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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1894)
THE OMAHA DAIlY BE& SUNDAY SEPf R 23 , THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEB. II. nOSKWATER. Bdllor. or so seni ITION. n llr Dee < wllhoul Sumlfiy ) , Onu Year . t M Dally Itoc and b'umHy. One Y ir . IJ JO Hit llnnilu . . . , . . . J 52 Thru Jtnrulin . JM Kunilny HOP. Oaf Y ir . J 22 Riituniny lire , One IVnr . . . . . . . . > J" Weekly Itec. Onn Y < > nr . " Omnl > v Tli DP ? Hull-Imp. . Bniilh Omaha. Corner N nnd Twi-ntJ'-fourtti Sts. Council niiiirn. 12 I'rnrl Strcot. Chicago ompc. 317 Clifltnlr ol Commerce. New Ynrle , llo-mm 11. 31 nnfl li. Tribune Bids. Wnihlnxton. W7 r Slrcft. N. W. fOHnKHFON'DBNCB. All commimlcntlonB relntlnir to n r ami edl- loitol matter hnulJ l niMrc ea : To the Uaitor. lltl&INBSn All t > ui > ltt ( > ni tcltnrii nml rnnlltnnces nhoutil lie neJdrrmeil in Thn llc Piiblliihlnit eompnnir , Omiili.i. Dm ft i , cliccl. * nml imilnlllcc nram to b mnOe nntnl > l to llie orclcr f tlie pninpanv. THI ; iiEin rimusuiKO COJII-ANY. BTATIMINT : OK cmctnwnoK. flMrse II. 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Notary Public. M'o rrjolco In tlm [ | iilrlnr < il ronnrlrnco of the propta concerning political nflaliM , mill will hulil nil public nfllrors tn it rlRl't rn- sponslblllty inn ] < -nriiKn | { tlml lnr : > nn ' | > lcilit' | > tluit thn proncrtitlnii nn < l puiitHhinriil t all nlin tiotrny olllchil trust H Hliull lie thurauch nml nn p irlnj. Niitlonil : It llcnn rintMriii , 1K7CI. M'ontlt'i- China M'ill over know when Silt ! Is TllO OK-VlCl1 pl'L'Mllloilt hilH fottlltl UlO plnce built tint ; lits station at lust. It Is thu Boveruorshli ) of a px nt sttitc. When It cotiicH to si fljiht between two glgnntlc combinations , us to which shall 'bo the only wlii8l 3- trust , the public will look on with comimrallvc uucou- cuni. The Aim't'luin ellinato does not seem to affect the visiting Ilriltali crloketnion tletrlnientnlly. Cllniatit : condltioitH bent' only iiyon Aincricnn athletes Avlio arc visit Ins Great IJrltaln. It Is evidently not one of the cliarac- teilstlcs of Snporrfsltif ; Architect O'ltont'Iio to fjivo up a lucrative jroveni- incnt position Rracefully. IHit lie is not alone In this chnructorl.stic. to the ItitoMt treasury do- clalon under the new tariff the i > ro.sl- deut can import free OC duty all the salt necessary for curing the sreat catches of rish Hint ho may bring in , The work of tliu eleventh census Is expected to bo entirely completed with in live months , but the series known as the War oC the KeiH'lllon Records has still an Indefinite number of volumes In sight Secretary Morton will be tiblo to ex. pntiato on the bouutien of free trade tea a very Hympathetic nmlfencc when lit gets nt ) to speak 'at the banquet to bi glrai Chairman Wilson in London this week. Iini7.ll wants to make a lonn ot onl.j E3,000,000. Should It be unable to secure cure the money , ave presume the presl dent will bo accused of being a i > opullsl and of liiivlng thus , by the name alone ruined the credit of the republic. WInspear , Kasper and Ualcoinbe ol the Board of Public Works went dowi : to Buffalo loaded with fucte and figure * about Omaha. They told thu IJnttU lonlnns that Omaha is the only tovvi uow on the mai > west of Chicago. Census Certificate Schweiiclc Is nion than usually acllvu In Seventh wan politics. It la scarcely piobable tlia liny rcimtnblo candidate will want t ( risk hia chances by pcrinlttlii } Schweuck to smuggle hlmselt Into tin county convention. Senator Brlco may once more resuini hla rcsWenco In New York. All that lib allegiance to Ohio demands is lliat In Bhall devote enough attention to tin Btatc which he is mipposcd to rcpic Bent in the cenate to prevent hlmsel being ccnsin-cd by his party convention After witnessing the doubtful BUCCCK with which the Atclil.son recelverH bnvi T > een innntiglng that road , no womle : the train robbera came to the concht alon that they could sel7.e it and con duct It with greater profits to them aelvea , If not to the stockholders am bondholders. Wo are now told that Tom Major : makes no pretensions of being betto than his party. Wo should hope not It he did he would bo pretending thai bis party was worse than he is. Ala for the party that , by misfortune , fall BO low. The redemption of thu part ; lies In repudiating JIaJors. The railroads ought to object to tin new army order coucentiatlng th troopa near the larger cities. It nui ; prevent them from carrying the soldier from one end of the United States ti the other every time there Is n threat of trouble In some corner of the conn try. This would be a calamity ludeeO Judge Iloleomb repeats his cmpliatl ilaiilal of the charge that ho Is or ha been a Burlington attorney and has n last forced the newspaper which origl unfed the falsehood to print his denla This will not ileti-r the railroad organ throughout the state from continuing t put forth the statement OB true. MU representation la tlio foundation of th tattooed candldalo'a campaign. JS OTHKIIS SKE VS. O , wad Rome power the gltlte gle > us To ceo oiirfolven ni others see us. This wldely-quotpd couplet of Burna * M applicable alike to individuals and lo communities , The Impressions which our city makes upon n visitor , especially when formed with the aid of n friendly eye , are generally better calculated to show both our weak and our strong KInts than tiny amount of observation jy people who are residing permanently In our midst. Omaha ought not , there fore , to Jet pass unnoticed the oppor tunity to see herself ns others see her given by two visitors from the cast who liave very recently spent n short wldlo in our midst The first of these visitors is Prof. A. 1' . Marble , soon to Install lilmsclf in tin ; Hiiperlnteiulcncy of our public schools , who has contributed to the Worcester Spy an account of his western Journey. The second Is Mr. William 13. Curtis , the Washington cor respondent of tlu Ohlciigo Itecord , for merly chief of the Ittirenn of American lU'publlcs under the Stnto department , av man of travel and of wide experience , who lias Included a slietch of Oninha In Ids letters to bis paper. Prof. Marble contlnes himself chiefly to the descriptive , but in describing what he has scon he cannot help em phasizing lite features which have struck him most forcibly. He Is par ticularly impressed with the regularity of our streets , the substantial character of the pavements In the business portion tion of the city , with the public build ings , and , above all , as might naturally tie expected , with the appearance of our [ iitbllc school houses. The High school In particular , on the old capital grounds , Is , he says , one of the finest In America , and no other within his knowledge has so spacious nnd elegant n campus. The pride which the people take lu tin- schools Is also one of the first things which comes to his notice. Prof. Marble refers to the facility with which great banks of earth arc cut down and the artificial surface thirty and forty feet bplow the natural surface Is soon made by the sun as fertile as befoie a fact to which Mr. Curtis also adverts. The one point of ciitlclsjn which the pro- fcs.sor has to offer is that Omaha has been spread over such a vast territory and the clusters of residences In the various "additions" have been sep arated Into abdiHt Isolated communities. There Is something more of a critical siilrlt manifested by Mr. Curtis In Ills letters. lie also notes the wonderful giowtii of Omaha and her varied Indus tries. He sees much to admire In our public buildings , particularly the school houses , which for architectural beauty and picturesqueness of location ha thinks cannot bo cmmlert in any other city. What Mr. Curtis objects to Is thu Irregulailty of our business blocks , which display the incongruities and uu- evenness so ( titinu'terlstlc of all new cltlea. The old two-story frame struc ture In an apprehensive state of decay still destroys the effect of the magnifi cent business block that stands beside It. The line residences' , of which hi' ' ban discovered not a i"tnv , are hidden In so ninny different quarters of the cltj that n person has to iniiuire to find them. They are scattered all over the town and there is not n. single street eleven even or regular excellence. Omaha h the city of "magnificent distances , " uol Washington. And he once more repeat ; whnt 1ms been repeated so often , thai Omaha's depot facilities would be ai disgrace to a town of 5,000 inhabitants Wo may not find anything very nevs In the observations made by these vis Hors of which we were not provlouslj awaie , but they may enable us to re arrange our psrspeetlve according t ( disinterested advice. It will never bi too late for Oniiibn to lonruMrom the experience of visitors who kindly voluu teer their opinion of our city. JAPAN A310NO 'J'lIK I > 0\\'RHS. \ \ The world hns long taken a Hvelj interest in .lapan , and this lias bcci greatly Increased by recent events which have most conspicuously demon strutcil the supoilority of the , Tapanes < among the people of the Orient. Tin country has a most Interesting and re mnrknblo history , but It is only wltl that portion of It which relates tin progress of the hist forty years tin growth of the new .Taipan In which tin general reader will have tiny Interest With this advance of "the Land of tin Ulslng Sun , " the United States hai had much to do , this country bavin ; exerted a greater influence there , per hnpi , than any other. In 1833 Com inodoro Perry was sent on an expedl tlon to Japan , which resulted in t treaty boln ) ; made between that coun try aind the United States the firs treaty entered Into by 1hc .lapanesi nnd really the beginning of the re markable change In the political am commercial conditions of the empln that has since taken place. Wltlih tlie next half a dozen years treat tie ; were concluded with England , liussin Prussia , Franco and other nations , ant /evidences of the great awakenlnj In Japan , so far ns political and mate tlal ullairs were concerned , began t < bo manifested. In 1807 the imperial government wa changed from thu old to the new form and thu work of reform was resumci with great vigor. The establishment o diplomatic relations with westen powers nnd the education of Jnpanes students In foreign countries wer prominent features of the reform move incut , and thi'y were fully carried oul From this time Japan assumed at plac as am important inem'ber of the famll. of nations , which she has Kteaiiily tin proved. Her political Institutions ar modeled largely upon , those of th United States. The people enjoy inor freedom than those of any other AslatI nationthere Is an excellent educations system which is generously cared fo by the government , and the presa I allowed a large degree of liberty. Th extension of commerce nnd the fostei Ing of industries tire the constant coi cent of thu government. In short , th Jaiuau ot today is doing everythln practicable to advance civilisation I Um Orient. At the same tlmo th tnlUttny necessities of the empire , u eyc-nta show , have not been neglectei nndwhat has been accomplished I building ui > a military and naval c ; tnbltsbiueut Ifl not loss extraordinary limn the nttalmnont In other direc tions. The ability , the skill nnd the courage that hare characterized the op erations of tjio Japanese In the C'oronn wnr have surprised the world , which t is now apparent haul greatly underestimated - estimated the military spirit , the pa triotism nnd the bravery of those pee ple. ple.Tho The signal victories won by the Jap- uiosa an land nnd water have opened this eyes of the world to the fact that lapan has attained the position of a power that must hereafter be reckoned with. The world's balance of power a changed by this Asiatic revolution , mil henceforth In tha 1'aiclflc this Island empire will speak with authority , Kvcn Russia will have to respect this now great power In the affairs of the east , and England Is no longer able to regard It with Indifference. Japan \vlll henceforth command the attention and respect of the nations , and this means much iu tlio future politics ot the world. KA'OW A IMII'JT-PfiOJf j 7MZVD3JTI' . Tha Traveling Men's Lcnguo of Ne- bmkii has resolved to "stand up and be counted tar Nebraska , " and to tlo that vote lie straight republican ticket because the democrats have surrendered to the popu- Ists. Nebraska business Interest have suffered moro from populist legislature1 ! than from grasshoppers , droughts , or any other calamity that over befell the state. Inter Ocean. It Is an old ndnge that a lie will travel seven league while truth Is put ting on Its boots.vTho Nebraska Traveling Men's league Is not a politi cal association. It has passed no reso lutions to support nny ticket or any candidate. Eleven members of the It-ague , without authority or consent of any of their associates , met nt Lincoln the other day and promulgated a string of whereases to which they tacked a resolution to support Tom Majors for governor. This la the basis - . \ mtho \ only basis of the report which the Inter Ocean has seen lit to print ns an ex pression of the entire uieinhorMilp of tlio traveling men's association. Ne braska commercial travelers know a hawk from a handsaw. rOLITIOA ft SI'KA OG/M PJIKttS , Tlio Nebraska statutes provide that every Judge of the district court may appoint an official stenographer or re porter who shall bo competent to take down and transcribe oral testimony of witnesses In court. The theory upon whlcli stenographers were Introduced into the court room was that the in creased rapidity with which business Is transacted by them saves time and money , both to state and litigants. The system 3s both economical nnd highly advantageous. The position of official court .stenographer is one which requires tins highest degree of : skill lu the "short hand profession. The responsibility at taching to It Is such that Incompetency cannot be excused. The reporter's rec ord must be accurate , or it becomes worse than no record at all. It some times happens that the turning point In a suit involving many thousands of dollars hinges upon one answer of an Important witness In a case , and Hn inaccurate report of the testimony would prove disastions to one or the ntltcr party to the suit. ' Within tlie past few years candidates for thu bench have In some instances traded appointments for vote4 * . Nc heed was paid to the reporter's fitness for the duties of the oflice. A yountj man In York county was recontiy ap pointed official court reporter. lie bat ] no knowledge of shorthand , nnd se cured a substitute to do the work , dl rldine the salary with him during tin time required for the appointee to plch up a smattering of the art The place was secured through the Intervention of Influential men who had nccoin pllshed the election of a judge. In tin Omaha district at least three reporter ! have been appointed during tlte pas ! live years whose only qualification was their penchant for ward politics. Theli ability to perform , the exacting duties of the office was not considered. Law yern arc continually protesting ngains this growing abuse , which imperils tin interests of their clients , but they dan not openly make such protests lest the } offend the court. Shorthand is an exact science. A re porter can either report verbatim tin proceedings of a trial , or he cannot. I be cannot hq has no business iu court Any competent stenographer knowi that nn average speed of 200 words i minute Is required to accurately repor court proceedings. Such qualiflcatloi cannot be acquired In a , month , or t year , and many so-called stenograph ers can never attain It. It is-fllgldy es senlhil therefore that all applicants fo the position of court reporter should bi reunlrud by the Judges to stand a sat Ififaiclory examination as to competency The bench owes this much to litigants These appointments must not be par cried out as the rewind of partisan service. To do so Is to degrade th court and put n premium upon inconi potency. or couNTm HOADS. Harper's Weekly of a week ago cite a county In New Jersey where whei funds were provided to undertake a sys tcntatlu improvement of its couutr ; rotuls It was discovered that In nearl ; every Instance the roads in the count ; were precisely where they should not be Iu this particular case the engineer whi had been retained reported that of th ifr O.OOO available half would be tnos advantageously TIBCI ! In relocating threads roads and In reducing the grades wher relocations might bo Impossible. The point which It is sought to nmk Is that the proper location of countr ; roads Is equally Important , If not mor Important , than the improvement o them after they have once been laid out Mistakes In construction can usually b easily remedied ; mistakes In location cm bo remedied Only by axpunsivo rclocn tlon nnd they arc bound to make th work of improvement both difllcult an of comparatively little value. It is to b noted that when a railroad Is to bo prc jected the best attainable cnglncerln , talent la secured. But with a couutr ; roaid any two or three practical farmer arc generally thought to bare ski ! enough to lU'ltrnilne whoio It should go. As n matter of fact , we are told , It Is more illdlciilt iua requires more skill to properly locajo n country road than lo fix the line for n railroad. The road- builder has many more things lo con sider than Ihcrjriyiwuy engineer. "The latter. " to fuwiil the language of tin- writer tn Harper's Weekly , "makes his road as nearly an nlr line as he can with the means ait hla command. lie can es tablish bis grades with deep cuttings and high embankments , lie oaui have long trestles ami can tunnel under the hllhj , reachlngrtl natural surface only tit places for stations , lint tlie roadwaiy engineer lias a much more difficult prob lem. Cuttings and embankments , except for very short distances , are out of.tho question , and tunnels and trestles en- ilrely Inadmissible , for his road mustbi1 accessible through pretty nearly Its en tire length from both sides , for other wise it could not be approached by these who wish to use it lie must therefore always keep very nearly the natural surface of the ground. And yet he , should not have much greater lati tude Jn his alignment than the rnllwnj builder , and In grades he Is also re atrlcted , for the maximum should uevei bo greater than 5 and preferably 4 pel cent. Heavier grades airo an impedlmcnl to trafllc which smooth stone pavements cannot overcome , for only half-loads can bo limited over them. " The states In this section of the coun try are not as n rule much troubled wltl : road locaitloti problems. Where the lam' comprises for the most part open noun try , with only slightly undulat ing prairies , the air Ilnp roai along the section line fulfillt the conditions as well as any Along the rivers and wherever the hills become ah appreciable feature , however the same difficulties that are coinplalnet' of In the cast are met. Hero the sec ( tlon line road Is invariably over nil and through dale , when a route car easily bo planned that gives regular ant moderate grades. The question Of expense penso for old roads is one of easy math cmatlcal calculation. Relocation Is ad vlsable wherever there Is a plain pre poudciaucc of saving to be made. Wltl new roads there is no such compllcai tlon. The properly located road Is nl ways the best road. Proper location I : flic first essential of good roads. The Kcw York constitutional conven tlon lias agreed to submit to the people among other proposed amendments tc the constitution , one which will perm ! the legislature to provide by la\i for tlic Introduction of voting ma chines in tlni ldC6 of the papei ( ballots uoW In. use. The clans * provides that "all elections by th < citizens , except for such town off ! ccrs as may .UyJaw be directed to b < otherwise dioipn.slinll be by ballot 01 by such other method ns may be prc scilbcd by lijjy Iirovldcd that secrccj In voting be preserved. " Voting machines chinos have already been used In SOUK of the minor elections in New Yorl state which 're ' ndt covered by tin constitutional'Tcq'nlremeut of the ballo and have given- quite general satisfac tion. The opposition o the amendmcn in the constitutional convention win fairly strong , some of the votes cas against It being explained on the groum that the machines are- liable to got ou of order and thus frustrate an cntln election. Unless the constitution shal bo amended as proposed voting ma chines cannot bo employed for genera elections In New York for years to come or until the next constitutional revision The Omaha reporter of the Lincoh Journal charges that at least SO pc cent of the federal office holders h Omaha and South Omaha were workiiij for the Bryan and Ilolcomb ticket ii the county primaries Thursday. Whei this distorted fake percolates down ti Washington there will bo a council o war among departmental axmen , and th Omaha administration men will not enl ; have to prove the report to be false , bu must also suffer the heartburnings o the vanquished. Thus will Chalrmai Mai tin nnd his little bunch of falthfn followers bo bowed down under a doubl load of grief. They fought nobly bu what were the stakes ? Simply to dc termlno what local faction should hav the honor of delivering a few thousain democratic votes to one or the other o opposing parties. Under sucli clrcuir stances no wonder simon-pure dome cratic principles have taken to tb neighboring woods. Onu of tlie members of the Ilarvar university faculty who Avns ovcrhasty i taking sides with the prosecution in th recent Investigation of Prof. Kly by til regents of the University of Wlsconsl has come out with a most abject ape ogy , which places Its author In an a together unenviable light The hidden merely goes to show that there Is n together too much latent Jealousy , 1 not actual hostility , between the facu ties of the different American univers ties , and that the one. is ready to bcllev on the sllghtest 'provocatlou ' almost am unsubstantiated charges brougli against the oLhur. . A professor wli confesses to Having .formed and ej pressed an oplnlofi on this case bcfor ho was In poss slpn of nny of tlio fact makes n strong1-bid for nn invcstlgntlo of himself by tlip irustccs of the colleg In which ho Is enmloycd. j ; . for the l.nst One. A great many authors are engaged I telling the publlij how they camtf to wrll their flrat boolci. ' What the public la mo : Interested In lavas' ' to the time Borne ( them will agreai to ( write their lost one. , V Material Difference. Srtiiictvllle Journal. One of the Important differences be twee a statesman ana a politician Is that ti : statesman can toll you what course < action should be taken In any great erne gency for the public good , and the pol tlclan cnn tell you how to manipulate tl : caucuses. Tlio Victorious J p , St. t > outs Republic. Either Japanese generalship Is extrao : dtnarlly good or the standard of Chine : bravery la cllaffustlngly low. It la not oftc In the history of the world's warfare thi we encounter such a complete victory i that reported from the north of Core ; Tha Japanese leas IB not to be conalderei while It U asserted that tha number i Chinese killed , wounded and captured wl reuoh 1G.COO. It this thin ? la repeated otic the Chinese emperor win not lo long I Butng for peace or eoliiff out of the n ptre busln&s * . I'ourrics. I wan born n democrat and expect to dlo one , Tlmt Hie fundamental principles of tha ilsmocratlo part/'arc true has always liecn as clear to me as my religion. Still , I li.trc become persuaded thai It needs to be licked In this elate and licked' often. U Is iiil- cowardice that prompts Its best spirits to keep their mouths shut , The reason tvliy the democratic parly should lie 1 Irked la be cause It has not tins courage ol its convic tions. Thp party stands by the people- that Is , the law of Its being requires that. If I did not believe this 1 would not be a democrat fifteen minutes. If some of Its professed leaderu In this state who -weir Us livery arc democrats , then I nm not one and I have been an ass all my life. I refer to those men their names are famllhr to you wlin for twenty-five years In politics have worked on this program , to wit ! First , themselves ) second , the railroads ; third , tlio democratic party. The reason why we have no democratic party In this elate why so many ot Its tn m bars have Joined the populists Is because the party has been betrayed by Ha self- appointed leaders , has been torn away from the people and coupled llko n caboose to th < end of Iho railroad train. The machine has ruined the party. The people are not In 11 with the machine as It has existed much ol the tlmo the past twenty-five years. So It Is " it the party which should have commanded Nebraska has been kept a miserable fragmcnl by these who did not want to see th& people rule who were not for tha pee > pie but first , for themselves ; sec ondly , for the railroads ; thirdly , for the party. The membership would nol stand tills. They have been driven off Intt the populist party. The party has boor assassinated by Its professed leaders. 1 need not do more hero than call attention tc the fact that the. r&llroad and capitalistic party of the country has seized our flaj and Ignored our laws , Insomuch that the people plo ard not In it. The populist party Is a protest against this. The republican part ) Is worse off than the democratic party. The masses of tint party are patriotic men ; this Is true of the democratic party ; but the party machines have utterly betrayed them What arc wo going to do about It ? Are we going on voting the republican and demo cratic tickets set up by the machines ? Arc we afraid of being called bolters ? Uettet that than cowards ! Doth democrats anfi republicans have a r'ght to say "the people shall govern. " They have a right yea , II Is their duty to go and get that IIIK and put It on the ramparts , to retire from control o : public affairs soulless corporations Thcli government Is a more humiliating 'tyrannj than that against which our sires offeree their blood ind which their eons slioult throttle with their ballots. Two great forces are now moving In this country tending to restore our govcrnmcni to the people ; to vitalize laws ; to make * al parties obey them ! These forces should b < welcomed by all patriotic people to the ex tent that this Is their tendency. These twc forces are the populist party and the labor , logmen's party , now rising up all over tin land. Both of these fcrc s are against trusts corporate ; aggressions and monopolies. Whai more do you want ? That they may slant also for other special Issues that we do nol accept should not prevent us from welcoming them to tlie accomplishment of the great cle mnnd of the hour to that which our owt parties are unequal the restoration of powei to the people ; the vitalizing of our laws the establishment of obedience to law ! Let the small fry partisans who are offici Keekers bleat and ] io l. Let us stand foi the fundamental principles of our govern ment , and ask them what they are goln ; to do about It ! Are not principles more that names ? Why should we stickle for names only to bo used by the machines to throttle principles ? 'Tho labor classes are now aroused They were never so determined. They are arraying themselves In a solid body agalnsi the corporations to make them obey th < laws. They have been used by corporation ! for the last time against the welfare of the people. Wise leaders are rising up to give them direction and make them powerful Tboy will no longer throw their great tn fli'enco with corporations to pull tlielr chest nuts out ot thn fire. The corporations have "sold" them too often ! Says Thomas Carlyle : "Two men I honor and no third. First , the toll worn craftsman that with earth-made Implements laborious ! ] conquers the earth and makes her man'tt Venerable to mo Is the hard hand , crooked coarse ; wherein , notwithstanding , lies a can nlng virtue , tndefeaslbly royal , as of tin scepter of this planet. Venerable , too , Is tin rugged face , all weather-tanned , besollecl with Its rude Intelligence , for it Is the fac. of a man living manlike. O , but the man venerabla for thy rudeness , and even ba causa we must pity as well as love thes Hardly entreated brother ! For us was th ; back BO bent , for us were thy straight limb and fingers so deformed. Thou wert ou conscript , on whom the lot fell , and flghtlnj our battles wcrt so marred , For In thce , loc lay a God-created form , hut It was not t bs unfolded. Incrusted It must Bland wltl the thick adhesions and defacements , o labor , and thy body , like thy soul , was note to know freedom. Yet toll on , toll on ; the art In thy duty , be outof _ It who may ; the Idlest for the altogether Indispensable , fo dally bread. " To our best disposed citizens : Have w not too much forgotten Iho laboring man Have you not put away too lightly what h asks ? Is It not time you patiently and can Ecknttausly and sympathetically heard him weighed ! his words , and helped to give rlgh direction to his aspirations and help to war their attainment ? Have we not a populist senator from Nc tjrnska who Is an honor to us all ? Who 1 ashamed of him ? He has made a grcatc record than any other senator In congres this past session , although he Is now then Where Is the senator In the United State acnato who -while Senator Allen has boei there has done so well ? At the outset I said that the democrat ! party needs to be licked , and needs It oftei because It has not the courage ot Its con vlctlons , because It does not stand true t Us principles. Tn this state It Is a humlll atlng evil a crying disgrace ] Both old parties ore wanderers from th fold. Doth need to be soundly licked by th people. Let's join hands aud do It , Th only parties that have the courage of thel convictions are the populist and labor pat ties. They are fresh risen from the people The capitalist crowd has shown that It I unfit to rule ; that It Is devoid of patrlol Ism ; that It would pledge the American fla with ths three-ball man as so much old ragi Up with the flag ! "Up with law ] Tip wit patriotism and honesty ! Lot us ihow tha man Is more than money I The people mu rule ! ' Now , then , democrats , republicans , lei ti be more than partisans ; let us be citlzeni let us get together on common ground an rejolco to see. these parties arise to aid I bringing back tha country to safe anchoragi Let us sink party Issues In our state an establish , by all gelling together on Hi grcal high ground , the very first principle c "self-defense , " to-wlt , the people * shall nil After we shall have made that a fact It vrl ho time enough to quarrel about minor Ii sues. Let all ot us vote with Iho popullcl and laboring classes till we have whlppe our own parlies into obedience to tha On titfttl law ot iMtrtotlsni. Into honesty , Into a return to their principles. Lei in thlj year clean up Nebraska ! It seems to mi > lhat , with the populist movement and the labor movement , united with the people distributed In both the other political parlies who are sound In heart ant ] testing , patriots , forces arc tn motion that will surely brhiR our government from ono by monopolies to one by the people. What in most needed , the Rronlcit factor , Is a vitalizing of public sentiment , editing It Into activity , so that the laws nhall menu something , bo real laws , nnd all persona be made to ( eel that they must be obeyed , The railroads must ho made to obey the Inter state commerce law , whlcli forbids special rates and rebates , free passes and unjust discrimination. JOHN D. HOWE. J'KOI'AK AXlt TlllXUli. Governor Flower laden the courage of his bar'l. bar'l.Mr. Mr. J , Sloat Fossett was n trlno short on votes , but long on applause , Th > ple-blters did not know the white wings carried sawed-off Winchesters. U cannot tit doubted that China Is putting n mil s rous laols of woe In circulation. The democratic primaries were Ihe greatest surprise ! of the week for both factions. The Impression Is growing In Interested quarters that political hlcliory won't wash. 1'atrlotlo Thlrtl warders have renewed their allegiance to the corkscrew as a cam paign opener. Haycock U the appropriate name of n popu list leader In Canada. Ho appears to be In the field to stay , In ths light of Ping Yang and Hal Hoe Heli , Iho Japanese are convinced there Is nothing to arbitrate. Tlio dlvlna rlghter on the Pekln throne Is gradually realizing that It does not pay to Mikado about Corcn. Unfits Crattmw.ell , a progressive school teacher In Ohio , condenses his educational platform Into his name. The Roll Telephone company of Cincinnati have mounted thirty inspectors on bicycles , thereby displacing thirty horses and as many buggies. From the mass of wlcrd accounts of Arctic failures , one may glean the unanimous be lief of explorers , uauuly : The north pole Is out of. sight. If ralltoad detectives successfully work up a train robbery among the Kcubena ot Mis souri once a year. It will servo to convince the managsrs that they are cainlng their salaries. Governor Stone of Missouri Is to engage in a joint debate with Mrs. Lease ot ICanaaB. In preparation for the encounter the governor has had his mustache removed and his hair clipped close. There js talk ilown In Delaware about Minister Bayard as a possible successor to Senator Higglns , whose term expires next year. It la claimed that Minister Bayard Is ready to come home nnd go back to the senate , fcnd that he could depend upon some republican votes to h > l ] > send him there. The late Dr. Freeman Snow , who became one of ths greatest authorities on con stitutional history and law , carried his right arm In a sling all through his college carser. At Malvorn Hill a mlnle bullet shattered the bone , and , with his wound undressed , ho experienced the liorrors of Llbby prison. Perhaps no teacher at Harvard was evermore moro dearly loved by Its students than was Dr. Snow. IIZAHTS WHOM HAM'S IWJttT. Faith never takes a step without first locking up. Iho more unconsecrated wealth a. Christian has the worse he Is off. Some of us have to live a long while to find out that wo don't ' know much. . The man who Is ashamed of his religion ought to be , for he has the wrong kind. Nearly every sinner expects to repent when he gets too old to longer enjoy a life of sin. Many people wear long faces because they are afraid they wouldn't be considered re ligious If they didn't. One trouble with the world Is that every man wants to measure his neighbor's cloth with his own yardstick. The man who Is trying tlie hardest to pick the bible to pieces Is the one who Is least willing to live up to It. BO31IS OF ItAl'Of.KOS'X ' Men are led by ( rides. _ A true man hates no one , Power Is founded upon opinion. Men , In general , are but great children. A glutton will defend his food like a hero. Public esteem Is the reward of honest men. men.He He who fpars being conquered Is sure of defeat. True civil liberty consists In the security of property. Public instruction should bo ths first object ot government. True -wisdom. In general , consists In ener getic determination. We must use water , not oil , to quench tl'eologlca ! volcanoes. Men are not so ungrateful as they are snl.l to be. It they are often complained of It generally happens that the benefactor exacts more than ho has given. FVLPIT. Kanias Cllr Stars An advent proaohw committed sulclilo at Harrlsonvllle , br Jump. Ing Into n pond. This Is believed to b IB flnt conrcrt that Deb Ingersoll has oter tnado among- the representatives ot thi ministerial profession. Kansas City Times ! A Minneapolis ev n Relldl held a prayer service In the offlc * of Mayor Kustls of that city , whom h was trying lo convert lo making w r on gamblers. U the prayers avail , the evangillit should tie called to Kansas. Minneapolis Times ; A New York clcrmr- man call * for n board ot public morals , holdIng - Ing that the church alone cannot Influence tha musses morally , nnd that the cans ? of re- llRlon would bo advanced If Iho state should lahc charge of the public morals. Perhaps It might bo better It the state novcrnment should begin , for practlo ? sake , by regula- ilni ; Its own morals , then It might bo In B position to branch out and make the peopls virtuous wllh the saving salt ot patcrnallim. Cincinnati Enquirer : A new religion hai been started In Missouri. The leading rcguli. tlon Is that preachers shall not be paid In the Roods ot this \\orld , at least tor their FCIlccs. . This will compel the preach rs to Imvo some nther business out of which lo t > nrn a living. Hither the secular calling or Iho preaching will have to suit r. Minis ters of thn Gospel should be paid , and neil paid. The further they are removed from tha struggle to get along In the world the better the sermons they will deliver and the better all their work. A note In bank , duo Satur day , and no money to meet It with , would bother even a needier or a Spurecon on Sunday. HAWK SOU tMXO SK Atchlson Globe : A woman looking for a rich husband Ii wonderfully like a conn- ilcneo man looking- for u farmer. Judce : The prlrls generally handle with out Klovca the fellows to whom they give the mitten , Milwaukee Journal : A glimpse of homo life Is like nn oasis In a desert to u bachelor who does not have to buy the coal or pay Kns bills. Philadelphia Itecord : Hoax I hear you've moved , Joax Yes , I've moved over on the other side of the cemetery. Hoax What's your Idea , In that ? Joax Well , I've grown religious , nml I thought I'd like to have a home beyond the grave. Phllnik'lphla T.eelirer : M. Max Lebnudy , Iho French politician , hns presented each postman lu his district with a bicycle. Tills will encourage them to wheel Into line for him. New Orleans Picayune : It Is Bald some Chinese nnd many Africans use the ear ns a poekct to carry coins and other small articles. If an attempt were made to rob them they would hear of It. Washlmjton Star : "Are you a well-dlK- uer ? " naked the man who wanted some work done. "Ol can't say that Ol nm , " replied Mr. Dolnn , leaning on his pick. "At prlslnt Ol lmv a touch av the rheumatism. Indianapolis Journal : Watts A fellow never quite ) forgets the lessons he learns at his mother's kneo. Potts That's so. I often laugh when I think or hew short a time It took mo to learn to Btuft my hat In my knickerbockers when I had been swimming- without permis sion. New York Press : She had met him for the first time that evening nt a function , and half on hour or BO later , when some of the tmrty rather doubted a Btory ho had told , he appealed to her. "Ycu don't think' I'll tell n lie , do you ? " he asked In a some what tender strain. "Well , " she replied , cautiously , "I don't know. What business are you In ? " ( JUKEK WAYS. Judge. Some preachers have the queerest way Consistent to the text to keep ; They tell us we should "watch and pray , " And then they talk us all to sleep. TJIK OTA ) l'rACK , Harriet Prescott Spoltonl In Harper1 ! Wceltly. Only a turfy hollow , a moss-grown stone. and a brier , A wandering wantoning brier where ths Ooor-stonc used to be : A wide and a lonely field where the hawkweed - weed runs like fire , The BkiminlncrvlnH - of the swallow , and a wind that blows from the sea. Once rounel n slender steeple fluttered that airy wing ; Here stood the preacher , his lifted cyo ablaze with the heaven's blue ; Tlicro were the Ringing-seats where my Oat ling rose to Ring Your ears , O hnppv people that heard her , heard angels too ! Hither I came through the clover while the bell tolled over the wood , The wood where we two had lingered in purpte shadow nnd hush , Hearing1 n bird's song tolling the sorrow of solitude , " And she sang the sweet sonff over sweeter she sang than the thrush. When we all turned ua duly , as the old hymn left her lips , And proud and pallid \vtth passion eho saw me In my place , Worshiping her , and her only that petal the wild bee nips- Is It the rose leaf truly or the flush lhat [ led over her face ? Strange and sweet are your flashes , O sum. mers lost and gone ! In what far land do you treasure Iho thrills you stole from mo ? See , the old beam Is llghtwood ; the snake nllps under the stone ; There la nothing but dust and ashes , and the wind that blows from the scat TOVK sfotfiwa troitTir on yovu mortar HACK. We move We arise to make a motion , It is our firm , fixed - and oon- , frig-id deop-rooted - vietion that the sun has been working1 overtime For the past six months , and his continued cussed ness in keeping1 at it late in September is additional cause for comment. Fact is , he's act ing scandalous and getting- himself talked about. We move that he give us a rest. Our big LOW TARIFF suit sale is not suffering much however , though there is no doubt 'twould be better if i was cooler. Friday and Saturday we sold several hundred. We keep it up till all are gone- Every one our own make , well and handsomely made in latest style , long out , single and double and blue black , plain breasted sacks cut-a-ways ; , and fancy cheviots , plain fancy and oassimeres and latest patterns ot tweeds. LOW TARIFF SCHOOL SUITS. Knee pant suits , $2.50 , $3,00 $3.50 , $4.00 , $5.00 Long pant suits $6.50 , $7.50 , $8.500. All these are strong reliable and stylish and very cheap. ! Browning , King & Co. , Reliable Clothiers , S. W , Cor. IStli and Douglas.