificent shade trees and substantial roadways bo torn up nnd par celed out Into lots to bo disfigured with cheap-John shanties , or shall It remain In tact and bo conserved for some public Insti tution ? The grounds were donated origi nally to the government , and It would not be. unreasonable for the government to cede the fort either to the city of Omaha or the state of Nebraska for a military school , an exposition ground , or for some other benevo lent -educational . Institution. If the grounds are parceled out Into lots , the b'.st buildings , which have cost fully $50,000 , would have to bo demolished , and the oUl cers' quarters , which might bo utilized for many years , would bo auctioned oft for a mere song. The best use that could bo made of the old fort would bo to convert It Into a mili tary college. The grounds and buildings are admirably adapted to such a purpose. The largo brick otllco and store buildings could bo utilized with but alight alteration for recitation halls and school rooms. The resi dence buildings far olllcers would , with a very small outlay for repairs , furnish good homes for the ficulty and army officers de tailed as Instructors , The burncks would make substantial quarters for the boys , while the barns and stables would afford shelter for all the artillery and cavalry horses that may be needed for Instruction In mounted drills. The cost of maintaining a military school would be comparatively trivial. It would bo a great deal less than It now costs to milntnln the Omaha High school. Doing ono of the states settled largely by veter ans of the war , Nebraska should by all means establish a school where the sons of Veterans and other citizens who so desire may Ret efficient military training In conJunction - Junction with the higher education In the useful branches of Instruction. The smat tering of army drill which students at the university receive does not fit them for military duty as officers In times of war , or oven as olllcers In the mllltla. A military college conducted In accordance with usage that obtains at such Institutions would familiarize students with military discipline nnd fit them for the duties of army officers. Whllo nothing can be done In this di rection durjng the present congress , our state legislature could take the Initiative by pledging the state to maintain the mili tary college on condition that Fort Omaha bo dedicated tn this purpose. THK I'UMiMAA CIIAIITBH. The action began by the attorney general of Illinois to have the charter of the Pullman company declared forfeited seems scarcely to merit the blast of trumpets and noisy no toriety which Is being given to the proceed ings. When the I'ullamn company was In corporated In 1867 it took out a charter ac cording to law and stated the purpose for which It was organized. The powers of the corporation were specifically limited to the manufacture , construction nnd purchase of railway cars with all the conveniences and supplies for persons traveling In them , to sell such cars or maintain them In Its own discretion and hold such real estate ns maybe bo necessary for the successful prosecution of Its work. The points tit * which the peti tion alleges violations of this limitation of powers are , first , In buying and owning the largo tract of land In the neighborhood of Chicago known as Pullman ; second , In con structing a largo office building in the city of Chicago , only a small portion of which Is devoted to the uses of Its own business , and , third , In acquiring stock In other companies. Upon the tract of land known as Pullman streets and alleys and public squares have been laid out , " churches , school houses , thea ters , hotels , stores , dwellings nnd apartment houses have been erected , water nnd gas and power have been supplied , and nil are furnished to tenants at u. price which Indi cates conclusively that the whole Is a purely money-making enterprise. Three-fourths of the building owned in Chicago is let to par ties who offer to pay the highest rent and the property is conducted as an ordinary financial investment. So far ns tlio facts alleged in the attorney general's petition are concerned , there ought to be no difficulty In proving them to the satisfaction of any court , and It is even doubt ful that the Pullman company will deny them. The question must resolve Itself Into what Is reasonably necessary and proper for the prosecution of the work of manufactur ing , owning and maintaining cars for the special service of railway passengers. According to the view of Mr. Pullman and his associates , the construction of the model town and all the conveniences and comforts provided for Its inhabitants was but the means for achieving the end mentioned in the company's charter. They will probably take the same stand with ref erence to the great office building which they have erected. The work of building cars could and would doubtless go on without these subsidiary undertakings , but it is open to question whether it could go on as satis factorily as It has up to the very recent past. It will take a liberal construction of the law to say that laying out streets and erect ing churches assists materially In turning out sleeping cars , but laws have been stretched further on more than one occasion. What every one , however , will bo tempted to ask Is. What good will be done should the action succeed and the charter bo adjudged annulled ? Will It bring any better wages to the Pullman employes ? Will it result In lower rents to the Pullman tenants ? Will It cut off any of the unearned profits of the Pullman stockholders ? Will It not rather do nothing but divide the present Pullman com pany Into two or more allied corporations ? The property which the Pullman company has acquired and accumulated cannot be confiscated or taken away. Nothing Is to prevent the owners from reorganizing and from continuing to conduct their affairs In a new capacity precisely as they hnvo been doing. To the employes It will make no difference whether they are hired by the Pullman Car Construction company , rent their houses of the Pullman Investment com pany , buy their gas of the Pullman Cas com pany and pay water rent to the Pullman Water company if they are all dominated by the same Interests and run along the same line of policy. The abuses of the Pull man company are not to be reached by simply annulling Its charter. The whole subject must be thoroughly dealt with by comprehensive legislation. OF The certainty that sugar will bo subjected to a du'y ' nnd that the price of that necea-- sary will be Increased to the consumer sug gests the question as to what effect this will have upon the consumption of sugar. It has been the experience in European coun tries , and also In this country under the operation of the McKlnley law , that con sumption materially Increased with the re mission of taxes , but it Is said that the question has not been thoroughly tested under modern Industrial conditions whether the levying of the tax on sugar anew will seriously diminish consumption or remit It mck to cheaper grades. The Now York Commercial Bulletin gives statistics of the consumption of sugar In the United States 'or the past six years , ending Juno 30 , which covers the transition period In legislation on sugar. In 1SSD the value of the sugar consumed was In round figures $03,000,000 , the Im- ) ortatlons of that year being regarded as he normal volume under dutiable sugar. The years 1832 , 1S93 and 1891 were years of absolutely free raw sugar , and the value of the imports for these years respectively vas $107,000,000 , $118,000,000 and $128,000- 000. The Increase In 1S93 was more than 10 per cent over 1892 , and In 1894 , fiscal year ending Juno 30 , was more than 8 per cent over 1893. This Is about three times ns great a rate of Increase as the Increase In population nnd would Indicate a marked Increase of consumption since the reduction of price. The experience In England as to the effect of the reduction of the tax on sugar upon consumption has been so marked as to Bcem to scttlo beyond a doubt the fact that the lowering of the tax Increases con sumption. The statistics show that the re ductions made by the Dritlsh government In the sugar tax In the years 1SG4 , 1870 and 1873 were In every case followed by a large Increase In the amount consumed , and after thu tax was completely abolished , In 1S74 , consumption Increased within two years nearly 20 per cent. The effect of a sugar tax upon consumption having thus-tecrrvery clearly demonstrated , It would ewa to-be entirely safe to assiim" that under the pending tariff bill there will bo a conslijorablc falling off In the consumption - sumption of Trnijar In this country , though It Is not posslblu lj makf1 an even approximate Estimate as tn what this reduction will be. The proposed-rlnty ought not to Increase the price of sugar to the consumer beyond half a cent a * nouml , but It Is not to bo ex pected that the refining trust will be satis fied with this If It Is possible to exact more , and as the matter appears ID bo entirely within Its control It will undoubtedly take all that the business will allow. Thcro will have to be 111 limit to Its cupidity , but It can bo depended on to make the most of the opportunity It has been able to crent's for Itself through the favor of . a democratic congress. The Sugar trust has been credited with $20,000- 000 annually , derived from the protection given the refining' Interest under the Mc Klnley law , but the fact stands that under that law sugar was cheapened to the con sumer. The trust will not get leas under the pending bill than It has been receiving , but probably more , , and the price of sugar to the consumer will be higher. Tlio people will have no difficulty In determining which Is the better policy regarding sugar , so far ns ( heir Interests arc concerned , the republi can or the democratic. , One of the wastes In the printing of the Congressional Ilecord Is most aptly Illus trated by the Issue of August .1 , con taining the report of the proceedings upon the question of privilege raised by Con gressman Orosvenor In relation to the Cedar- qulst case. Mr. Qrosvenor made n few brief remarks nnd submitted In support of his argument several papers from the War department , which he secured permission to Insert Into the Record. Immediately upon his taking his seat Mr. Outhwalte , the chair man of the committee on military affairs , to whom the original resolution on the subject had been referred , reported back the papers which he had secured and asked to have them Incorporated In his remarks. They , too , are printed , although they include the Identical letters to which Mr. Grosvcnor referred. As a consequence have over a column nnd n half of the Hecord a repeti tion of what is already piescnted , nnd presented , part of It , on the very same page. Had the papers transmitted from the War department been documents of thousands of words they would doubtless have all been printed In the Ilecord twice , ono right after the other. Is It any wonder that there are numerous complaints of the uselessly in creasing and awkward bulk of the official re port of congressional proceedings. One of the ludicrous results of the law- prohibiting thd uso.of any die , mold or imi tation of the design on any of the coins or securities of the. United States was brought to light in Philadelphia the other day. Phil adelphia bakers had degenerated Into the demoralizing batJit of selling ginger cookies stamped with the/liiad of an Indian and the words "United Stalls of America 1S90. " It was feared that the children who ale these cookies might by some hook or crook lead unsuspecting Innocents to mistake the design for a penny and.jthus infringe. , upon the counterfeiting laws "of the United States , so the cookies , niolfls 'and designs were sum marily confiscated by the puissant detectives of the Troasuryl department , while the bakers are permitted ft fcontlnue thelr _ business only under mos'LJjole'mn promise not to be guile the children with any more of the In terdicted cookies. And above all , the law against counterfeiting is triumphantly vindi cated. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Governor Walte of Colorado must be com mended for refusing to take notice of the conduct of President Cleveland In connec tion with the message borne across the country by the relay blcyclo riders. The president was expected to send greeting to the governor of Colorado , but without any ostensible excuse he delegated that duty to his private secretary , who Indited a note remarkable mostly for Its stiffness and for mality. Governor Wnlte would have been entirely Justified in devolving upon his pri vate secretary the duty of receiving the message with equally Icy formality. That he took no notice pf the president's Impolite ness Is evidence that he can and does oxer- clso a sensible discretion upon particular occasions. The street commissioner will not bo per mitted to launch out Into fence building for fear some of his fences might deprive the citizens of a view of the beautiful sign boards that ornament the most- conspicuous corner in the business portion of ths city. The landscape must bo preserved , no matter how the sidewalk ordinances may be violated lated by favored property owners. The pa tience of tlio people with the wooden walk nuisance In front of the old Farnam Street theater site Is nearly exhausted. It Is about time for the city council to take a hand and show its authority. "Party perfidy and party dishonor" are In delibly stamped upon the now tariff bill. ArtcHlun W 1N nml Irrlffntlon. Minneapolis Tribune. The fact that n lanjc trnct of land In Pplnl : county , South Dakota , which was Irrigated by nn artesian well , yielded forty busjiels of wheat to the acre , while unlirl- jrated Innd In the same neighborhood yielded practically nothing , shows farmer ! ) in the artesian basin how they may easily Insure a certainty otjjood crops every year. WiirkVJtlioiit HmnllH , IMilladvliihki.Heford . ( Jem. ) . Congress baa now been In session for 330 days. I'robably never bei'ori * did the repre sentatives of the people come BO near to enrnliifr thu wun ? tlicy nre paid. Hml the majority battleil.jn lifihalf of the public In terest with half the zeal that Home few ob structionist ! ! have displayed In lighting to maintain clans legislation congresa might have adjourned fljfrlnya ago Sngiir Ti'iiiH < i > .Monopoly. * - 1'hluAnplftn Press. The 127 auirnr rcimer.s In Austria , with a capacity cf nbellt ) MK,000 ) tons a year , about a third the. ' .welting ! ! of the Sugar trust heri" , havpuillSTinlzeil n "syndicate , " which Is the KucflufiW for trust. Thu Ger man refiners are altft-jiuy united. Sugar relining - lining tends lr.ovita.Uij to monopoly , and no monopoly should 'UA'Riven the benefit of a protective duty.If eu sugar la the only protection ngalnsKlKa ! trust , St. Paul OlolM' . The railway QiiHWjilm are refusing to take back tliflr lijmtloyeg who struck ; and , where exceptions ace made. It Is on condi tion that they abjvro their organization. Hallways are only treating their workingmen - men as they treat tiich other. When homo one of them breaks the "gentlemen's agree ment , " or bursts the pool to get more tralllo that Is , better wages and It Is boycotted by the others until It Is choked Into tuib- mli'slon , the kicking company has to come to the terms Imposed by the conquerors. ClnirKi-il lip tn I'ormlUm. Philadelphia lAnlscr. The absurd oath which , It Is alleged , wa taken by a number of public1 men In Colorado rado , the outcome of which was the out rage committed upon Adjutant General Tarsney , who was tarred and feathered , committed them to violations of law and possible murder in order to suppress an archy. This la truly "lighting the devil with lire. " Hut It Is nothing new to have Illogical tlilntra come out of Colorado. Since the populists have been In power there much of tlio newt ) of the state has read like u bulletin from a lunatic asylum , Tin : itot'it ist. i.vn Ih-nvor KcpuUic.m It U repotted that the ncclihnt tn the llo.'k Island road near Lincoln , Neb. , through which many llvis wcro lost , wns caused by train wrcckm. If thai Is 'rue ' the severest penalty of the law should be visited upon those mUurc.viU If tlify are caught. U was a tcrrlbln crime , for which too severe u punishment could not l > 3 fnuiul. Ilnff.tlo Express : The train wreckers who caused that wreck on thu Hock Island ro.id , In which eleven lives wcro lost , should bu put In the Mine class ns the vitriol throwers nnd n form of punishment be Invented that will fit their crimes. Perhaps the vitriol throwers should hnve a chance to exercUo their gentle craft on the trnln wreck-T * and afterwnrd be themselves put on n train which has been sentenced to be wrecked with C < MI > - Ing stenm accompaniment. ' New York Commercial : The news today of the wrccjdng of a passenger train on the Hock Island railway near Lincoln , Neb. , will ba received with horror , the more BO that the slaughter npprnrs to hnvo been the In tentional work ut malicious fiends. There Is evidence that the fishplates on the trestle where the derailment occurred had been deliberately removed. Whether mnllco or n desire for plunder actuated the horrible ilce.l there should be no pence on earth for the perpetrators. Chicago Tribune : The disaster on the Hock Islam ! road near Lincoln , Neb. , by which more than n dozen p'-rsons wore burnt up or crushed to death , wns not due to an accident. It wns unmistakably the work of train wreckers. The railroad employes have found the crowbar nnd tlio wrench which were used In removing the fishplates and displacing the rails. The villains who com mitted tlio murderous dcvllltry chose a point where the railroads crosses the tracks of another line on a high trcstl * . and where the derailment of n train would result In the loss of the largest possible number of lives. Olobe-Demucrat : The terrible railroad wreck In Nebraska recalls what Charles Francis Adams wrote some years ago of a train In motion. "Here Is a body weigh ing In the neighborhood of 200 tons , " ho said , "moving o\cr the face of the cart at a speed of sixty feet a second , and hel to Its course only by two slender lines o iron rails and yet It Is safe. " That Is t say , we think It safe , because accident are comparatively so Infrequent : but as : matter of fact , iore Is always serious peril and the wonder s that wrecks do not hap pen oftenr , considering how small a tiling may wuse one at any time , In spite of al precautions. I'KOl'I.R . ! . % / > TlllXHS. Governor Hogg Is still reeled tb his con vlctlons. The sugar senators are convinced tha there Is nothing to arbitrate. In the light of recent remarks. Senate Gorman could not Identify his speeches madi two years ago. Going Into politics has been tlio Jcrlchi road on which many a man was robbd o the raiment of self-respect. Who cares for royal yellow coats , 01 raiment rich to look- upon ? Humid man Is sorely taxd to keep his shirt on. Colonel Ulll Skaags of Alabama seems determined to break Into the New Yorli Sun's collections of euphonious statesman. The promptness with which Chinese war ships scoot for the bottom suggest the presence of Carnegie blowholes In their armor. . Philadelphia drinks every year 1,800,000 bairels of beer. This explains why animated extension fronts are cultivated as a business necessity. The vehemence of the Kolblte cry of fraud shows that converts from old parties cannot change their habits as readily as their political associations. An eastern genius promises to supply a long felt want and rivet a fortune. Ho has perfected and patented an adjustable nonpartisan - partisan rubber buttonhole for campaign purposes. A post-mortem examination of the the horse talked to death at a Coxey meeting In Ohio shows that the animal ruptured a vital organ while giving the speaker the horse laugh. The army of Corea has for its chief Major Dye , who fought through the civil war on the union side and went to that country after his property In Chicago had been de stroyed by the great fire. Governor Matthews of Indiana wears a ling made of gold mined In Browfi county and presented by admiring friends. It bears nn alleged quotation from Jerry Rusk : seen my duty nnd done it. " William C. Gates , Just elected governor of Alabama , worked as a common laborer after he left his father's farm. Afterward he taught school nnd studied law. He left his right arm on a southern battlefield. Dill Wallle Astor , who has" become a British subject , Is a candidate for Justice of the peacs tn Middlesex county , England. \Valllo does not need the office half as much ns the baronetcy at the end of the string. Governor Tlllman denies that he Is an Infidel and declares he recognizes the su premacy of God. The governor is careful that his recognition of a superior power Is not lieble to conflict with the management of n small slice of the earth. The San Francisco E < nmlner collected In California In three weeks upwards of 100,000 .signatures to a petition for government ownership of the subsidized Pacific railroads. Signatures are being added to the monster petition at the rate of 10,000 a day. The peddling of municipal franchises and other visible means of enrichment have evi dently cached the limit In Chicago. Here tofore the city dads worked for nml waxed wealthy on a salary of ? 3 a meeting. Now they demand $5,000 a year , but will com promise on $3,000. Alexander Hamilton , who died In Grand Rapids , Mich. , a few days tigo , was a slave who escaped to the union lines In ' 02 and became the valet of a Michigan officer , by whose aid ho studied law nnd wns admitted to the bar. He built up nn excellent prac tice among his own people In Grand Rapids. Etna , N. J. , can boast of the i.trongest woman In that stato. Her name Is Kate Kuhn , and she Is styled the fsmale Saudow. She Is only 19 , but has a handsome and symmetrical form , end her muscles stand out llko those of a trained athlete. Some wonderful stories are told of her phenomenal feats of strength. Rov. R. A. Motley of Jersey City quotes the bible to prove his assertion that there are no women in heaven. All the angels are mon. Great guns , great Scott , Caesar , nnd oth ° r exclamatory periods. Shall wo sub mit to It , girls ? ly ) heavens , no ! nut wait. Did not Old Harry quote scripture to sustain his claims ? Let it go at that. When Governor Nelson of Minnesota inter ceded with tlio railroads for the reinstate ment of striking emphyes he wns Informed the railroads wanted no Interference from state uncials , The reply bus the merit of consistency. When the corporation wants something from the stile it usually de- demands It and then It walks off with It. Some newspapers display a comprehensive grasp of current events and a lucidity of statement that extracts admiration ns readily as Old Sol draws perspiration. The average vehicle of public opinion smothers facts with a fog of words , lnvlng the reader the blessed privilege of following the train of thought , heedlexs of consequences , to the end of the run. But In the higher levels of the profession a miileness of expression Is cultivated. Redundancy Is xcoutod , nnd facts presented with the directness of n starch-light. The Cincinnati Commercial takes a front font In the latter class. In a late editorial It expressed this opinion : "The congress of the United States is now In session. " Apart from Its news value , the assestlon posss ses historical elements worthy of preservation. , City Otuii-rtlilp of htront llallwuyis. Philadelphia Press. The Milwaukee Street Railway company protested awalnst Its property being as sessed at J2.SOO.OOO for taxation purposes , alleging that this sum Is far In excess of the real value of the property nnd fran chise , nml the common council at once ap pointed it committee to arranio for the pur chase of the street railways by the city. So the effort of the company to escape tax ation may result In an entirely different way from what It expuotod. Milwaukee Is a city of over 200,000 Inhabitants , and the people there must be- given very much li-s.i to street car riding than other people If the Incomes of thu street railroads do not show a profit on several tlm-'s J'.WW.OOO. It Is likely that they do. and that an InvcBtl- . iratlim will prove It and the folly of the . company In making a protest. Public senti ment Is steadily drifting toward elty owner ship of street railways , and the companion , If they are wine , will not hasten the change by trying to shirk their just burdens of taxation. Shall the Party Commit Itself to a Tattooed Standard Bearer ? Ths candidacy of Thomas J. Majors con the following bill , certified to by T. J. fronts the republican parly of Nebraska ns Majors as president of the senate , was placed a menace to Its success In the Impending In the hands of iho auditor and warrant campaign. To elevate htm to the position ot for $7G wns Issued to w. At. Taylor as bal- standard bearer will place tha party on thu uico duo fur alleged services In the sonata defensive nnd subject It to a galling fire that for the last fifteen days of the month : THE TKLL-TALU CERTIFICATE , Ir Services as. ( J..f' ' . , t < ? ' . . . . _ Mileage 3..1./- . tulles at 10 Cfntiper mile , Tatal , - Deduct amount tlraicn , Jal ! < tncc iluc , Lincoln , . J herein eti tlfythnt t/ir alint account Is corrretamljuit. JXiutV. . , T.jr.JrfW TOttAudilorofruJM&lcottnts , Warrant Xo.(2/f./0.f.lmount , fM \ . . _ 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- dclllble 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 n place In the halls of congress as their representa tive. They would bo 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 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 to curb the rapac ity of corporate monopoly. SCANDALIZED THE 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 l 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 Seely must have known of the plot to abduct Taylor In order to keep him from casting his vote for the Newberry maximum rate bill. Taylor's abduction created such 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 ot the disappearance of Taylor. The records of the auditor's office show that Taylor had drawn $262.40 as his pay and mileage for the session up to the time of his abrupt departure In the middle of March , On March 31 , when the session closed , The above Is a f.ic simile of the certificate signed by Lieutenant Governor Majors and approved by the auditor , ns now on file In the office of the auditor of state. The warrant for $75 wns cashed by Walt M. Seoly , private secretary of the lieutenant governor , rnd 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 any public office. When he certified that Taylor had served through the entire term he knowingly and wit tingly committed a grave crime that laid him liable nol 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 martlalcd and cashiered In dis grace. Whore the offense was as flagrant as the Taylor voucher fraud , he would have been made to servo a sentence In a military prison. Is this the kind ot a man the re publicans of Nebraska are asked to make chief executive of state and commander-ln- chlef of the military farces of the common wealth ? THE SENATE OIL ROOM. The climax of infamy on the part of the lieutenant governor was the conversion of his private office adjoining the senate cham ber into a legislative oil room. In which liquor was dispensed freely to members of the senate who were addicted to drink , and to lobbyists , nlnlo and female , who resorted to the room for debauching the law makers. Every fellow who belonged to the gang carried a Yale lock key In his pocket so ns to have access 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 lieu tenant governor's room was generously sup plied regardless of expense by the corporate concerns whoso bills were to bo logrolled through and whose interests wcro 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 bead of the ticket ? THE TELL-TALE TAYLOR ORDER. - \ i. K.RV ) . Scnutc CCi ? / > * C-i > t0 ( < * ftt , . The above Is a too 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 of the for his unearned salary. It will bo noted lieutenant governor , at the scnato chamber , that the order Is In the handwriting of Walt Lincoln , Neb , , with the date line left blank , M. Seely , private secretary of Lieutenant except the figures 1891. I'lCTlTlOVX JVIT./5.V. Yonkers Statesman : Mr. Ileach All you want Is nerve when you go Into the water , Miss Ilrlght. Miss llrlBht Well , you said you'd jjo In with me , didn't you ? Yale Ilecord : Father ( vlfltlnK at college ) My son , these mo better clKiirn than I mm afford. Son That's all light , father ; take all you want ; this Is on me. Buffalo Courier : "It Isn't fair to sot the strong against the weak , " jtententloiinly m- maiked the new boarder as he pushed hlo butter plate away from Its contact with his coffee cup. Harlem Llfo : Wlckwlre I tell you. old hey , thorn's iiotlilni , " like a baby to brlKhtrn up a. mail's home. Yabsly Yes. Pvo no- llccd that the gas seems to bo at full height In your house almost any hour of the night. Indianapolis Journal : Tommy-Paw , what makes them have the weather ollicu away jp on the ton ( if a high building ? . . Mr. KlKB I'liiit Is so that It will bo too much exurtlon for a fat man to climb the italrs and kill tliu weather man. Harper's Bazar : Minister You have riot lost a daughter , but found a son , Mr. Pater. Mr. Pater ( riiefully-inm't ) I know that ? rho boy's been after me for un allowance ilieady. Arkonnnw Traveler : She Blxbjr appears to be quite a bright young man. I heur he icuulred enough money by writing to pay for his education at rolleKf. Hee ; writing home to his parents. Lowell Courier : Very naturally a plain .vornan would like to put u better face upon .he situation If she could. Washington Star : "What do you know , letmtor ? " asked the newspaper correspond- " ' Nothlnir. " replied the senator , pleasantly. And the oesspondent ent a dispatch to Ills paper stating that Mr. Sohnso had Just been testifying In tlio pendlnir senatorial In vestigation. Indianapolis Journal : "Do you think my daughter will over become HO proficient In her piano playing as to earn bur livelihood at It ? " askril lli ( ! fond mother. "Perhaps , " replied the professor. "Xomo lay ( ley may vant a blaiilst In a teef und tumb n/.ylum " TOWN AND COUNTRY. Washington .Star. She ( lops not heed the cahlo car Which goes with speed Intense ; She cares not for tin- trolley wlro Whose vnlt'iKc ' l-s Immense. Thu old excursion steamer hi Ings N" terror to her brow , Hut when she's In the country she will run across ncrrn of ground and climb barb wire fences to escape the affable though Inquisitive piv/.a Of nn aged , docile cow. \Villtrti for Tlio Jlco , Poor X'nclo Sam Is very sick , He caught democracltls ; Quick Hllvrr drops wcro tried and failed , Tarlff-lc changes ho bewailed ; No HUar-eoatt | < d pills availed ; Throughout bin system noon prevailed lIUKlness-suspundlcltls , New complications then arose ; With all the Cominomvealrr woes. That boycott caught the lioys , and these Who sympathized with Pullman's foc , Struck with the symptoms out they goc With Hoverelgn-UebHdlcltls , Quoth Uncle Hum : "I am too 111 To be ( Kixtered with this cross-eyed bill. flo tell to CJrover , Wilson. Hill , And confcri-OH. Pin mifftrlMK atlll With turlff-umemllcltls. " AIE JAY Omaha , Aucutt 10 ,