Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 15, 1894, Page 4, Image 4
THR OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 15 , 180k THE JM AHAD AIL | BEE. E. nOBBWATEn , Editor. PUBLISHED EVBIIY MOHNINO. TEHM8 OP Holly Hce ( without Sunday ) On * Y ar. . . . . . $ J M Dallr ! ! < " > find Sunday , One Year ij > Hlz Months 2 Three Month * . * JJJ flundny n f , Ono Ye-ir J S9 KM unlay Ile < > , One Ycnr ? Weekly Woe , Ono Ycnr K omens. Omnhn , The Hen Hulldlni ? . . _ . Bouth Omnhn , Corner N nnd Twentjr-foUrth Bin. Council Illurfg , 12 IVrtrl Street. Chlenjfo OfllPf , 317 chamber of Commerce. New York , Itooms 13 , 14 nnil 15. Tribune mag. Waihlngton , 1407 P Hlrect , N. W. COimnHt'ONDBNCB. All communlratloni rolntlnt ? to new * nnrt fdl- torlttl matter thuuM lie nililrwiieUl To the LJItor , nt'HiNii.as uTTins. : All bi : lnc Ipttrri nnd rcmlttnnces should 1 > ftddrpwiod to The lice I'uWlnhlnB company. Omahn. Draft * , checks nnd iwatoinco orders to te made tuynMp to the order of the c"rnpnm ; ' Tim IIKB I'OIIMSIIINO COMPANY. 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Address nil letters nnd telegrams of con gratulations to the president of tlio Sugar trust , Only 634 senate amendments to the tariff bill ! No wonder It took the liouao a long whllo to recognize Its own progeny. The Whisky trust and the wholesale liquor dealers will not suffer on account at the drouth. The new tariff has given them an opportune lift. Tobo and Euclid have sidetracked the Bryan boomlet by setting the democratic state convention live weeks after the populists shall have held theirs. Has It come to this , that there are only a dozen democrats In the house who are bravo enough to stand up against party per fidy and party dishonor ? The mutilated Wilson bill has passed , but free barb wire has been hung up with free sugar , free coal and free Iron until Gabriel's horn announces the advent of the millen nium. So wo are to have sonic repairs on the Sixteenth street viaduct at last. The re pairs should not bo made too substantial or the permanent viaduct so long a-comlng may not come at all. Indiana democrats announce that they In tend to vlcorously eschew national Issues In the coming campaign In their state. Indiana democrats have learned that discretion Is the better part of valor. i j First-class hotel clerks and the profes sional sports have reason to feel gratified over the passage of the Wilson -1)111. The duty on cut diamonds and precious stones has been materially Increased. How does barbed wire come to bo Included In the great democratic principle of free raw material ? The democrats In congress must bellevo that barbed wire grows on thistles and Is garnered like any other crop. If the Board of Fire and Police Commis sioners has so little business to transact that regular meetings are no longer neces sary , the members might grant themselves lenvcs-of-absenco without pay for two weeks at a time. With two state conventions , with our Labor day demonstrations , and vlth an outdoor spectacular performance continuing several weeks , Omaha ought nrit to be so dull this fall as some gloomy forebodings might nat- urully lead one to expect. For the sake of the populist Income tax Congressman Bryan gladly repudiated the great democratic principle of frco raw ma terials. But he would not have reversed the proceeding for anything less than a seat In the United States senate. Are there no populists eligible for congress In the Fifth and Sixth Nebraska districts who are not perpetually on the sick list ? Congressmen absent most of the time on sick leave cannot properly represent their consltucnts at Washington. The Bco cheerfully notes a marked Im provement In the weather forecasts within the past week , nnd It voices the sentiment of the community In expressing the hope that the local weather observer will change 'his ' mind and stay with us a little whllo longer. "Senate bill or no bill" proved to be the talisman. With the precedent of the tariff bill before them , senate conferees ought to bo more Independent than ever. When ever tha" senate wants anything In the future all It will have to do Is to Insist upon a conference and stick It out. How about a special session of congress In case the senate refuses to pass the pop gun tariff bills ? The president said about a * year ago that were It not for the overshad owing Importance of the silver question the urgency of tariff legislation would by Itself bavo Induced him to convene congress before the date of the regular session. Perhaps tariff reform Is no longer so urgent. Two state military encampments with dl- reet communication between them Is a beauti ful dovlco to glvo the telegraph companies a Bharo In the expenditures for the mainten ance of the mllttta. It also helps the South Omaha people out by giving them the oon- tract for feeding a tow companies of Koldtors. Wo are surprised that the railroad 1 should consent to such a division of the spoils. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MoKclshan has been renomlnateil by the populists of the Fifth district for a third term by acclamation. That was to have boon expected. Mr. McKelghan was on hand to tender his most heartfelt thanks to the convention und to roast his traducers. That aUo was to have been expected , although Mr. McKelghan had to travel l.COO miles on a sick leave to acknowledge the unsought AuU unexpected compliment. A 8KIF-'OM > KMM'D IVWT1" In hl caustic speech In the house on Mon day ex-Speaker Heed snld"Out ot your own household has come your c < iidumintlon. Nay , out of your own mouths has your con dcmnatlon crime. " The republican leader was referring to the letter of Mr. Cleveland to the chairman of the ways nnd means com mittee and to the speeches of Mr. Wilson and other prominent house democrats on the senate tariff bill. In order to understand how the democratic party stands self-con demned a reference to these utterances will be timely , nnd they should bo carefully re membered by republicans , for they will be much In evidence during the Impending state and congressional campaigns and will not bo forgotten In the national contest two years hcilcc. The record which the demo cratic party has made on the tariff question will cling to It for many years to come , as suming that the party will survive It nnd con tinue to be u force In American politics. The letter of Mr. Cleveland to Mr. Wilson , chairman of the ways and means committee and one of the house conferees , was read In the house of representatives on July 19. It was dated seventeen days before that time , when It had become certain that the tariff bill would go to conference , and the permis sion of the president that It might be read In public was secured on the morning of the day that Mr. Wilson surprised congress and the country by having It read to the house of representatives. It therefore unquestion ably expressed the deliberate opinions of Mr. Cleveland regarding the then pending tariff bill and his carefully formed views as to the kind of tariff measure that should be adopted In order to accord with democratic principles and pledges. What was the presi dent's opinion of the Donate bill ? "Every true democrat and every sincere tariff re former , " he sad ) , "knows that this bill In Its present form and as It will be submitted to the conference falls far short of the consumma tion for which we have long labored , for which we have suffered defeat without dis couragement ; which In Its anticipation gave us a rallying cry In our day of triumph , and which , In Its promise of accomplishment , Is so Interwoven with democratic pledges and democratic success that our abandonment of the cause or the principles upon which it rests means party perfidy and party dis honor. " In no plainer or stronger terms could the chief executive have condemned the tariff bill passed by the senate. Fur thermore he declared that "no tariff measure can accord with democratic principles and promises or bear a genuine democratic badge that does nol provide for free raw > materials , " and he regarded It as a circum stance to excite wonder that "democrats are willing to depart from this , the most demo cratic of all tariff principles. " The president said further : "It Is quite apparent that this question of free raw materials does not ad mit of adjustment on any middle ground , since their subjection to any rate of tariff taxation , great or small , is alike vlolatlvo of democratic principle and democratic good faith. " Here again the senate bill was un mistakably condemned by the highest au thority In the democratic party. The language of Mr. Wilson , chairman of the ways and means committee , in the house on July 19 , was no less plain and direct in condemnation of the measure passed by the senate. He had not a single word of ap proval for It. "The bill which comes back to us from the senate , " he said , "has not met the approval of the great tariff reform senti ment of this country. It has not been ac cepted by those who , through defeat and vic tory , have followed this standard with so much enthusiasm for ten years past , as the fruition of their efforts , as the performance of their pledge , and as the final and sub stantial realization of their great victory. " He broadly Intimated that the senate was under corrupt Influences and that the con ferees of that body were only prevented from making concessions asked for by the house by "the apprehension that there were forces In the senate , however small , yet powerful enough to resist successfully the passage of any bill which did not make concessions to great corporate and trust Interests. " All this was received by the democrats of the house with the strongest manifestations of approval and It was unqualifiedly endorsed by the democratic press of the country. In the light of all this nnd the action of the house in accepting the senate bill , will any one contend that the democratic party Is not self-condemned , and that being so it has lost all claim to public respect nnd con fidence ? It has presented an exhibition of factional division , Incompotency and un- statcsmanllko conduct for which there Is no parallel In our history , not the least ridicu lous part of which Is the attempt on the part of the house democrats to vindicate themselves by passing separate bills for free sugar , free coal and free Iron ore , knowIng - Ing , ns thqy must know , that all of these measures will die In the senate. Not only Is the democratic party self-condemned , but It Is without a leader , without a policy , with out anything to commend It to the support of the intelligent people or the country. It may survive , but only In a fragmentary form , and when It lays down the power obtained two years ago by false pretenses It will be many years before It Is again In control of national affairs. QUOD KFFKCTS AUtNADY. Those who predicted that the settlement of the tariff question would be Immediately followed by a revival of Industrial and busi ness activity have a justification of their judgment In what has already taken place , and thereIs good reason to expect that the favorable effects experienced during the past twenty-four hours will bo multiplied from day to day , so that within a short time the gloomy talk of general depression that has so long prevailed will give plice to cheer ful reflections upsn the general revival. There \i \ no better expression of the sense ot relief from suspense and uncertainty than the renewal of speculative activity In stocks. For months the stock market has been dull almost to stagnation , notwithstanding the fact that there has been tin abundance of money at exceptionally Uw rates. But for obvious reasons stocks shared In the general depression and were affected by the samd Inlluences that caused every sort of enter prise and Investment to languish , The re vival of activity In the stock market dis tinctly means that the shrewd financiers who Invest and speculate In railroad and Industrial securities expect a general re covery of business , and It Is safe to assume tint they do not base their expectation on bare conjecture , They keep In close touch with the financial and business pulse of the country and know as well as any class of men what the prospects are. Nat only Is there noted a greatly Improved demand from" American buyers of securities , but foreign Investors also have been favorably affected , For some time our securities have been returning from Europe and gold has been going abroad to pay for them , There Is now promise of a reversal of this order and a return of gold to buy American se curities. But evidence of revival docs not stop with tinA dlspit frjm Plttibur reports hrfjt ! orders nc ivcd ty the manufacturer * of that city since th ' passage if the tariff bill by the huiao , mary rt these being by til gravh , thus show.ng the anxiety of dea'cr * to obtain supplies ami replenish their stocks as quickly as possible. Unquestionably , other manufacturing centers have had a simitar experience , us will doubtless be learned presently. It Is well Un.wn that In nearly nil departments of business ntcks have run down very low and that In any event some replenishing would have been necessary soon. With the tirlff question settled this will ba done on n more liberal scale than other wise wiild have been the case. It cannot reasonably be expected , of course , that there will bo anything In the nature of a boom , nor Is It to be desired. After the long nnd severe strain to which the country has been sub jectcd , It Is dcslrabh that the return to sound nnd healthy conditions be gradual and along legitimate lines. The first thing Is to restore confidence , and there cught now to bq no great difficulty about accomplishing this. It has been suggested from so distinguished a source as ex-President Harrison that the passage of separate bills by the house will tend to prevent business Improvement , but In view of the very strong probability that none of these bills can be passed In the sen ate , there Is very little ground for apprehen sion In this direction. This absurd effort of the house democrats to vindicate them selves need cause no fear or anxiety. The prompt movement toward n revival of business following the settlement of the tariff question shows conclusively that the democratic Interference with the tariff Is responsible for the long depression. The signs that the country Is likely soon to emerge from this condition will be heartily welcomed , even by those whom the mis fortune of poor crops or no crops at all will exclude from n full share In the revival. K HKSL'LT OKIlltUTAfj Sl'OllT The death of Fletcher HObblns from bodily Injuries received during a glove contest In n public hall at I'lattsmouth Is a most shocking sequel of brutal sport. Prize fighting has been outlawed In nearly every state of the union. For more than twenty years It has bean designated In the criminal code of Ne braska ns n felony punishable by Imprison ment In the penitentiary. The so-called glove contests which formerly were confined to scientific sparring and exhibitions of agility have of late years degenerated Into prize fights. The bloody encounter between Llnd- sey nnd Kobblns was of this category. Had the local law officers of I'lattsmouth nnd Cass county Intervened as they were In duty bound the contest could not have taken place and the deplorable consequences would have been averted. But the&e officers , and for that matter , the near relatives of Uobblns who were present and thereby made them selves participants , apparently did not realize the dangerous character of such an ? ncunter and responsibility which attached to their conduct. The death of Robbing forcibly calls attention to the brutality and danger of prize fighting under guise of glove conxsts and the laxness of the enforcement of cur crimi nal statutes. CO.M31UN SEKSK TACTICS. "Find out what the O. O. P. does not want , and then do It. " That Is the advice of the Bryan organ to the democrats and populists. Now , what Is sauce for the gooai ought to be good enough sauce for the gan der. The Bryan democrats and populists are anxious to have Majors nominated for gov ernor , and the demo-pop organ is doing all It can to boost him. This is good poll- tics. Majors Is the most vulnerable man republicans could place at the head of their ticket , and his nomination would make the election of the Bryan populist candidate for governor almost certain. Now that the re publicans have found out what the demo-pops want , common sense would dictate that they should disappoint them by nominating a candidate whose record Is unassailable. If they do the other thing they will have them selves to blame should disaster overtake them. There seems to be a considerable differ ence of opinion even among the democrats whether the senate tariff bill is really pref erable to a continuance of the McKlnley bill. As soon as that measure Is properly endorsed and presented to the president for his signature President Cleveland will have this question to consider , and on It must depend his determination to veto It or to permit it to become law. Senate bill or Mc Klnley bill this Is the way the proposition is laid before the president. He has , wo believe , been more severe In his utterances against the former than against the latter. Ho now has an opportunity to smooth over the rough places In his famous Wilson letter. Fort Crook will not bo ready for occupancy under a year at the earliest , but that Is no reason why steps should not bo taken to make the new fort accessible from Omaha. It will take some time to lay out and con struct a road between the two points. Such a road will bo n necessity as soon ns the garrison Is removed. If the work Is done the coming year It will give much-needed employment to local labor. It Is not ynt too late for Senator Vest toturn the calcium light on the secrets of the tariff conference , as he promised on the floor of the senile last week. A recital of the doings In the conference chamber would be Interesting nt any time. Then , too , If the story Is not told now , whllo fresh In Senator Vest's memory , It may bo lost to his tory forever. Come , now , Mr. Vest , turn on the calcium light. If the mllltla are to be kept at South Omaha until the packers are perfectly satis fied that all danger Is over , the state may as well make up Its mind to maintain a per manent state'police. Let the packers de- cldo when circumstances require the calling out of the troops and when the necessity for them has disappeared , and the militia will have work all the year round. Omaha Is quite willing to entertain the democratic state convention as well as the republican state convention. U Is also able to take care ot the populist state convention. The populists have already changed the date of their meeting. Why not change the place of meeting , too. and thus make Omaha the common convention city , at least this year ? When the odds get too much In favor ot one or the other combatants In the Corean war Russia may be trusted to sea that the equilibrium Is restored. Russia would be pleased to hava the war continue ad Infin- ( turn , BO long as neither side wins and both sides are gradually used up. One outcome of the conference on the sundry civil appropriation bill Is that the Item of $70,000 Inserted by the aenato to pay the claim of the French exhibitors agalnat the World's fair company has been rejected. Most people looked upon U as a piece of I presumption for the World's fair officers to nk to hnve thIVi btird n , which they ought to bear , thrkjvn , upon the shoulder * of the taxpayers throughout the whole V'nllcd States , particularly after the generous aid that has been extended them for the mere asking. At time It Is n dltgraca that the just fjalms of the French exhibitors should be held , iy upon a mere technicality. The World's fair officers ougjit to bo far above such patty .work. Let them adjust the claims without frirthor haggling. It Is to bi. " < tioUd that the populist repre sentatives lif' Hie lower house of congress had themselves nil recorded on the accept ance of the senate amendments ns If they had nttcndcd the democratic caucus nnd felt themselves bound by Its decision , The popu lists arc excellent democrats when the emer gency presents. Draw Te.irs from llrlrlc. Knnsns City Journal. The truly deplorable situation of the dem ocratic purty nt present la such us to excite commiseration In the human brciist. Her llnniili UiitiirnlHluMl. New York World. Perhaps In the whole nnnnls of wnr thcro \VIIH never u campaign on n higher plane of consideration nnd courtesy tlmii that which ended yesterday In CJeneral Ainlur- son'M complete triumph over Coxey's army. Sllmi'it > ot Ills Forte. rIo1iv | Ueiiiocrnt. The. . most orlglnnl Idea of the ycnr Is that of CotiKrecHinnn Hrynn of Nlrn ) kn , who has bought a dolly now. pnppr In orlcr to li elected United States senator. When an old editor wants to be senator IIP Bells his paper , spills his Ink and retires to u farm to maintain a golden silence. liiK Allen's Krooril. KnnsiiH City Journal. Mr. Quay's threatened speech Is snld to be contained In n manuscript four feet In height , and long enough to occupy forty days In delivery. And yet , according to the senate rules and Ideas of "courti'sy , " there la no way of preventing this evil. Though a senator goes In maliciously to speak against time , and though his purpose Is well known , and the threat Is boldly made In advance , IIP tannot be restrained. Such ex hibitions of Idiocy as this only ndil to the feeling of contempt with which the1 senate lias come to be regarded. A StrlKo I.cHiim. Minneapolis Tribune. The business men of the stock yards dis trict In Chicago are said to be considerably alarmed over the situation there. Three thousand men who quit or wore thrown out of eni ! > lovmt > nt by the strike are un able to get back to work , and many of their families are actually starving , "night In the midst of one of the world's greatest bases of food supply , " says the Chicago Mall , 'there promises to be hunger in hundreds of homes during the long winter months. " It Is estimated that during the strike twice as many men as were needed came to Chicago to take the strikers' ' places. Our < i < . | > rc II. Ilrookljn Hanle. The Vigilant again won today. The water anil the weather were what they ought to be. The capabilities of the vessel were thoroughly understood by those who handled It. The many little defects of the past hnve been an educational campaign. George Gould can go to the front of the yachtsmen of England and of the Four Hundred In New Tcjrk. - Ills method of get ting there was shrewd. That his father's son should ever become the representative of the pride and ambition of this nation In manly contests with the one people in the world that above nil others the republic would most lllje. to 'outdo Is an example of the dramatic or of the ironical character of events that will not soon be forgotten. Great Britain had four Georges. America has had but two , and Washington was the other. _ _ JUUOE U'Ah.lS'S DISCL.tlMKK , HASTINGS , , 'Aug. 13. To the Editor of The Bee : Som6 two weeks since a dispatch was sent from this city to the effect that I was advising the farmers to postpone paying their Interest for one year. I made no such statement , gave no such advice , and enter tained. no such sentiment. Np honest man will refuse to pay * = hls Just debts when due , If able to do so. To pay one's debts accordIng - Ing to contract Is a moral as well ns a legal duty , and n man or a people who will will fully violate such an obligation Is neither honest nor patriotic. The farmers of this state are both honest and patriotic. The long drouth has severely Injured them , but they are not bankrupt , and their hope , energy and courage remain unweakened. They , as well ns other citizens , will not shrink from the duty of the hour , viz : To institute and practice a rigid economy , pay their debts and maintain the honor and credit of the state. Now , Mr. Editor , the dispatch re ferred to has traveled across the continent and been published in the eastern papers. Please give this note a place in your dally and let us see if the truth will travel aa fast as a lie. JOHN M. RAGAN. JtKl'VltLlV.lX A3131VX1TWX. ixccrpts from < Imclmid's Opinion of the Seimto Turin Hill. The democracy of the land pleads most earnestly for the speedy completion of the tariff legislation which their representatives have undertaken , but they demand not less earnestly that no stress of necessity shall tempt those they trust to the abandonment of democratic principle. * * * It Is quite apparent that this question of free raw material does not admit of adjust ment on any middle ground , since their sub jection to any rate of tariff taxation , greater or small , Is nllUe vlolatlvo of democratic principle and democratic good faith. * * * . There is no excuse for mistaking or mis apprehending the feeling and the temper of the rank and file of the democracy. They are downcast under the assertion that their party fails in ability to manage the govern ment , nnd they are apprehensive that efforts to bring about tariff reform may fall , but they are much more downcast and apprehen sive In their fear that democratic princi ples may be surrendered. * * * My public life has been so closely related to the subject , I have so longed for Its ac complishment , and I have so often promised Its realization to my fellow countrymen as a result of their trust and confidence In the democratic party , I hope no excuse Is necessary for my earnest appeal to you that In this crisis you strenuously Insist upon party honesty and good faith and a sturdy adherence to democratic principles. I be lieve these nre nbsolutoly necessary condi tions to the continuation ot democratic exist- once. In these circumstances It may well ex cite our wonder tlu.democrats ( nre willing to depart from tfilij , tlie most democratic of all tariff principles ' 'and that the Inconsis tent absurdity of' uch n proposed depart ure should bo emphasized by the suggestion that the wool of Iho farmer bo put on the free list mid the protection of the tariff tux- ntton bo placed ai'omul' the Iron ere nnd coal of corporations nnd .capitalists. How can wo face the people after Indulging In such outrageous discrimination and violations of principle ? n Every true democrat nnd every sincere tariff reformer kilo'wfa that this bill In Its present form , and 'as ' "it will be submitted to the conference 'fnllirfar ' short of the con summation for wliliilf wo have long labored , for which we haVfc' suffered defeat , without discouragement ; whiChr In Its anticipation , gave us n rallylng't'Tyih our day of triumph , and which. In Its promise of accomplishment , Is so Interwoven nYlJ | * > democratic pledges and democratic successes that our abandon ment of the causa or the principles upon Which It rests means party perfidy and party dishonor , We have In our platforms nnd In every way possible declared In favor of the free Importation of raw materials. Wo have again and again promised that this should be accorded to our people and our manufacturers aa soon us the democratic party wan Invested with the power to determine the tariff pol icy of the country. The party has now that power. Wo are as certain today as wo hive ever been ot the grcut. benefit that would accrue to the country from the Inauguration of this policy , and nothing has occurred to release us from our obligation to Bucuro tlila advantage to our people. U must bo ad mitted that no tariff measure can accord with democratic principles and promises or btar a genuine democratic badge that does not provide for frco raw materials. i'0/.mt'tr Melteynolds of Clnjr went down to defeat with tx-Bppikrr Klder In the fight fern n rcnomlnatlon to the legislature. There'll be many n familiar face In the legldature this coming ? cs lon , for nil the parties have In many rases taken to rcnonil- tinting people who have been there before. For sixteen-years nil the candidates for the legislature In Nuckolla county have boon farmers. Now the populists have broken the record by nominating n town man , David Oiilhrlc of Superior. Kearney Hub : W. 12. Andrews was ngnln nominated for congress by the irpubllcans of the I'lftli district , nnd well informed people ple think that there Is n great deal more than n fighting chance this time for his election. There promises to be trouble In the Gage county delegation to the republican slntc convention when the voting begins. Gage has two candidates for state olllces and the delegation Is split between Summers for nt- torney general nnd Pcnrse for superlntenden of public Instruction. Pugilist Sheridan of Red Willow enmity tins suceeded In securing a rcnomlnatlon a the hands of the populists , but n nomtnatlot Is not equivalent to an election for I. A this ycnr. The people of Ued Willow , re gardless of party , have too much solf-rcspccl to allow themselves to bo represented by n rowdy nnd a gambler. Plattsmouth News : Represontntlve Dnvlos received the ovation which he deserved , i rcnomlnntlon by acclamation. John made record for himself In the list legislature which will insure his re-election beyom question. He Is conservative nnd able , am will see to It that the banners of old Cnss nro kept well up In the front rank. Crclghton Courier : Jnck MacColl has nearly the solid support of the press In the west and northwest part of the state for the nomination for governor. He Is no doubt the most available man In the stnte for "this stage of the game , " and we predict his noml nation on the first formal ballot In the con vention at Omaha on the 22d day of this month. Marsh Elder will not taste the sweets of legislative life at Lincoln next winter , fern n cruel fate has overtaken him. Ills con stituents. In the shape of n populist countj convention , have decreed that the ex-speaker shall stay nt home this year , though Mar.sli made a gallant fight for the nomination , "Eldcrisms" will not be a feature of the reports of the house during the coming ses sion. Lincoln News : Mr. Majors' fool friends , who have been asserting that the disclosures about Majors' ofllclnl carter only makes hi ? nomination surer , have apparently tumbled to the fact that this Is equivalent to saying that to prove n man to bo a traitor to the people and a corporation tool Is to Insure his nomi nation at the hands of the republicans. And yet , come to think about It , If Majors Is nominated It will give the opposition press an excellent opportunity to make this appli cation. I'KO/ / , . .IAriirtras. . Ye democrats who have tears to shed pre pare to shed them now. Tariff reform Is now sugared o'er with the pale cast of dissolution. The July fire lsses .aggregate $16,307,000 , the largest for any month of tlio year. The house eulogies at the bier of the Wil son bill may bo condensed In two words : "Money talks. " The New York constitutional convention refused by a vote of 85 to 55 to abolish cap ital punishment. Senator Hill can now calmly , weigh the folly of experimenting with an Australian curved shlllalah. The closing act of the house on the tariff measure was a characteristic exhibition of free raw material. George Gould Is rather- lavish with his yachting bets. The abundance of water pro duces a reckless feeling. Philadelphia lias a George Washington club with 300 members. Ono of the qualifi cations of membership Is disbelief in the cherry tree incident. Both the republican and democratic conven tions will be held In Omaha. Now if the populists will come hither local irrigation will be gl\en a decided boom If Mr. Havemeycr dispenses n portion of the $25,000OOQ _ rake-off on sugar , his sena torial friends nped not concern themselves about primary vituperation or vindication. The gentleman who followed Cleveland through "Hie slime and filth" of 18St again proves himself a political manipulator of the first grade. As a trusty friend ho has few equals. Let us turn away from the discordant death gasps of democracy and consider the exhilarating fact that the drouth has not affected the crop of candidates. The simoon never touched them. The killing of two base ball players by lightning In Kentucky during a Sunday game might be taken as evidence of providential wrath had not a church been riddled by a bolt In the same locality. California will pay dearly in the end for the bounty of $5 granted for every coyote scalp presented to the state treasurer. This bounty law was passed to protect sheep , but It has been costly. Last year over $500,000 was paid out , and this year It is estimated that $650,000 will bo needed to satisfy the claims. As the coyotes live on jack-rabbits , the slaughter of one pest will simply lead to the Increase of the other. c CHICAGO'S riWDAT KlTllVltll. Chicago Record : Whatever motive may have led to this legal step Just at the pres ent , time It may have one beneficial result In securing a more rigid definition of corpor ate powers. No harm will have been done If the attorney general succeeds In establish ing a precedent as to the limitations of priv ilege which go with a charter. But the pros pect that the Pullman company will bo forced to forfeit Its charter or surrender the management of Its "model town" Is dim. Chicago Post : Mr. Mcloney might have attached the town of Pullman on much broader grounds , for wo believe this feudal city which Mr. Pullman has sought to graft on the municipality Is n distinct cffcnse cgnlnst the constitution , ns It certainly has been an affront to humanity. He has elected to confine the attack to a narrower channel , but one 1'kely to bo quite ns effective. We trust he will not pause until he has de molished the town , and In his legal battle he can be piaterlilly assisted by the officials at the city hall. Chicago Herald : Pullman's Palace Car company Is not empowered by this act to hold land und construct houses for rent , to keep a hotel nnd theater , to operate gas , water nnd electric light works , nor to do anything else required for the purpose of establishing , supporting and managing a "model town. " As the Herald stated In first discussing this question , the clnrtcr of the company docs not create nn Incorporated landlord. * * This Is one of the most sensational and Im portant suits over commenced In the Illinois courts , nnd It will be contested with great earnestness und vigor. Chicago Tribune : Tlio supreme court may have to decide between those two construc tions ( of the attorney general and of the Pullnnn company's lawyers ) of the powers Blven by the charter. If It should say that the attorney general Is In the right , then what lu known as Pullman will ccaso to exist , for whatever land Is not covered by the company'a manufacturing plant will have to bo sold. But If It Fhould give n broader construction to the words "such real estate ns may bo deemed necessary for the success ful prosecution of Its business , " then Pull man will not bo Interfered with. IT inn'T 11 OH if , Atlanta ConxtUutlon. ; Ulrl at HenHlde , Heading book ; Hamlfcoino young man , Steals n look. Olrl romantic : VJowH tint wave : "If I Jumped In , Would bo suve ? " I.oqkH dejected ; Hi-eniH to weep ! Plunges headlong In tlio ilu'p ! Young man HiuiftH his > Ulgurottoj : Cries : "Your UruHS la dotting' wet I" Olrl swims shoreward ItathtT cool ; Mutters : "Knew lie Was u fool I" KEEP IT W Shall the Party Commit Itself to a Tattooed Standard Bearer ? The candidacy of Thomas J , Majors con fronts the republican party of Nebraska as a menace to Its success In the Impending campaign. To elevate him to the position ot standard bearer will place the party on Ilia defensive and subject It to a galling fire that THE TELL-TALK CERTIFICATE. Forilcn-tcei at. C/X / " . JT. _ . , 1S31 , 44. ( /jj/u/fV " " Total , - Deduct amount drmcn , - . - f. ? / Jtalitncednc , Lincolny f < . c/ tsat. J hereby certify that the above ucevunt It correct nniUutf , nil " ' ( ' / " ) ' JftXSeMT Approved , vfii of T.i.axrox Awiitoro/i\i t counts. Warrant Xo.dyfy " " It could not withstand. Every candidate nnd every party leader on the stump would bo compelled to champion the candidacy ot n man who Is tattooed with n record of In- delllblo Infnmy. 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 n stigma upon the man whom the people of this commonwealth had honored with a place In the halls of congress as their representa tive. They would be confronted with the more recent misbehavior ot that same ex- congressman while acting In capacity of president of the state senate. During two sessions of the legislature in which he occupied the responsible and honor able position of presiding officer of the upper house by virtue of his election as lieutenant governor , Mr. Majors was notoriously a tool and capper for the corporation lobby , and exerted all his power 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 , n populist , who had been elected on the nntl-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 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 nd- vlscd about the plot ho could not have been Ignorant of the fact that Taylor 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 $262.40 as his pay and mileage for the session up to the tlmo of his abrupt departure In the middle of March. On March 31 , when the session closed. THE TELL-TALE TAYLOR ORDER. TJ.UMOUS. PIRU. NUUHkCOUHTt. Ofliamto. The above Is a fac Elmllo of the order of the abducted ex-senntor authorizing Walt Seely to receipt the vouchers and warrants tor his unearned salary. It wilt bo noted that the order Is In the handwriting of Walt M. Seely , private secretary of Lieutenant T1IK ATVIllKOff fiA.\n.ir . Chicago Post : The offense of rebating , of which Uelnbart stands accused , crushes nul grinds the very llfeblood nut of small inerclmntH by giving unuwial advantiiKiti to large shippers. It Mrlkos at the ehscnro if the Intetstnto commerce law , ami If It iror-B unpunished the felon Htrllii'is under Uvbs will have a real substance for their iiltlcr complaint that the law exists only to ininlsh the worklngmnn while shielding the dns of tlio capitalist. Snrlnglleld Republican : That the manage ment of one of the llrst rallroiul systems > f the country should deliberately go to ivork to overstalu Its deposits by $ ( .OJfiJ5 ; ts accounts receivable by $1.610.813 ; Its fron- jhlseH and property by $2,100,110 , and other iijcoiintH by $3.17,418 : and undcrBtuto thu illls paiynblo by $1W0.000 ! , Is amazing , but in act which Beems to have been fastened icynnil dispute upon thu Atchlson managers , i'helr cast- , therefore , callH fur but ono ; ourse of action. They Hhoilhl be turned nit nf their places , and thi-n the lusponHl- ) lo parties should be brought to book by bi ) olllcers of the government who are ; lmrgod with the execution of the Inter- itatu law. New York Herald : The Interstate com- nuroe act was pnn.st-il with special view to irevent discrimination In rates and the irantlng of secret rebates , yet bore \va aru nformod that the Atchlson , Topeka ft Santa Ko company has given rcbatcH aggre gating 1.000.WJO a your In the past four fuars ? The same law prohibits rallinatlM rom "pooling , " anil yet wo are given a tutemont of unsettled balance * re.su t rig ram a pooling airaiiseiiiunt that existed ) etwccn the Atchlson ami two of Its | iro- miimtlvu competitors. Ihu chief iitforerH by such juggl ng with the ac- ountH are Innocent people , who may have ) i-en led to buy Atcbli-on stuurltlCH at higher trices bv u perusal of Its misleading stato- ni'iilH. Thc'V are by no means , liowcvi'r , ho only HiiffertTH. riucli Incidents cast sus- tlclons upon other railway corporations uul tend ty arouse distrust of all American iccurltlcs In the inlmla ot forulcn Investor * , the following hill , certified to ur T. J. Mnjois as president of the senate , wns placed In the hands of the auditor nnd n warrant for $7S wa Usued to W. M. Taylor as bal Mice duo for alleged services In the senall for the Inst fifteen days ot the month : The above Is a fnc simile of the certificate signed by Lieutenant Governor Majors mil approved by the auditor , ns now on file In the office of the auditor of stntc. The wnrrant for $75 wns cashed by Wnlt M. Seely , private secretary of the lieutenant governor , nnd pocketed by him. Taylor never received a 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 ho certified that Taylor had served through the entire term he 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 mortlalcd and cashiered In dis grace. Where the offense was as flagrant as the Taylor voucher fraud , ho would have been made to servo n 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 commandcr-ln- chief of the military forces of the common wealth ? THE SENATE OIL ROOM. The climax of Infamy on the part of tha lieutenant governor was the conversion of his private office adjoining the sonata cham ber Into a legislative oil room , In which liquor was dispensed freely to members of tha senate who were addicted to drink , nnd to lobbyists , innlo nnd female , who resorted to the room for debauching the law makers. Every fellow who belonged to the gang carried n Yale lock key in his pocket so as to have access at all times , night or day , when the senate was In session or nt recess , to the demijohns and decanters filled with choice brands of liquor , with which the lieu tenant governor's room was generously sup plied regardless of expense by the corporate concerns whose bills wcro to bo logrolled throuch and uhoso Interests were to be protected by the bland , affable and accom > modatlng lieutenant governor. Can republicans stultify themselves and jeopardize their cause by placing a man with such a record at the head of the ticket ? Governor Majors , It purports to be dated at Portland , Ore. , but Is written on nn of ficial blank , headed with the name of the lieutenant governor , at the senate chamber , Lincoln , Neb. , with the date line left blank , except the figures 1891. I'KI'I'I'.H K 1'OINTS , Washington Star : "What barbarians these Asiatics art' ! " oxclnlnifd one pugilist. "Yos , " replied the other. "They nio actu ally lighting ! " Vogue1 : Gwendoline I'm at a loss to ac count , for the fart that Mr. Cranilall him moro enemies than tiny man I know Howard think bo must go through llfu acting thu part of a candid friend. Boston Triui'crlpt : They have been forced In acknowledge tlio corn In the Chicago cage grain pit. Buffalo Com lor : No , Angelina ; a funeral does not follow a dead heat. Your Impres sion was doubtli'ss gained from thu fuel that the hex | > s of u. good many bettors are burled by such an event. Plain Healer : Knriwr James , have you watered Iho cows this evening ? New Man from City No. sir , not for two days" "What ? " "I I hoard you Hay day before yestrrday , idr , that they wouldn't bo dry for about Hlx weeks yi t , Hlr. " Yonkor's Statesman : "Yes , nindam , " nald the clerk In Iho furniture stoic , "yon will llnd that bedstead as represented. It Is full width , made out or Iho lirst walnut , and , you an luok fur yourself , UIOIO'B no man under It , " Indlnnnpolln Journal : "Poor man , I know yon must bu hungry. " salil the kind-hearted woman who cxuno t" the door. "Hungry ? " replied Mr. Dismal DawHon. "LinlX. I in that holler that every tlmo X Hpeuk I echo like a empty cistern. " THI'3 IINVIHND VERSION. AV'uHlilHKl'm Klnr. "My face Is my fortune , Hlr , " Bho Hald Ami tlio titled gentlemen Hlghud , " maid , It IM..S vulr'y ' sad , but I've ) got tei hat A better dot zen zc photograph. "