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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1894)
THR OMAHA DAILY BI5B : SATURDAT , SEPTEMBEll 1 TUB OMAHA DAILY BISE. E , HOanWATKU , lidltor. TUftMB OP BUflilCUIlTlOM. Jallf HM ( without Bnndity ) One Tear . II W Dally llw mi'l Sim-lay. On * Yenr . Hlx M-inriu . J M Tlirf Month * . JS ! Rontliy lire , On * Vmr . } ? ? Pnttinlnw UCP One Ywir . ' S ? Weekly llec , Ona Y nr . " fil'KICKB. Onrnha. Th HOP nilllilliiK. . . . , Month Omnlia Cnnii-r N nnd Twenty-fourth 31 * . Pmincll ntulTi. JS IVnil Win-el. fl.liflKo C'n ) > , 31J Olmmliei- C2 , mercV , , . . . NPW yntk. Itwnn li II nnd 13. TrKmni UMg. % \ ttiihlngton , HOT I' Street. N. W. COrtllKHPONUnNCR. All e'.immmlratliinii rplnllng to run-ii tj3 . edi torial ninttrr tlwulit I * ntMrewcl ! To Hie ndllor. llL' . NiRfl : LUTTIJIIB. All linlni > M It-lters iind rpmlttnnccs nhould oa f.iWrriBc.1 to The lit * I'utllFlilntf eompiny. Oimlm Prnfm. clcU an.l poMomca otim to CJ.iiBi5 I ) TiHcliurk. 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All republicans who are opposed to the domination of railroads and desire to resent the attempt to mnko the party subservient to corporate monopolies and public thieves are liereby Invited to express their views by letter directed to me personally , suggesting the best method for defeating the election of Thomas Majors. All communications bt treated as confidential when BO requested. " \Ve must make nn organized effort to save the state from the bllcMIng mfsrulo which has repudiated the pledges repeatedly made to the people In our platforms ; has made the execution ot our laws a farce and looted the btato treasury. Notlco will bo Riven In due time through The Bee what action will be deemed most advisable to accomplish the ends In view , E. ItOSK\VATER. Who was It that said congress would be missed ? To Editor Bryan : How do you like it BO lO far a.i you have gotten ? August seems to have succeeded ( n equal ing July as a record breaker In the weather man's ofllco. Wanted Money to sink In a railroad re publican organ In Omaha. Send cash , not promises , to the head of the railroad ring. The city has enough to do to pay the salaries of its employes without furnishing them with horses and carrlagss to drlvo about the streets. Put It down that the new tariff will remain iinchanecd In all Its essential details until the end of the year 1897 , If not for aconsid erable period longer. < "The New Orleans alderman who was appre hended In the very act of accepting a money bribe ought to come north and get pointers from his more experienced fellow boodlers. With the president at Qray Gables and Hoke Smith In the south there may be some ground for doubts us to the advisability of continuing the government at Washington. Wa wonder If President Cleveland has dis covered any tangible difference made In the new tariff law by his refusal to sign It while tacitly approving It and permitting It to be come law. Wo haven't. If the editorship of a newspaper la ex- pccttd to neither Increase nor lessen Mr. Dryan'a chances of success In his senatorial quest pray why does he venture to take up BO burdensome a responsibility ? Is It merely to give the poor , broken-down newspaper o lift ? No , the shops of the Burlington road at 3'lattsmouth will not be removed. Not at this time at any rate. It would be suicidal to remove them before the coming election when the railroads propose to herd all theii employes to the polls In the Interest of Ma jors. Uut can they ? Omaha Industries will try to pull alone under the new tariff and will olfcr theli products Bt prices that will compare favor ably with those of any eastern concern If the Nebraska public will glvu Iheli patronage to homo industry , othr thlngi being equal , there will be a measure ol compensation for the tariff reductions. As wo Intimated , the- railroads have ha < the mandamus proceedings to enforce tin transfer switch law again pjitponed and prac llcallr hung up. The Stale Hoard of Trans portal Ion is exerting1 Itself In this matte Just enough lo enable Its members to sa ; that they tried to enforce the law , but w r prevented by the court * . ThU pretense ha long Blnce been transparent. A week or two more of this high temperature turo will not leave ns a slngla wooden blocl pavement In tit condition for use. The ho weather has nlre&iiy played havoc with mile of such pavement and overy""day sees I fall Into a worse and verse condition. Th state of the wooden block pavements 1 : this city Is rcjlly alarming iiml calls fo Boms extraordinary action on the part of th city council. It appears that the emigrant steerage rat war Is still on among the steamship coinpar ies and that there U no excuse for any foi elgner who doen not like America rcmalr inghere. . It Is as easy , If not easier , to gt away as lo stny , After the sifting proces * i thq tr.duitrlul i' .resskn shall lava liceu con ploted the United States ought to have population composed of people who ai anxious to be hero and at no other place. Wo do not think there will b any troubl about releasing Superintendent Vltzpatrlc from hla contract with the Hoard of EJuc. lion. Mr , Vltzpatrlck , however , ahoul volunteer to nnialn with Ihe Onutu achoo until n suitable successor U secured , pillUbla successor cannot l > v secured 'unlei aovcral weeka aru given for Inquiry Inl the record and qualifications nt each appl cant. TH r S t I'ltK.MK J.5S Vr . Riii'l the pp p * of KebraiTci govern them- i.rl i shall thcr turn the * Utfl over to I In' domination of railroad n.itr.ip T This li Hie supreme Issue that has been forced upon us by the nomination of Thomas J. Majors It la known to all men who' know anything ibout Nebraska politics that Ma- jort h the creature of the Iturllngton bosses acting In collusion with the Impeached elate- officials and the penitentiary gang , tt la well known to all men familiar tvlth the methods and tactics pursued In molt of the counties \\ho9c delegates cast their votes for Majors In the slate convention that Majors never could have been nominated hut for the picking of caucuses and county con ventions b > ' lltirllngton mercenaries and the wholesale distribution ot railroad passes. It la notorious that the vUlr delegates from Lancaster county whose votes were cast solid for Majors -were mcro pawns In Ihe hands of the Burlington czar. These delegates were not representatives of the untrammeled - trammeled voice ot Lancaster county repub- llcuns. They were not oliosen by the county convention , and their nnmes were not even submitted for ratification tn that convention , It Is a. matter of common notoriety that the fjancahter del gRllon , which became Majors' trump card In the state convention and without whose votes ho could not receive the required majority , \\as selcctrd more than two weeks after the Lancaster county con vention had been held. Ostensibly this dele gation was unpledged and free to vote as they pleased , except as to the support of Moore for lieutenant governor. In reality It cnmo to the state convention handcuffed. Its votes were not Its own , but were cast tn obedlcnco to the mandate of the railroad czar who seeks to dominate the republican party and subvert our state government. Can any honest republican , and above all can any American cltlren who desires to perpetuate republican Institutions In this land , lend himself to this high-handed at tempt to overthrow popular self-government ? Are the sacrifices madeby the founders of the republic In their resistance to British tyranny and their heroic struggle to estab lish a government by the people , for them selves and their posterity , to bo all In vain ? What gain was there to freedom and hu manity In striking the fetters of bondage from the limbs of the African If ive are lamely to sub mit to riveting tho. fetters of corpsrato serfdom upon the limbs of American free men , white nnd black ? What difference Is there between serving the crowned despot of Europe and being governed by the creature and pliant tool of the uncrowned , law-defying despot laboring solely tor. the promotion of the Interests of a soulless monopoly ? The crowned autocrat of our days endeav ors to rule through responsible and compe tent subordinate officers. He maintains a high standard of Integrity and punishes se verely any attempt on their part to rob or overreach his subjects. The uncrowned. Ir responsible railroad autocrat rules the land through rogues , bribe-takers and thieves , who freely filch money from the taxpayer In payment for the betrayal of public trusts and violation of official oaths. Railroad domi nation In Nebraska does not simply mean subserviency to corporate Interests. It means the rule of boodlerlsm and mediocrity , where Integrity and ability are the requisite qualifications. That the elevation of Thomas J. Majors to the governorship would Inaugu rate a reign of recklessness nnd downright pilfering in the state house and in all state Institutions is a foregone conclusion. Like master , like man. A governor who § has been the boon companion of boodlers , oil-room lob byists and bribe distributors Is not likely to stand between the taxpayers and public plunderers , nor Is he likely by vote or ex ercise of his executive power to block any scheme for looting the treasury. Confronted with the supreme Issue whether boodlerism and railroad satraps shall dominate Ne braska for the next two years , or whether the people shall govern themselves and call a haU to corporate interference with their rights , no patriotic republican , however much ho may deplore the defeat of his party stand ard bearer , can hesitate or falter In his duty. LAHUll'S LIQUIDATION. It would seem that labor had about done Its sliara In the way of liquidation Incident to tbo Inauguration of the economic policy of tha democratic party , but the readjustment of wages to a lower basis taking place In the cotton manufacturing Industry of New Eng land and the anticipated reduction In other branches of Industry throughout the coun try indicate that labor's sacrifice lo demo cratic tariff reform la not yet complete. It has -already been severe and far-reaching. Not only have hundreds of thousands of people ple been In enforced Idleness or had employ ment only a part of the time during the past twelve months or more , but In every line of Industrial work there have been reductions In wages ranging from 33 lo GO per cent. The most conservative estimate would not place the loss to labor as a consequence of the dem ocratic assault upon"the long-established eco nomic policy of the country at less than $1.- 000.000,000 , Involving nn extent of privation , hardship and suffering to a large body ol the American people which cannot be ex pressed In acy terms. It may be that la some branches of Indus trial employment -wages hive reached bottom tom , that they cannot go lower without touch ing the starvation point , but there nre others In which it will still bo necessary to maU < further reductions In order to. meet the for competition to which the new tarlfi law subjects * uch Industries. As yet the price of American labor is somewhat abov < the European standard , but how long can II remain eolth our manufacturers compelled to fllit | , In order to retain a share of tin American market , against the cheap laboi and capital of Europe ? Everybody under htands that ths J2uropcan manufacturers In tend to maltc the most of the opportunlt ] afforded them by the democratic tariff pollc ; to recover what they lost of the America ! market mnl r republican policy. They havi announced this lo be their purpose. The ; will push their goo-Is Into this great marks and sell them without a profit In order t drive American manufacturers to the wall They have at least three years In which I work out their object , and If within tha time they are able to wreck American Indus tries or materially Impair them they ra bpecdlly recoup themselves for whatever I may coil to do so. How naa.ll America : manufacturers meet the attack upon the ! homo market by European competitors ex cepl by reducing the labor coit of produc tlon , and who can say how tar the Elruggl may be carried In this direction ? Kuropea manufacturers may carry wages there tl lower , and will do so It II be necessary t the success of their fight for this marke' ' Our manufacturers must follow them so Ion as American labor 'will stand It. and Ihe must go to the wall whenever labor refuses I yield more. And yet the democratic party proclaim that U tloos not intend to stop with what : Ims done , It Is not satisfied with the heav liquidation already forced from labor , bt proposes to eo further In breaking dovtn th ' prelection to American Industries n l Amerl- can labor , under which both have experienced unparalleled prosperity This Is a matter In which labor can exercise a decisive power ' It can determine whether a policy which i hat already required ot It suoli nn enormous j BacrlQcD limit be extended 40 ns to exact stilt i more , without giving It the least compensa tion. If labor dais not want the process of "liquidation" to which It has been subjected for more than a year past and must be sub jected for some tlmo to come lo be rendered more severe , It can say so by putting all Us forces to work for Ihe election of a republi can house of representatives. Only by such fl result can a check be put to the avowed purpose of the democratic party. MUST at : DONK The pitiable condition of many ot the men who participated In the recent strike at South Omaha demands prompt attention nt the hands of our city nnd county officials , end'appeals to every philanthropic citizen of the community. Mayor Johnston of South Omaha la authority for the btatclncnt that If measures of relief are not In sonic way- provided promptly nearly 400 families will b3 reduced to absolute want within the nevt few days. Mr. Johnston Is bending every energy to prevent actual.suffering among these unfortunate people. H Is understood that the heads of the families wora all em ployed In the packing houses prior to the strike , but have earned nothing since the men were ordered to quit work. The packers have frequently promised to glvo them preference wTien their forces must be Increased nnd have put many to work. Dur ing the strike , however , n few hundred new- men were employed tn place of the strikers and the packers contend that they cannot bo expected to dismiss them now in order , o reinstate the men who struck. A per- lexlng feature ot the present situation Is hat large numbers of idle men have rc- cnlly drifted into South Omaha from out- _ Ms and are clamoring for work. Mayor ohnston Is endeavoring to protect the un- mployed men of families by causing theme o register their names in his olllco and to tate when and where last employed. With his Information the mayor appeals to the lackers and other employers of labor to glvo hcso needy men work in order that their amllles may not starve. The situation Is indeed critical. It Is utllo to stop to inquire Into the cauajs Icail-i ng up to this deplorable condition of affairs t South Omaha. When the men struck 'or a better scale of wages they undoubtedly , vcre convinced of the righteousness of their ause. The failure of the strike Is not nec- - icrlly conclusive evidence that they were wrong. If their leaders erred In Ignoring the widespread depression tn Industrial pursuits n spite of which they ordered a strike the ank and Hie of strikers In South Omaha cculd do nothing but obey the order to quit ivork , They are now penniless , Starvation tares them In the face. In such emer gencies the people look to their city and county officials to devise ways and means 'or relief. Something must he done at once. CAN TllKY IiK St'AtlKI ) . The New York Times , in the bitterness of ts disappointment over the defeat ot Its liopea for a tariff reform measure- nearer to 'ree Undo than the new law , advises that the men whom It holds responsible for the law shall bo treat'd as traitors to the demo cratic party. It says there has beeir enough of words and that the next thing needed ts action , "from this time forward let every democrat. " urges th ; Times , "from Mr. Cleveland to the single voters whose com bined force makes the part } ' , treat these men as not democrats , as not evjn republicans In disguise , but as undisguised , unconcealed traitors , who have taken the price of trea son. " HeferJiico Is made to the "conserva tive" senators Gorman , Drlce , Smith and two or thrco others who refused to be parties to tlie destructive attack on the in dustries of the country made in the Wil son bill , and the Implication Is that these senators were the beneficiaries of the Sugar trust. It is possible that the Times may also have had Secretary Carlisle In mind , for that journal has been most Industriously en deavoring to besmirch him In connection with tha sugar schedule of the new tariff law. law.The The New York democratic organ Is not alone in Us desire to drive certain senators out of the party. Doubtless Mr. Wilson , Mr. Crisp and a number ot other more or less prominent democrats who are disappointed at not being permitted to do more In the di rection of trie trade entertain the same sentiment. It is probable , even , that Mr. Cleveland feels that these senators ought to be read out of the party , not , howe\er , on account of thlcr support of the sugar sched ule , for the president was In favor of a duty on sugar , hut because they would not agree to free coal and Iron ore. The con demned senators are unquestionably In the minority In the party , nut In regard to the advice of the Times that they be treated as traitors , the question suggests ltslf. can they be spared ? Judged as politicians seycral of these senators are the shrewdest men In their party. Mr. Gorman easily ranks first -among democratic political managers and Mr. Drlce has at least been valuable to the party as 'a liberal contributor to Its campaign funds. The others have qualities that have been useful heretofore and may b : again. Can the democratic party. In its present con dition , when It Is so sadly in need of shrewd political managers and counsellors and really has no'on ; qualified to assume leader ship and harmonize the factions , afford to send these men adrift ? It is prutty rjafe tc predict that however strong the sympathy ol some of the disappointed democrats may b ! with the admonition of the Times thfre wllS be no serious attempt to fallow it. A more probab'c thing Is that before the nxt presi dential campaign they will be urging Mr , Gorman to assume the management of It and nppallng to all the others to put forth thcli best efforts for the party. It will certain ! ) need them all , If every present sign Is nol misleading , and the events of the ensulni two years are very likely to work their vln dlcatlon , so far as their fight against the de structive assault on protection Is concerned It lools very much like Bt raining a tcchnl calltr when It ts proposed to exclude tin popullsta of Illinois from thft privileges o the other parties under the election lav simply becaus * while the head o the ticket last Urn * polled tie necessary 2 pe cent ot the tot-il number ot votes some o the other candidates fell short of the requlslt number. The populist strength this year can not well be diminished by any such device a this , nnd It might ha augmented amoni these who view it as analogous to x > ersecu tlon , Let the Illinois popullsta put the ! ticket In the field and let it be beaten by th weight , of votes cast against it. The sugar planters ot Louisiana propo * to make an effort through the courts lo se cure the payment ot this year's bounty o : sugar , and hav taken steps to bring aul tn the United States court of claims. Th petition sets forth that all the requirement ot the Jaw for- the present year have been complied with anl haye been formally nc wtcd by the tn1-d | Statca , that under the rntlsiout ot thoHiw relating lo the nugar liomity the planters have gone on nnd en larged Iho nrpis ) : sugar planting , secured advances from their brokers OTid have made their crops , flftd they demand that the United Slates shill carry out Its part of the contract. The claimants to bounty In Ne- hrnska are alsd r&vlnK ! to secure payment , and will doubtless urge their claim on the sam- > general fcYMTiTd as the Louisiana plant ers pr - "l , that they have complied with the law , and , having fulfilled their part of the contract , YMytxpecl the government to do Its part. There Is high opinion that the sugar producers have a good case , and Us prosecution will ho regarded with general Interest. The amount Involved Is about $11,000,000. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Wo have the authority of the city engineer that tt will be Impossible to prosecute the work of constructing , a conduit system , or for that matter , any other work of a similar nature during the , wlnter months. Money voted now for public Improvements of this i character therefore cannot be expended until next spring and summer , At the same | tlmo , however , there Is a great deal of necessary work which the city will have to undertake very soon , and which ulll tax Its rcicurces heavily. The city ntcds an ex tension of its softer system and the build ing of Be\vcrs tor surface drainage In the business portion ot the city. It will have to rcpavc miles of streets which are now In a practically Impassable condition , It has Us parks and boulevards to develop. It money Is to be voted for public Improve ments al the coming election the necessary wprk should take precedence of that which , although perhaps desirable , Is of doubtful present utility. The city must continue Its public works and It has more work to do than It has money to pay for it. The nomination ot Mayor Weir of Lincoln as the populist candidate for congress In the First Nebraska district will not have an appreciable result In diminishing the advan tage \\hlch the republican nominee , Judge Strode , possesses. The democrats will not endorse Weir and he cannot hope to secure more than a couple of thousand votes -at most. It Is Improbable that he will retire In favor of the democratic candidate , as Is being urged in some quarters , and even If ho should retlra the republicans would gain as much as the democrats. Unless something entirely unforeseen and unusual develops before the day ot election the successor of Congressman Bryan will be a republican. Postmaster Heslng of Chicago has almost concluded that his .talents arc needed more In the Improvement 'pf the postal service of his own office than m giving unasked-tor ad vice and counsel-to the postmaster general at Washington. r . ' A I'ntul Illtiiuter. nuct Ctotptv IlemM. The artlai > of'the- republican state con vention In OmaJut Wednesday , handicapped OH It V.TIH by laUroaO domination , committed nn eBiPKrlouff "liltirider a blunder that at once places thSt'p&rty on thedefensive. . On the head of the ticket the convention put a. man , using The Uee's own words , "of mediocre ability , void of character and Integrity. Hls"cflr4er in public life has been n reproach to the republican party and a blot upon-Its escutcheon " Anlli ! a | t < > Lincoln Nens. The News would ies > pectfully suggest to those newspapers and pnlltlchuiH that are dcvotlnir their time and supposed talents tt > virulent abuse of Ilosewnler that they are Indulging- very poor policy. It Is. In fact , a virtual udmlpslon that his defection Is n inuM. Important one and will give those who have no personal grievance against him an idea that his bolt of Majors IB hurt- In the party. Men of sense recognize that abuse of an opponent geneially nrtses from a lack of nnrumenl on Ihe part of the men who are dolntr the talking , nnd to win decisively In this campaign we must appeal to men's reason and not to partisan hate or personal rancor , No one denies that Mr. IlosEvater is cordially hated by a larse .number of people Intli'ls state ; some bc- enuse he has exposed their rascality , some because they failed to enlist his support of their ambitions or their schemes , pome be cause personal hatred of a number of ed itors haw urged them to persistent abuse and vlllltluatlon of Hosevvnterwhile there are others who have been unjustly assailed by him. But let us not make Itosewater the Issue ; if we do It lei-seiiH the chance of winning , because It detractH fiom the proper presentation of the real Issues. Any man has a right to withdraw from the re publican party If Its candidates or Its principles do not suit Jitm , just as any and every republican has , the rlnht tt > say who Bhatl be the nominees of his party. The republican party Is greater than any of the men In Its ranks ; and FO long as UB principles nre rlcht and | m Candidates un sullied Its triumph Is assured , l'I.K.l ! > JSTttlES. Chicago Tribune : "Getta outt" yelled the peanut vender at the street corner , throw ing a brickbat at the thlevlnu rat and lookIng - Ing daggers at the poVlceman. Indianapolis Journal : Wlbble Honestly , now , < lo you think you reporters will ever go to heaven ? Spacer I con't sny.s.StllU the other place ought to be the best for sensational stories and big fires. Washington Btar."VNow. " said the phy- Blelan who Is noted for his heavy charges , "I must take your temperature. " "All riKht. " responded the patient , In a tone of utter resignation. "You've got about every thing else I own. " WHEN PIIAYER IS ENDED. Kate rieM'a Washington. Sly friend was lying at death's door. Attended by physicians four. Each one assured me that "he knew The danger and would pull him through. " Tlut I dare only whisper. "Pray ! Good gentlemen , pray , pull this way. " Iff F.t Jl COIlK.t , IndlapftpblU Journal' . ' ' In fer away Grotesque Catlpin' ' . .Where the lee lotMtlngs all night ' ' In a willow tree lly the sad , sail sea , TJr.ave men wen ! forth to flsht. There were LI Hung Chunc And ICI Wun LUIIK And bold Choc Chi Choo Cham , With Chank Wong Chlng And Sam Moy Bin ? And fleree Wall Wee Woo Warn. There was sword nor gun , But each brave one A tom-tom wlhlly beat , And they all cried "Uool" Al the foe nud fljiv. To n safe nnd sjRitffretreat , There were IB Hung Chung- And Id WuirlJBMff And bold Chee Chi Ohoo Chum , With Chans Wong Chlng And Sam Moy Sln r And fierce Wah Wee- Woo Warn. No blood W.-IH FplHed NCI one wax killed nut they all marched home once moro And to this day tell How they drove pell-mell Th ? foe from ihelr sacred shore. There were LI Hung Chuni ; And Kl Wun Lund And hold Chee Chi Choo Cham , With ChansVong Chlnjr And Sam Moy Bln And neroeVahWo * Woo Warn , rtnws OF IT , Denver Itepubtlcan Nebraska1 * republi cans have made n had start in the campaign. The party In Colorado should Avoid tha dan ger of factional division when It comes to choasa its candidates' ' next month. New York World : The Nebraska republi cans , judging from the proceedings ot their convention yesterday , have decided tn give tha democrats of that stale some needed en couragement. In nominating a railroad lob byist for governor and electing the general solicitor of the Union Pacific railway as na tional comtnlttccman-ln place of mi honest man , who resigned , tha party dtiplayed the full audacity ot Ita'adUlatlona. St. Louis Republic : Nebraska republican politicians are doing all they can to elect AVIIllam J. Uryan to the United States sen ate. After nominating at the head ot their Mate ticket n man whose conduct and affilia tions excite the scorn of the better clement of the party , they put John M. Thurston In the place on the national committee that HoBcwater resigned In disgust. Thurston Is the republican candidate for the senate. U Is rubbing It In on the decent element pretty hard lo boost him Into Kosewatcr's plnco Immediately after the editor of the most In- lliientl.il republican newspaper In the state had written at Majors In such scathing terms. Kugenc Field In Chicago Record : Edward Rosewater declines to support the republican nominee for governor of Nebraska. He has bolted the convention and he has resigned from the republican national committee , The Indications are that he will cast his Influence and that of his newspaper , The Omaha Bee , with the populists In Nebraska , and these are Influences that are not to bo rnccred at , Hoacwater Is properly recognized as a man ot exceptional Ability and determination ; his professional and business success In Nebraska has been achieved In the face of every con ceivable obstacle , and , if It be conceded that ho Is often headstrong and overbearing , It must also bo conceded that he has at all times been truthful and Incorruptible. Chicago Record : The republicans of Ne braska have Invited defeat by making n. nom ination for governor that has caused a serious split In the party and placed the election virtually In the -hands of the populists , If that party shall nominate a clean ticket. It la charged that Mr , Majors , the republican nom inee , has been mixed up In the schemes that have made a vast deal of Bcnndal In the party and have done much to weaken tt. The result Is that many men In the republican party of Nebraska have no confidence In Majors. At the last election , In 1893 , Harrison risen , republican , was elected Judge of the supreme court by a plurality of 7.3CC , he receiving only a little over 3 per cent more of the vote than his populist competitor. With the disaffection in the party such an advan- ta = o Is not a hard one to overcome with a good candidate. The defeat of the republican state ticket will carry some candidates for congress to defeat as well. The Fifth and Sixth districts will be made doubtful with a strong populist stale ticket. Chicago Times : Editor Rosewater of The Omaha I3ce Is in a til y , but Inconsistent. He has repudiated the nominee of the republi cans for governor , pronouncing him "tho creature of the Burlington railroad bosses" and a disreputable candidate. The editor an nounces his unfaltering purpose to employ his newspaper , which Is one of wide Influence ! and national reputation , for the defeat of the nominee , Majors , nnd In rebuking "tho abject subserviency to railroad rule to which the party of those Immortal commoners , Abraham Lincoln and Thaddeus Stevens , has been reduced. " It must be said at the very outset for Mr. Rosewater that his revolt , which. It can be well understood , was not de termined upon without regret to himself , Is the fitting culmjnatlon of a long , honest and brilliant fight upon Ihe corporations which have dominated the republican party In his state , as. Indeed , they or others like them dominate It everywhere. Ho Is In no sense In the position of a disappointed politician abandoning his party because of pique. Ills record .will defend him against all allegations of that nature which may be brought against him. by the gangsters he has repudiated. But Mr. Rosewater is inconsistent when ho attempts to distinguish between the elements dominating the republican party In Ne- Juraska and the party elsewhere- Chlcago Post : Mr. Rosewater Is not only a politician ; he ts also editor of The Omaha Bee , perhaps the most Influential newspaper west of the Mississippi. In season and out of season ho has been an unswerving re publican and has fought the battles of his party without fear. Ills protest makes It clear that the organization has gone a step too far In doing the bidding of the railway corporations that have always more or less Inspired the political movements of many of the leaders. The sting ot the nomination of Majors Is sharpened by the selection for the vacancy on the committee of John M Thtir- ston ot Omaha , who Is known throughout the length and breadth of the land as the hired lawyer and agent of the railroad companies. It Is not likely that Thurston wanted the place , for he Is a candidate for senator , and the editor Is not likely to be careful as to whom he hits when he Jays about htm. But the temper of the corporation agents rose at the savage letter and they determined to give Rosewater the biggest posslblo dose of cor poration * medicine. It Is not easy to predict what Mr. Rosewater will do now. It Is likely. though , that If the populists put up an ac ceptable man he will give his support to that party. And In his bolt he will be followed , we have no doubt , by the decent republicans of Nebraska , who have been sickened by the I persistent subordination of their principles ' to the Interests ot the railroads. Chicago Record1 When Mr. Thurston and Ills friends at the Omaha convention gave illthi'rambic expression to the joy they pro fessed to feel over Mr. Rosewater's defection It may be assumed that they spoke and acted under the Impulse of political excite ment rather than from deliberate calculation. Later In the campaign we may flnd Mr. Thurston regretting the absence from their councils of the ally they now EO gayly part withal. If , as seems not unlikely , the editor of The Omaha Bee should lend himself and his Influence to a defection toward the- popu list camp the result will be far from pleas ing to the republicans who "have insisted upon the nomination of Majors In the face of Mr. Ilosewater'n protest. In the present state of Nebraska , politics no party enjoys a safe majority. Both the old parties have lost heavily to the populist movement. The state Is very generally In revolt against what Mr. Ilosewatcr somewhat grandiloquently called "corporate monopoly and tyranny -upon the people of the commonwealth. " Of that revolt Mr. Iloscwatcr has been the acknowledged leader in the republican party. He may or may not continue his leadership , but his In fluence Is not likely to be counteracted bjr the vague professions contained In the Thurston platform of "renewed faith" In the" * Minne apolis platform and the partly of the metals. Nebraskans have been educated beyond glit tering generalities In respect of the special reforms of which they conceive themselves to be In need. Mr. Rosewater probably under stands their temper better than any other leader In the state. vo.txT WATGU rums. Philadelphia Times : The dynamite gun Is n great Invention , but it will require many pneumatic batteries scattered around to make Manhattan Island another Gibraltar. Philadelphia Record : The pneumatic gun which Is undergoing test at Sandy Hook not only flings Its explosive shells with accuracy , but with remarkable rapidity. Ten shota were fired from It on Thursday In fifteen minutes. Within Its range of action It Is safe to say there Is no weapon of olfense yet devised which compares In destructive clll- clency with this pneumatic terror. Boston Globe ; The awful possibilities ol modern war are shoun by the succcssfu experiments nt Sandy Hook with the new fifteen-Inch pneumatic guns , which throw with unerring accuracy Jl.OOO projectile * welching a quarter of a ton each and com posed of one of the most destructive ex plosives ever known. The explosion of any one of these messengers of death would abso Uitely annihilate a nhip. A hostile war vessc olt the coast would be destroyed before I could oven sight New York. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S.Gov't Report PURE T/JJ.VOtr/M , It Is still thought to be probable that RiiMla will take on active part In the quarrel between China and Japan over Corcn. Itussla Im a treaty -with the latter , -which , besides providing extra territorial/ ! ! nil Russians In Corea , makes It posslblo for linsslnn war ships to me freely the unopened as well n the optn ports of the llttlo kingdom. Although - though the benefits promised are mutual , yet since C'oroa has no navy , and there Is no likelihood of her ever availing herself at v.ilotm stipulations , Iho text rtads wonder fully Hkn the conversations of a bear mid a- lamb. Although Ilerr Mollemlort was deco- rntcd by the czar for hla active part In the ncRotlatlon of this treaty , the Corcan govern ment , whose hand ites moved > y 1,1 HUIIR Chang of China , soon Rave him dismissal. It Is highly suggestive to rend this treaty In the light of Russia's illplonmcy and intcrpic- tatlon of treaties under Ijjnatlcft In 1801. Then an area of territory ns largo as Franco wan sliced from China and made a part of Utissln , whoso borders nt once adjoined Corca , with n fordablc river only a few score yards wide between. Uotweon Qensan , the northern Corcnn port , and 1'osslctlo Is less than n dny's steaming. Between Itiirslan town and Corcan frontier Is but twenty-five miles. * * It Is expected that the czar will shortly Issue an ukase by which authority will bo given to begin work upon the project of con necting the Ilnltlc with the Illacls sea by nn nrtlllclal wdterway. The connection will be effected by a canal , which shall join the waters of the Illvor Dwlna with those of the Dnieper , and when the construction shall be completed the liusjl.in navies will be able | to proceed from the arsenals anil shipyards at Kronstudt to Sebastopol ultltuut being obliged to run the gauntlet through the En glish channel , the Strait of Gibraltar and the Dardenellcs. Such a cannl would virtu ally reduce to a nullity the treaties debarring Russian men-of-war from passing from the Mediterranean to the Disc It sea ; they would no longer need to go that w.iy , Slmul- | taneously with the announcement of this i Russian project a renewal of Interest In the I proposed UordeauxNarbonneship canal has j been manifested nt Paris. This coincidence Is significant. From a military point of view the proposed waterway through southern France , by which connection would be es tablished between the Atlantic and the Modi- tcranean , would bo a valuable complement to the Russian scheme. The two canals would afford the means'of rapidly concentrat ing the combined navies of Russia and Prance In the great southern Inland sen. Such a possibility , threatening the naval su premacy of Great Britain In the Mediter ranean , may well cause anxiety In the "rltlsh admiralty. , . . . While In almost every civilized country of the world there Is a marked tendency on the part of the rural population to flock to tlio towns and cities In the hope at Improve ment of Its material prospects , In Denmark alone the people show a disposition to migrates from the towns to the country. Tills Is duo to the Increased care arid attention bestowed by the Danish government upon agriculture , an Industry which about ten years ago was apparently In Its death throes. The Danish farmer , on the advice of the authorities , has adapted his business to up-to-date require ments. Finding that the price of wheat has fallen on so largely as to leave little profit tn the cultivator , he has turned hh land to letter purposes , and laid himself out to pro- luce butter nnd'cgKS to the greatest possible extent , the export of butter for the past year wvlng exceeded the average for the previous hree years by 17,000,000 pounds. As for > lgs , the Danes have made the discovery hat they pay best when sent abroad In the orm of bacon and ham , and they have erected abattoirs and hog-curing establish ments on a large scale , with most satlsfnc- ory results. The result Is that nt the pres- int moment Denmark Is the only country In Jurope from which one hears no complaints of the decline of agriculture and of the evil lays that are alleged to have overtaken arming. * * * It Is astonishing how severely Ashantee has > een let alone , while Europe has been scram- ) llng frantically for Mr lean territory , whether good or bad. It Is almost the only tart of Africa , except the Libyan desert , hat has not been entered for purposes of exploration or conquest. Her people were oumlly thrashed Just twenty years ago for meddling with European settlements on the coast. They have never forgotten the lesson , They have kept their distance ever since , the vhltes have let them alone , and wa have heard nothing of Ashantee for years , except the brief reports of two or three missionaries and travelers. Yet Dal.omey never saw the lay when she compared In extent , population or strength with Ashantco. These two na- lens are commonly referred to together be cause of the similarity of their people , arts and Institutions , Including their frightful human sacrifices , The imputation of Ashantee. estimated In 1870 at 2,000,000 , was ten times hat of Dahomey. The military prowcts of xitli nations has always been held In respect , ' 'ranee did not dream of making the con- lucst of Dahomey until she was compelled to Ighl by native aggressions. Ashantee has jecn let severely alone , because she has bc- laved herself , ard costly wars of con.u5st.jre lot apt to be popular , nowadays , unless there s good excuse for fighting. If the French lave actually reached Coomassle , In the In-art of the country , their enterprise ? Is remarkable , and not the least for the bocrecy with which It has been carried out. Details of the Inva sion will be awaited with great Interest. To every Intelligent render of The Dec the nune of Hubert ] ' . Porter la familiar. As flupcrlntendent of the imtlonnl rciistm Mr. 1'orter has gained Interimtlonnl fam ns the foremost HtiitlKtlclan of the I'nlted States. Ills \nnt fund of Information touching the numerous mibjeol * of Inquiry contemplated liy the census familiarized lilm with the social. Industrial and com mercial comllllonr of the country. Upon these mibjectq lie Is recognize * ! us n , most eminent nulhotlty. Mr. Porter ronttlbutea to The Sunilny Hoc nn exclusive letter re viewing conic df the most sulking1 fen tun. ' * of tin ; cen u < i of iMrt. llo points out the decrease In the birth into nnd explains how It can be uccnunlcd for. He piedlctn that nt the end of the century the population will have rent-lied a tnlul of 75,000,000 , , baslnnr his conservative rutlmntf. of course , upon the experience of the pnat. Mr. Porter's letter Is not n ilr > u-heaivnl of flgurcf , but rather Ihe InHtructUp deductions ! to bo gained from the stupendous results nt- tnlncd by the rtmus buienu. "nils letter , by the way , Is the first of n Hcrles dentliicd to attract very general uttuntlon. The subject of the wmd pnpnr will be : "I'ublla Debt , " and tlinl of the third : "Individual Debt. " Thif v\llt appear In successive- Issues of Thp Sunday UPC. Mr. J'orler sailed for llnglnnd hint week , whither he goes to malaa thorough Investigation of Industrial condition * . Ha will contilbule a number of popular economic articles de voted to the living questions before the American people todnv. Mr , Porter will take a run through the Industrial regions and send luck fuels relating to the effects of the democratic tariff bill on English manufacture" , These letters will form lend ing features of foithcomlng- Issues of The Sunday 15ee. Frank O. Carpenter's Corcan tetter In The Sunday lice describes the despicable methods of extorting money from tlio peo- nlc employed by Mln Yung Jim , the Hill Tweed of Corea. Men t-uspeetcd of pos sessing money nre steamed nnd roasted for declining to disgorge. Ofllclnls who are paid JWO n year expected to squeeze about 115,000 annual ! ) out of the people. OMIcers of the civil service nnd of the army prac tice systematic eotruptlon , Mealing- both ftoin their subordinate * and the Kovcrn- nipnt , which Is beset by public plunderers. Olllclal Integrity nn unknown quantity. Causes of the rebellion nnd why the com- niaSi people nre justlllod In their revolt. Mr. Carpenter picseiils a vast fund of In side Infoi million respecting Coreun affairs which Is of extraordinary Interest , The recent test mauu of a new pneumatic dynamite gun off Handy IfooVc will be fully described In The Sunday 15cc. This won derful coant defense gun throws n projectile weighing " , OJ pouncH nearly two miles , the destructive qualities of which are terrific. A missionary who has resided on the river bottoms the past few months recounts his experiences In giaphlc style under the caption : "Omaha's Illvurslde Parish. " The woman's page of The Sunday Bee- Is prepared with unusuaJ care , presenting much original matter designed to attract feminine readers. It ! ? fresh , crUp and entertaining , and will form one of the most noteworthy features of tomorrow's issue. A special copyrighted article ) on the great American game of foot ball , by a compe tent New York correspondent , will lend un usual Interest to the spoi ting page of The Sunday Itee , which In all other respects will be fully up to the high standard here tofore attained. "Arbitration1 In Ontario' " Is an settingfortli the provisions of the vinclul law for the settlement of labor dlfllcnltlc-s. The workings of boards of ar bitration and conciliation nre shown , Imparting partingInfotmillion of peculiar Interest to Nebraska ! ! ) ! at thin time. TilMiop Cleveland Coxc of Buffalo con tributes a copyrighted nitlcle on the sources of law and government which all students of polltlcaJ economy will read with Inter est. Thi : bishop. In masterful style , traces American IdeaH to their origin , points out the danger of constitution tinkering , re- countH the mistakes of hlhtory and recalls the maxims of Washington. A well authenticated Piinhe ntory la rel ished , by all classes of readers. In an arti cle headed "The AilHlocrncy of Sriake- dom" tlio xtt Iking featured of se/pent lifo are depleted by a naturalist who has given the subject much study. } ; ; / - ' JPrepare _ for Scliool , We've marked down till prices cut no flguro in our children's department and Thursday , Fri day , Saturday we place on special sale . Nobby school suits $2.50 $3 $3.50 $4,50 $5 These are knee pant suits that sold up to $10. Nobby school suits $5 $6 $6.50 $7.50.-$8.50 Those are long pant suits that sold up to $15 , There'll be none left after Saturday for such as these won't last long1. Everything for boy's way-way down. Men's suits half price to make room for fall goods. Browning , King & Co , , Reliable Clothier * , S. W , Cor. 15th and Douglas.
