THE OatAUA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY" , .DECEMBER 12. 1894.
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The Oinnlin flro department can do
cfllcleiit work when Its prltlo Is touched
In the rl ht spot.
If , TtdKc ; Scott known what Is best
for him ho will coma oft his perch nnd
lot Governor Cronnse 1111 the , vacancy.
The state has a. permanent Investment
of $ r > . ' ! , " > , SO < ) In the penitentiary buildings.
They could readily be duplicated for
$1150,000 , without employing a single
convict In tlielr reconstruction.
Bon Tlllmnn , South Carolina's imitl-
Rill Kovernor , has been duly elected
Tnlted States senator In place of Hut-
ler. This Is blow at blue-blooded Car
olina aristocracy that must make John
C. Calhoun turn In his grave.
The school board might as well prepare -
pare to meet the Issue. The free kin
dergartens , the high school frills and
the free supply of stationery and school
books will either have to be cut off or
nil the teachers' wages will have to be
scaled.
Considering his advanced age , Sena
tor Morrlll exhibits remarkable vitality
nnd mental stamina. Ills speech on
financial vagaries certainly has as much
pith nnd point as that of any man who
has handled the subject on the lloor of
the senate during the past decade.
There are still a. few tracts of peni
tentiary lands left In Lancaster and
Seward counties on which land grab
bing speculator In those parts have-
their eyes , and the coming legislature
will be Importuned to pass a bill that
will place the.se lands within . their
reach.
The state has expended ? : ! 0,000 on the
building for the Homo for the Friend
less. The most sensible thing the state
can do Is to maki > the promoters of the
homo a present of It If they will bind
themselves to run It In their own Inter-
fcst and let the friendless find refuge in
county inflrmarlos , where they properly
belong.
The new German chancellor has In
augurated a policy that Is sure to revive
socialistic agitation In Germany and ma
terially Increase the discontent among
the. industrial classes. The blood of
the martyrs is the seed of the church
nnd the persecution of socialists for
opinion's sake Is sure to make more
socialists.
Ranking Is altogether too easy In Ne
braska , and that accounts for many of
the bank failures within the past few
years. Anybody that can command a
capital of ? .r 00 and has credit to buy a
bank safe can Incorporate or go Into the
banking business on his own hook. One
of the state banks In a Nebraska village
has Just notified the banking board that
It has gone Into voluntary liquidation
The capital stock was $5,000 and deposits
mnounted to between ? SOO and $1,000
and yet this Is charged up to Nebraska
as a bank failure the same as If It had
n paid up capital of $ ! > . > 0,000 and deposits
posits amounting to a million.
Proposals for bids for legislative print
Ing have been advertised for in the
public prints for the past few weeks
This Is a matter which awaits the care
ful attention of the legislative commit
tee on printing. A combination of print
era to Insure n high price for this worl
is almost certain to be formed , a IK
there Is no reason why the state shouh
not reject bids that are obviously high
In the contract awarded for this work
as well as all other printing for the
plate , there should be a clause provhl
Ing for accuracy In typography. Here
tofore wretched proof leading has tie
faced most of the bills printed for Nebraska
braska law makers.
The present state commissioner o
public lands and buildings reports to
the governor that during the past two
years he has deeded JIISO.OOO acres , mad
contracts for ( IS 1,000 acres , nnd leased a
fraction over l.r > 00,000 acres , In roum
numbers. While the value of thes
lands Is not Indicated It Is safe to as
titinio tlut | the deeds , contracts am
tynses represent In the aggregate mor
than $5,000,000 , at a very low estimate
The question naturally suggests itsol
why this great state of Nebraska woult
entrust such vast Interests Into th
hands of seventh-rate village lawyers
who probably never had handled prop
crty worth $10,000 In all their lives. Am
this vast estate which our land com
nilssloners administer Is the heritage o
our school children and should foreve
bo conserved for the maintenance of on
educational system.
JWCIKIC.1 11AILWAY DEli
No measure now before congress Is of
more vital concern to the people of
very state west of the Mississippi , nnd ,
or that matter , to the people of the
vholo country than the Paelllc railway
undlng bill. The scheme to fund
ho bonded debt of the Union nnd Ccn-
rnl 1'aclflc railroads originated with
ho men who organized the Credit Mo-
Illcr nnd California construction
Ings , by whom the first trnuscontlncn-
al railroad was exploited and bur-
ened with a colossal debt. For more
linn twelve years every congress has
ecu Importuned to legalize the frnudu-
ent and llctltlous capitalization of these
oads by an act that would authorize
he extension of their bonded debt for
rom sixty to one hundred years
ntl make valid the stock Is-
ties on the main lines and
ranches that represent fully $100,000-
)00 ) of water. That such a proposition
hould be entertained by congress or
avored by the attorney general and
lie president passes comprehension.
The pretext under which the measure
as been recommended by Attorney
Jeneral Olney Is that It will enable
ho government to recover part If not
he whole of Its claims against the Pit-
lllc railroads , which In the case of the
Union Pacific railroad will aggregate
" > 2,000,000.
Now If the owners of the Pa-
lllc'railroads were required to pay this
lebt or the bulk of It there might be
ome merit In the proposition , but every
undlng bill formulated by the gov-
rnmeiit directors or the successive
United States railroad commissioners
'ontomplates ' the repayment of 'the
vliole debt , Interest and principal , out
f the earnings of the roads. In other
vords , It Is proposed that for the next
inndred years the Paelllc railroads shall
> o authorized and required to levy
ipon their patrons such rates of trans-
lortatlon as will enable them to pay
Ixed charges and dividends upon n
apltallzatlon of $100,000 per mile
vhou their roads could easily be re-
nillt and splendidly equipped for one-
ourth of that sum.
To fund the Paclllc railroad debt un-
ler such conditions would bo a tils-
islrous blow to all the region tributary
o these roads from the Missouri river
o San Francisco. A direct head tax
ipon every man , woman nnd child In
he states tributary to those roads to
> ay off their mortgages .would bo pre-
'erable ' to a continued levy of Indirect
axes upon the products of every farm ,
nine and factory for three or four gen
erations. The Pacific funding scheme ,
f carried Into effect , would not merely
luthorlzc the high freight tolls on the
Union juid Central Paclllc , but would
varrant and perpetuate exorbitant
ates on every road west of the Mis
souri. It Is Idle to assert that com
> ctltlou would be the regulator of rall-
oad rates. The railroads west of the
Mississippi have all been built , bonded
nnd stocked on the Credit Mobilicr plan
ind nil of them arc sure to throttle
lompetltlou by combination in order
o tax the products of their patrons
is much as the trafllc vftll bear.
Such n policy cannot fall to retard
the development of the greater and bet
ter half of the continent.
On the Pacific coast the alarm has
ilrcady been sounded. More than four
Months ago Adolph Sntro , mayor-elect
of San Francisco , who Is one of the
> Ioneers of the coast , issued nu ap
peal to the people of California to rise
MI masse and protest against the fund
ng bill scheme. With this appeal he
landed to the San Francisco Kxamiucr
J.OOIJ signatures to a petition nnd re-
nonstrance which at that time already
contained 311,000 names , and doubtless
ms been swelled to 100,000 by this
time. In his appeal Mr. Sutro says :
It people fully understood what this fund
Ing bill means , not a man , who Is a man , on
this whole Pacific coast will refuse to sign ;
In fact , those who refuse do so from actual
fear of the revenge of the Southern Pacific.
Ninety-nine per cent of our population , If
left free to act , are opposed to any kind
of a funding bill being passed by congress.
Supposing a foreign fleet should appear In
front of the Golden Gate ready to bombard
and burn up our fair city , would there bo a
man coward enough not to coma to the res
cue ? Would there not be an unparalleled ex
citement , a running to and tro , a ringing
of the bells , and efforts to protect the women
and the children ? Would 'not every son ol
the golden west be ready to sacrifice his life
In the defense of his country ?
A burned up city would be a great loss , but
It can be rebuilt. A far greater calamity
Is about to befall us. A greater enemy Is
right In our midst an enemy ready to make
slaves of us for fifty years to come , an enemy
who has stolen our liberties , our rights as
American citizens , our very chances cf cxlst-
onca.
onca.What
What Is going on In Washington I Why , It
Is attempted to brlbo congress Into the
passage of the so-called Pacific railroad fundIng -
Ing bill $100 to $20,000 for a vote. Members
at heart honorably Inclined may weaken
under the pressure of poverty and will lul
their consciences to sleep under subtle argu
ments that the measure. Is righteous ant
beneficial to the government ; and same flno
morning you may wako up and find In the
telegraphic dispatches from Washington that
the funding bill has passed the house o
representatives.
Let It bo known In Washington , to ba
telegraphed from day to day , that wo are
ringing the alarm bell to- Impart to congress
the feeling of terror which has seized our
people at their Impending fate.
The feeling expressed by Sutro Is
shared by the people of Nevada , Idaho
Montana and Utah , and cannot full to
strike a responsive chord on this side
of the Hocklcs. There should be no
funding bill passed by the present con
Kress or any other congress that con
templates the perpetuation of the co
lossal debt of the Pacltlu roads and the
legalization of any scheme that wouU
enable the stock Jobbers to nil so the
wind In Wall street The Paclllc rail
roads should bo allowed to go to fore
closure and reorganized on the basis o
actual value so that Uie rates can bo
adjusted to that standard. . When tha
Is done the transmlssourl country wll
experience a revival of lasting pros
perlty.
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Senator Peffer may bo addicted to
going to extremes , but when ho Intro
duces a bill Intended to put an end to
the disgraceful funeral Junkets that oc
cur every time a member of congress
dies away from homo ho deserves the
encouragement nnd support of ever )
one , both In nnd out of congress. I
has been the custom whenever the death
t n congressman or senator la an-
ounccd to hare taken place In Wash-
ngton to appoint a Joint committee of
lembers of both houses to accompany
lie remains to the home nnd represent
lie colleagues of the deceased at the
uncral services. Those committees
stinlly occupy a special car and some-
lines n special train , furnished with an
vernbimdnnt supply of good things teat
at and drink , and the stories of do-
Kiuchery during these Junkets are
mong the blackest scandals that befoul
Vashlngton society. Everything Is cnr-
led on upon a scale of extravagance ,
nduccd by the fact that the national
reasury foots the bills , nnd the money
pent to see that each dead congressman
s properly burled would sulllce to sup-
lort several live congressmen nnd their
anillles for n year. It will bo a pity
f Senator PefTcr's bill or one similar
n scope Is not enacted by the present
ongress.
CONMIUNTKD WITH A
Another heavy delicti stares the Hoard
f Kdncatlon In the face. Under the
tale apportionment of school funds
.vallablo for redistribution to the varl-
us counties Douglas county received
40,514.72 In 1800. During the present
ear this amount was reduced to $11-
J'J.8. . It now transpires that the pro-
ecds of the state levy have shrunk
rom $315,000 for 1804 to $213,000 for
895. This will give Douglas county
nly about $ . ' (0,000 ( , which Indicates a
oss to the school board of this district
f about $15,000. There Is already a
lelleit of something like $20,000 , and
the most liberal estimate of the lucom-
ng license revenue places It $40,000
jelow what It was for 18U4. The board
s therefore confronted with a shrink-
tgo In revenues that must aggregate
iilly $75,000. This deficit can not bo
eplaced by direct taxation for the first
Ix months of the year 1805. The In-
rcased school tax could not legally be
evled before .Tune 15 , because the as
sessment | s not presumed to bo- finished
) eforo the end of May. Inasmuch as
he school year closes about the middle
jf .Tune no part of this revenue would
bo available for the winter and spring
erms.
The duty of the Board of Education
s therefore plain. It .must cut down
ixpenses within the limit of Its reve-
uies. To this end It must lop off all
superfluous branches of Instruction nnd
curtail Its outgo In every possible way
vlthout crippling the elementary
schools. The patrons of the kinder-
artens and pupils who deslro to con
tinue the studies in .special branches
hat form no part of a public school
education should be made to pay their
luo proportion of teachers' salaries.
The purchase of school books and sta-
lonery for free distribution should be
llscontlnued. The school board could ,
f any advantage can bo gained by It ,
continue these purchases at wholesale
ind furnish to pupils at cost The
) ooks already on hand could be sold nt
cost to the pupils , making n reasonable
eduction for wear and tear. Pupils
whose parents are Indigent could be
> ermltted to continue the use of such
) ooks as arc on hand.
If all these economics do not make
ends meet the board must devise a
way'of reducirig-'cxpensca ' - til-
ectlons.
MORE POIPKR.
The Interstate Commerce commission
wants an extension of power. It asks
congress to empower the commission to
iiroscrlbo minimum as well as maxl-
num rates , to establish through routes
ind through rates , to prescribe a , uni
form classification for freights and
change the same from time to time ns
may appear necessary , with other pro
posed amendments to the law which
would greatly enlarge the authority of
the commission- But the question Is
if these recommendations should be ac
ceded to by congress would the useful
less of the commission bo Improved ?
Undoubtedly some of them are good ,
: > ut before the power of the commission
Is enlarged would It not bo well for It
to demonstrate the desire and the abil
ity to effectively exercise the authority
It already possesses ?
There Is a widespread belief that the
commission Is not BO cfliclent a body ns
It ought to be. Everybody at all con
versant with railroad affairs knows the
law Is being constantly violated as to
its most essential requirements. Hall
way managers themselves admit this to
bo the case. What has the commission
done to prevent or punish these viola
tions of the law ? In reply to the criti
cisms of Its failure to do anything that
has been effective It throws the respon
sibility upon the Department of Justice.
It says that it is simply the duty of the
commission to report to the department
facts concerning alleged violations of
the penal clauses of the act , and hero
the commission's connection with the
criminal side of the law necessarily
ends. But does the commission perform
this duty as fully and faithfully as It
might do ? Is It not more than probable
that a great many violations of the
penal clauses of the act escape the no
tice of the commission because of a
lack of vigilance ? There will be no dls-
sent from the statement of the commis
sion that it Is the duty of shippers , rail
road men nnd shippers generally to as
Alst the government In running down
these violations of a statute designed
to protect their Interecsts , but this does
not relieve the commission of any of the
responsibility devolved upon It In con
nectlon witli the discovery of viola
tions of the law. It formerly recognized
this responsibility , but for sometime I
has appeared to bo utterly Indifferent
to It
The Interstate commerce law Is no
being enforced. All railroad men nm
a largo majority of shippers know Urn
to bo so. It Is practically admitted by
the commission Itself. There Is dls
crimination on every hand , rebates to
large shippers , false billing , and all the
other devices for defeating the law. Is
the commission doing its duty by en
dcnvorlng to flnd out these things and
faithfully exercising the authority I
possesses to bring the guilty to punish
ment ? Nobody believes It Is. The truth
Is that the Interstate Commerce com
mission Is no longer either respected
or feared by the corporations , nnd the
public has ceased to expect anything
from It Its power has been extemlei
from time to time without having pro
liicod the result ) ? promised. In view
of this It Is j fwiurprlsliig that there
hould be a dttxlltloii In congress note
o further t'tilflgftltts authority ,
T1IK
The last Issue rtC bonds raised the
reasury gold r < crvts to $111,000,000 ,
mt on Monday It had declined to $107-
000,000. It amWirs that since the be
ginning of the current month there has
) cen taken out of the subtrcasitrles In
xchange for milted States and treas-
iry notes overfelJoO.OOO In gold , anil It
s apprehended that withdrawals of gold
rom the treasury In this way will con-
Inue until the reserve Is again depleted.
The obvious I'nl't' ' ' Is that the banks
vlilch reduced their stock of gold by
subscriptions to the bonds or by sup-
dying the demands of other mihscrlb-
rs are now replenishing their supply
jf the motnl , nnd howTnr they may be
llsposcd to go In doing this it Is lin-
losslblo to say. They may bo satisfied
vltli getting back a small proportion of
ho gold they parted with , and then they
nay want to recover the greater part
of It. In the latter case the treasury
nay within ninety days bo as badly off ,
so far as the reserve Is concerned , as
t was before the last issue of bonds.
In the next place the foreign ex
changes are against us. Exports arc
ight and our securities are coming back
ipon us. According to a leading flnun-
lal Journal , London sold some 50,000
shares of various stocks nt New York
ast week , calling for nt least $2,000-
XX ) , and the same authority states that
here Is disappointment In London finan
cial circles that the opening of congress
uis revealed no near prospect of a sct-
Iciucnt of our monetary ditllcultles.
There unquestionably Is a feeling of dls-
mst abroad regarding the financial con-
lltlons here , nnd It Is by no means cer
tain that this will bo allayed by the
mllcy of currency reform which the
administration has proposed to congress ,
for while It admittedly has some good
features It falls short of solving the
u'oblem , nnd nt any rate there Is hardly
i possibility that anything will be done
> y the present congress. Then the time
s near for exports of gold to pay In
terest duo abroad and for the annual
settlement of International accounts , so
that a considerable outflow .of gold dur-
ng the next three months Is assured.
Whatever the amount may be It Is prob-
iblo that the treasury will supply the
greater part of It so that unless n
arger proportion of the customs rcvo-
nic of the government is paid In gold
.han has been the case for the past year
t Is inevitable that within a short
time the gold reserve will be again re-
luccd below tiff $1,00,000,000 mark.
The means proposed by the president
' "
and secretary uo'f"the treasury for re
lieving the treasury from this embar
rassing conditiblo'Is to retire the legal
tender notes , lifting ( tue surplus revenue
for that purpose , but while this would
jo an effectual remedy It would hardly
bo a popular oneP The greenback is a
favorite moncjf with the people , nnd
they would nq.pasUy ) be persuaded
to do away with It Another sugges
tion Is that ther banks return to their
former usage or/'supplylng ' their patrons
with gold to pay customs duties. It Is
tu'gcfl-'thntJtncynav < 5 rtontmtnt Jw 6TV
the customs -collections were much
lilgher than now and1 when their stock
of gold was no larger than at present ;
besides such a course could cause them
liut a. momentary inconvenience , since
the gold would flow back to them
through the regular disbursements of
the treasury. If the banks would do
this there would be no dlfllculty In
maintaining the treasury gold reserve ,
but they are not likely to do It They
seem as anxious now as nt any time
since they practically suspended specie
payments , so far ns providing gold for
customs duties is concerned , to maintain
hoard of that metal. If the banks
will not come to the help of the treas
ury In this matter It would seem that
congress might try the remedy that has
been proposed of requiring n percent
age say 70 or 75 per cent of the cus
toms duties to be paid In gold or gold
certificates. It Is believed that this
would Insure a steady Inflow of gold to
the treasury , ns was the case formerly
when duties had to be paid In that
metal. It will hardly bo questioned that
congress could more profitably occupy
Its time In considering this matter than
In talking over a plan for n now bank
currency which will never bo adopted.
* III * Solo Dopencleucr.
OlobDcmocrat. .
Cleveland la a president without a party ,
but he can depend upon the republicans to
stand by htm In all his efforts to prevent
the democrats from ruining the country.
A Nude Slystory.
St. Paul O lobe.
The galleries applauded Mr. Bryan of Ne
braska. Mr. Bryan's senatorial boom la
packed away In moth balls , but he Is keep
ing hln presidential boom put pretty far Into
the winter. _
Too Much of a Snap.
Washington Post.
The Union Pacific receivers are working
right alonw at the meager salary of $12,000
a year. They wanted 118,000. Why don't
they resign , If for no other reason than to
vindicate themselves and rebuke the stingi
ness of the court ?
Jabber * Ducking tlio Treasury ,
Tluffalo Express.
Gold withdrawals from the treasury have
amounted to $ tJOptXX ! > since the bond sale
Now that the Bpequlatora have learned how
easily the government1 can be mulcted under
the present laws Jthey seem determined to
work the mine fen alb It Is worth.
Now that the Sugar , trust has declared a 3
per cent quarterly dividend upon Its com
mon stock , which Is , three-fourths water
the country need nave no further solicitude
over the lamentations of President Ilave-
meyer regarding 'ttie ruin of the sugar refin
ing Industry. ' > '
n Theory.
Denver ) Ilfpubllcan.
The government of the United States
through Its court ) * , Js now operating tha
Union Pacific anil all Us branches , the
Atchlson. the Northfrrn Pacific , the Erie
the Heading and 'more than 100 other rail
way con'oratlon X-tirtd yet there are pur
blind fools who think , or at least say they
do , that the government cannot run the
railroads.
1'KOPT.K ANII TJWftiS.
Nicaragua canal bawls are coming Into
aver In congressional circles.
Nsw York < l'spcninrfei propose to clvc
way crutches with Manhattan cocktalU.
The sultan ot Morocco has another dlsturb-
nco on his hands. It Is not a congress , how *
ver.
Sealskins have declined 30 per cent In
London. Tha decline has not touched this
ountry to any marked degree.
It Is probable the United. States senate wilt
adopt cloture before long. Mr. Tonquc Is a
candidate for the senate In Oregon.
As long as Senator Quay refrains from
printing a serial speech critic sin of con
gress will be frescoed with charity.
The supreme court of Indiana decides that
i \vonian cannot hold a saloon license In
hat state. This will raise Helen Googer.
If Ananias should come to New York and
rep In on the Lexow committee he would
ind ample provocation for suicide. Ha would
not bo In the game a little bit.
II. 0. Hsvemcycr , president of the Sugar
ru t , receives a salary and perquisites
mounting to $100,000. Ills annual message
o the senate did not equal the $50,000 stand-
rj.
Political economists have given up In de-
pair the problem whether railroad pastes
or whisky exercises the greatest Influence In
Cansas conventions. The latter Is a side
oar Issue.
Mlnzlo Chew Is doing time In the Ohio
penitentiary for highway robbery. She oper-
ites two-horse power lungs Incessantly and
icr vocalization rcqulrci the restraining In
fluence of a halter.
The crusade of dress reform In the cast has
mlted for the purpose ot determining
vhether the evening drcis or tights are most
menacing to masculine morals. For the mo
ments tights have the call.
The d'Arscnval system of reviving electro
cuted persons consists simply In pulling the
ongue rapidly and vigorously. Friends of
' .he victims of the November shocks might
ry the experiment and report results.
Governor Atkinson of Georgia has ap-
jolnted six new general : , any number of
colonels , and thirty-seven lieutenant colonels ,
and now the state mllltla , 4,300 strong , Is
prepared to go marching thro' Georgia In
style.
Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio Is to take
he presidency of a stock company which will
landlo the product of a celebrated mineral
spring at Urbana. There may not bo as
much glory In this as there Is In politics , but
hero Is more money.
Mr. 0. P. Huntlngton has built a granite
nausoleum In Woodlawn cemetery , of which
ha architecture Is copied from a Doric tem
ple and which contains places for sixteen
coffins. The cost of this post-mortem lux
ury was about $250,000.
The conspicuous talent of Mrs. Dlackwopd
of Indiana Is her versatility In the matrl-
nonlal line. She has been divorced from six
lusbanda and shed tears over the graven of
five others. She Is about to make the rec
ord an even dozen. Indiana timber Is un
usually knotty.
A lonely New York woman of 22 provided
lerself with a quick heating stove and cele
brated the setting up of the same with copi
ous draughts of light wine. The stimulant
navigated to her feet , for space , doubtless ,
and In a moment of excessive weariness she
sat on the stove. She Is now sobering up
at the hospital , frescoed with soothing poul
tices.
Patrick Cunningham of New Bedford ,
Mass. , the Inventor of the new rocket naval
.orpedo , sometimes called the "flying dovll , "
s a native of Ireland. He was brought to
; hls country by his parents when he was
) years of age , nnd got most of his school-
ng In Newark , N. J. He tried to get. Into
both the army and navy when the war broke
out , but was rejected because of his youth ,
being then only 17 years of age. Then he
went whaling , and In 1864 succeeded In get
ting In the navy , where he soon developed
a taste for explosives and projectiles.
A Glgnntlo Folium.
Chicago Tribune.
The Manchester ship canal , the greatest
experiment In municipal enterprise ever at
tempted In England. Is n disastrous failure.
lne , eaL1lnF3 of lho last eleven months were
only t420,000. which was 17 per cent less
than the working expenses. The trade of the
canal Is dwindling steadily and there Is no
reasonable prospect ot obtaining an ade
quate return for the $70,000.000 expended on
theconsu-uctlon _ The stockholders nnd
the Manchester ratepayers are In despair.
What to do with the oanal Is with them an
mportnht question. There Is tallc of turning
It over to the state , but this transfer Is
averred to bo Impossible , and If so the only
recourse .will be to sell It to the railroads ,
which will repay themselves by advancing
their freight rates after having bought UB
"
the competition.
Prctenna unit IVrfonnnncfl.
Globe-Democrat.
Mr. Cleveland's assertion In last year's
message that "thousands of neighborhoods
had their well known fraudulent pension
ers , " arul In the present message that "bare-
raced and extensive frauds exposed" have
been part of the work of the administration ,
is an Instance of language very carelessly
handled. Commissioner Lochren reports 191
convictions for punslcn frauds during the
year. There were thousands of pension
spies encouraged and many of them paid to
listen to tittle-tattle , with the meager re
sult Just mentioned.
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CurllMo and the Currency.
New York Evening Post.
Ills report Is very clear , very well writ
ten , and Is without variableness or shadow
of turning. It advocates the gold standard
to the fullest extent. There is no shilly
shally In it from beginning to end. What
ever may be the outcome , Mr. Carlisle will
have left upon the records of the depart
ment nn unanswerable argument In favor of
the withdrawal of the government from the
banking business absolutely nnd forever.
IllK LIMIT OF 1'ATIRNUU.
New York Sun.
He brought up the coal and chopped the
wood with wonderful suavity.
And laid , down the carpets all day long
with Christian fortitude :
Ha listened to his wife's rebukes with un-
resentful gravity.
And left his bed at midnight to prepare
the baby's food.
At elevating heated air he showed great
versatility.
And worked upon the furnace fire with
gratifying zeal ;
In mollifying servants he displayed Immense
ability ,
And when they left he stirred around and
cooked and served each meal.
He gave his wife his wages with com
mendable consistency.
And when she sent him shopping ho was
never known to fall ;
He kept on matching ribbons with Fark-
hurstlan persistency.
And with great regularity her letters he
would mall.
Ha staid homo from the club each night In
dignified sobriety.
And said good-bye to poker with a resig
nation sweet ;
And every Sunday In their pew he sat In
wakeful piety ,
And at her bidding every text correctly
could repeat.
Ho wore the garments that ( the made with
Spartan-like agility ;
The neckties she selected he displayed
with courage rare ;
Ho sewed the buttons on bis clothes with
wonderful docility.
And never touched the tidy when ho sat
down In the chair.
But when he caught a cold one day , am
with sweet femininity
She put name goose oil on. his chest am
fed him with quinine.
And piled up heated flannels 'round his Jug
ular vicinity.
He said he thought 'twas time Indeed that
ho should draw the line.
And when she tried parboiling each pedal-
Ian extremity ,
And with some porous plasters frescoed
him on either slue ,
He packed his grip one frosty night one
skipped for the Yosemlto ;
And when ho reached that milder clime he
laid him down and died.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Baking
Powder
PUKE
TIIK OrtlMT CAXAUilt.
Chicago Herald ! Ferdinand do Lcsieps ,
probably the greatest civil engineer of the
century , built the Suez canal , which hail been
ho dream of successive civilizations during
forty centuries. He planned the Panama
canal , a still more magnificent enterprise ,
jut It wag swnmpcd by the colossal rascality
of his associates , Including his own son , who
waa Incriminated In the frauds. Notwith
standing this unfortunate- close ot his career ,
owing , probably , to his falling powers In ex-
romc age , ho leaves 0110 of the most tlls-
Ingulshcd names In the annals of science.
St. Paul 1'lonecr Press : He had the com
mon thirst of the Frenchman for glory. He
was not to be sated with It. nnd he deter-
nlned to add to the luster ot n name already
famous by the completion of the Panama
canal. Partly self-deceived , no doubt ,
partly led astray by others , partly the
victim ot his enthusiasms , but still , wo
nust confess , a tea willing dupe of those who
vere conducting the scandalous financiering
ot this enterprise , ho went on not only to
failure but to disgrace. The world has ex
onerated him from the worst that was laid
o his charge. In a sense It will remain his
debtor. And It chooses now to remember the
nan of genius nnd Indomitable determination
rather than the 'man ' , still great In his mls-
ortune , who suffered such eclipse that only
leath could restore him to his place among
lioso upon whojo names the world loves to
linger while. It counts the bead roll of Its
; reat ones ,
Louisville Courier-Journal : The death of
Ferdinand de Lesseps , after an old age ot
; Ioom and dishonor , Is another striking Illus-
ratlon ot the truth ot the proverb that
whom the gods love die young. The man
whose youth has been glorious with achieve-
ncnt often ends his days In misery and want ,
> ut U has been given to Lesseps to drink to
he last drop the cup ot degradation. The man
who made himself the , most famous citizen
of Europe , who lind won the greatest en
gineering triumph of the century , who had
jecn decorated by kings and republics , who
had made two ships sail where not one had
ventured before , and had revolutionized the
commerce of the earth , fell In his old ago
'rom this splendid estate cf lore nnd admira
tion to the lowest depths of disgrace. The
man whom nations had delighted to honor
was only saved from a felon's prison by the
nflrmltles of ago and the pitying complais
ance of the authorities.
CUT TO I'LK.tSK.
Slftlnga : The only way It pays a person
to bo his own lawyer Is to keep his own
counsel.
Oatveston News : After all , life la little
more than a short time given a man In
which to taper off.
Indianapolis Journal : "My friends , "
shouted the orator , "the mad rush for the
spoils of olllce Is the bitterest eyesore that
Is eating Into the vitals of the body politic ! "
Smith's Monthly : She But he has such a
delightful way of saying things quite a po
etic temperament 1
Ho ( a rival ) Yes ; he has soarings after
the Infinite ) and divings after the unfath
omable , but never pays cash.
Yonkcrs Statesman : Baccn What are you
doing with a picture of n foot ball player
pinned to your coat ? Hubert Oh , yes ! My
wife pinned It there so as to remind me to
liave my hair cut.
Atlanta'Journal : "Well , now , " paid Father
Plumpkln , "all this talk about what a
farmer ought to raise nnd ought not to
raise Is Jest nonsense. What he wants to
do l.i to raise the hoe often enough and
any kind of a crop will do well enough. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Haven't you got
this book In n chicken salad binding ? "
asked the Cheerful Idiot.
"What do you mean ? " asked the aston
ished bookseller.
"Half calf. "
Detroit Free Press : Watts I wonder how
many people really , read the presidential
message clear through ?
Potts Dunno. If I knew how many tele
graph editors there were In the country 1
might make an estimate.
Truth : "I was surprised to hear Brown's
book sold so well ; It was a miserably poor
atorv. "
"Yes , but It was beautifully bound , you
know. "
Washington Star : "Father , " said the boy ,
"what Is 'Insolvent ? ' "
" 'Insolvent , ' " was-the reply , "Is. merely
a long word used to describe a short condi
tion. "
New York Weekly : Friend You have
moved your olllce from the tenth story to
the first , I ECO. Divorce Lawyer Had to ;
lost too many customers , "women often
object to elevators ? " "It wasn't that ; but
the Journey upward took too long. It gave
them tlmo to change their minds. "
Chicago Tribune : "See here , " exclaimed
the red-headed woman , lr. < rrath , "If you
ain't out of this yanl In ten minutes I declare -
clare I'll run this umbrella down your throat
and open It. " "There ain't a bit o' use of
that mum , " responded Dismal Dawson ;
"anybody that's OH dry Insldo as I am ain't
needln' no umbrella In him. "
Buffalo Courier : Watts Was there any
foundation for the rumor that the poor fel
low was hurried Into his grave ? Botts-
None ; except that he arrived there in a
breathless condition.
DEMOCRATIC SORHOW.
Washington Star.
The big brass band was playing
"Hall Columbia , Happy Land ! "
And "Rally 'Round tha Flag , Hoys , "
Pealed forth In accents frand.
The good old anthems moved him ;
Ay , they made the tear drops start ,
But "Four More Years of Grover" was
The tune that broke his heart.
juuna j'/.p.iM von
JMniirr.ll Shake * Off n lfew 1'ou.ltli Clnil
I'o * t m n * t n M It 11 > .
WASHINGTON I1URRAU OP TUB nEB.
HOT K Street. N. W. ,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11.
Postmasters liavo been appointed' as fol
lows : Nebraska Edholm , Duller county , L.
C. SpatiRter , vice J. It. Detweller , resigned ;
Gates. Ouster county , Emma T. Ucckwlth ,
vice Stlllman Dates , resigned ; Holbrook , 1'ur-
nas county , Charles Jttmson , vlco J. E. Mor-
rlssey , resigned ; Lowelt. Kearney county. W.
A. Rogers , vice aoorgor flray , resigned ; Mac-
net. Cedar county , LCWH Andrews , vteo
Enoch Adklns. resinned ; Otto , Webster
county , Anne E. Markee , vlco IE. . I'aync ,
resigned. Iowa Dundee , Delaware county ,
Mrs. O. HazelrlgR , vice Maggie Wood , re
signed ; Qrove Hill , llrcincr county , J. II.
ll zlnK , vlco N. C. I'cck , resigned.
Contracts ( or wagon service In the larger
cities hi- Iowa for transferring malls to and
from railroad stations and sUambont landings
for four years , from July 1 , 1895 , have been
awarded ns follows :
Dei Mirinea , .T. 1' , Blewnrt. Clinton , Mo 11,100
IlurllnKlcm , Wesley K. Trnvln , New York , , , > 50
Ceilur Iliiplils , Wefley II Trnvla SCO
Council llliirrs , 13. A. Chi Hon. trillion. Ky. . 2.0CT
l > nlruilli' | . K. A. Chllton 1,511
Krokuk , J. 1' . Sli-wnrl , , 049
Ottumnn , Im.ic HttcnlierR , Ottiiinwa 1,200
LAND Ot'KICE DECISIONS.
The tecretary of the Interior has rendered
decisions on appeals front decisions of the
commissioners of the general land olllce In
the following cases ; Nebraska Ellen Fried
against William J. Dills. O'Neill district ,
case remanded to local office for rehearing ;
Victor L. Dcmott against William II. John
son , Alliance district , decision afllrmcd and
land awarded to Johnson ; ex parto James II.
Splcknall , Sidney district , decision rejecting 4j
application for an extension of tlmo In which { * ]
to pay for land afllrmcd ; Allen Grccr against
Moses M. Chase , McCook district , decision af
firmed and land awarded to Orccr ; ex parta
Silas W. Clark. North Platte 'district , de
cision rejecting application to enter land
affirmed. * South Dakota Erlck Hanton
against James Vlrdcn , Mitchell district , de
cision dismissing contest afllrmcd ; Henry
Hagin against August Anderson , Watcrtown
district , decision affirmed and land awarded
to Anderson ; Orant DIxon against Melissa
Meyers , decision afllrmcd and land awarded
to Meyeri.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
The bill Introduced during the last session
of congress by Congressman Kcm , providing
that the land embraced In the abandoned
military reservation known ns Fort Hart-
suff , Neb. , shall be subject to disposal to
actual settlers , was today unfavorably re
ported to the house from the committee ) on
public lands.
D. W. Wilson of Elgin , III. , acting presi
dent ot the National Dairymen's association ,
Is here conferring \vltli Congressman Halner
and others In reference to the early consider
ation of the bill now pending before both
houses of congress which provides that oleo
margarine shall be placed under the police
regulations of the several states , whether In
troduced In original package or not. Con
gressman Halner will appear before the house
committee on agriculture tomorrow and en
deavor to secure R special rule for the early
consideration cf this bill by the house ,
R. O. Phillips of Lincoln Is In Washington
for a few days.
The wlfo ot Congressman Mercer assisted
the wife of Commissioner of the General
Land Ofilco Lamoreaux today In receiving
callers at the tea given by the latter at the
Buckingham flats.
C. I ) . Roth , formerly a resident ot Omaha ,
now agent of a Texas railroad , with head
quarters at San Antonio , Is In Washington '
combining business and pleasure. In a short
vlfclt.
TENSION IIA.TT1JKS.
King Lenders In n Largo Snrlndlo Sentenced
to Imprisonment unit I'lno.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 11. The pension
bureau has received a report from Special
Examiner Stockslager at Fort Smith , Ark. ,
announcing the recent sentence of Tom Dear
to six years In the penitentiary , and the
sentence cf J. Thornton to six months In
jail and a flno ot $200. This disposes ot the
ring leaders In a big schema to defraud tha
government. They are connected with tully
600 claims , said to be fraudulent , and a
commission of live special examiners under
the supervision of Examiner Stockslager Is . ' \
still at worl ; oh the conspiracy. There are
only two other regular commissioners or V
special examiners new nt work on supposed jj
fraudulent pension cases. Vivo examiners ,
under the supervision ot Examiner Walto ,
have been Investigating the Van Lcuvcn cases
and are collecting evidence for the use of the
United States district attorney In his prosecu
tions. Several of those Involved In this
schema have bean Indicted and more Indict
ments are expected soon.
Clilllun lilomnlty AUout All 1'uUl.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 11. The secretary
ot the navy 1ms mode the- last payment but
one on account of the Chilian Indemnity
claims , being that of Joseph Qulnley , a llro-
man on the Baltimore , who wns ycatecday
released from confinement tit Mare Island ,
Col. , for being1 absent without leave , and
discharged with a check for Jl.COO. A pay
ment of ? 300 Is still due to W. H. Nichols ,
who deserted from the IJaltlmore.
I.nbnr UfinrarriioD Dili Not Tnk 1'lnce.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 11. The proposed
meeting of the house labor committee nnd
Messrs. Wright nn < l Kcrimn of the national
strlko commission did not take place today
as was expected. Two members of the- com
mission have not yet formulated the _ amend
ments they have suggested to the bill now
pending In the house , but expect to do so la
a few days.
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"Money's Worth or Money Back. "
MacNulty
bought a mackintosh , and the rain slid off his
back but that is what it ought to 'do
to be a joy to Mao It should shed the
snows of winter , and the rains of
early spring and that is what it's
bound to do if bought of Browning-
King But a mackintosh isn't poetical ,
it's practical It takes the place of an
Overcoat just at the time an Overcoat
would get the worst usage if you wore it We have
a very nice line of both the oapo and the box styles
They're in tricots , serges , meltons , covert cloth , etc. ,
with seams sewed and cemented. All weights in
box and oapo styles , blue , black and light colors , All
sorts of prices from $5.00 up. we warrant 'em all.
Umbrellas from a few cents to a few dollars.
Browning , King & Co. ,
Reliable Clothiers , S , W. Cor. 15th and Douglas ,
EVENINGS uirrii , 8:3) : r. M ,