Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY jniijiU : TIIITKSDAY , AUGUST 1 , 1895.
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fruiu now on.
Then ; arc wvoral tic'.v IIIWH now In
force \vlil 'h will soon TomHit - people
to ask why they WITO i-nncti'd.
That man Holmes sri-mM to luivo HUI.-
cpt'tlctl In ilt'stroyliiK more human lives
than have lieen sacrllU-ed altogether In
the wondurfnl war tit .lackson's Hole.
Last year Hit ! animal exhibition of
thu United Htati-s troops took -ilaee. at
Chleap ) . This year it orrnrs out In
the wlltls of Idaho. Kven the soldiers
ai pi-eelale variety.
An Hnjjlish lord has been llneil for
heiptn to mob H. Itlder Ihi 'ard.
Hazard's literary olTenses have been
Hival , but the court holds that they are
not Krave enough to snbjeel him to the
penalty of niohhln&
Itolh cnppor initiin- ; and lead mialn--
have suffered noticeably from low prices
diirliiK the past year of depression.
] $ ut neither the copper miners nor the
lead miners have yet asked congress to
raise the price of their product by law.
Vic McCarty , whose brush with the
Dawsons Is ( lie subject of investigation
t tlie Instance of the British minister ,
will , If permitted so to do. prove that
lie played the good Samaritan act when
he met the Dawson family by the way-
Hkle. .
rf we will only believe thl * stories of
the discharged ex-policemen there is
not one in the whole batch who ought not
not only to have been retained but also
to have/ been promoted to one of the
vacancies higher up. The similarity of
their stories discredits them.
Why should K. C. Wall be given the
Japanese mission when there are so
many other democratic olllce seekers
who need the place much more and
have to recommend them the fact that
they went down on the democratic
ticket tinder the late republican tidal
wavoV
The English rarliamentary elections
are at last over. The Kn.gll.sh elections
extend over a comparatively long period ,
but the Kngllsh campaign Is compara
tively it short one. On the whole the.
duration of election disturbances in
Knghind Is less than their duration in
this country.
If the members of the late boodlt
legislature are ever called togethei
again they will surely adopt a joint
resolution expressive of their apprecl
atlon of the high Compliment paid U
them by Colonel Hussell , who declares
that there wasn't u man among then
who would as much as look a bribe It
this face.
Solon L. Wiley keeps on gelling In hi *
work In the city council in most artistli
Hhape. While the council Is parleyiiif ,
over a proposition for illumlnntloi
during fair week Solon slips through i
resolution to put on more permanent
arc lamps on the outskirts of the city
In place of gasoline lamps. Thus tht
council retrenchment machine keeps
operating backward.
The school board combine will uiv : <
no trouble lu getting applications for :
$ ; iX ( ! ( ) snpcrlntendeney by the score
Hut tlie applicants are all men of smal
or no experience and still smaller repu
ttttion In the educational world. It h
u dangerous experiment to trust tht
schools of a city like Omaha to the can
t > C any one who has not already provci
Ids capacity for tilling such a position
AH of the principal stale otliclals im [
supposed to take up their resilience a
the state capital during the iimtlnuauci <
of their terms of olllce. Attorney ten !
oral ( Mum-hill , however. Insists that hi
spends all of his time in Omaha and i :
perfectly conversant with everythluj
that goes on at Omaha. Kliher the at
torney general Is at Omaha when In
ought to be In Lincoln or he docs no
Icuow so much about Omaha affairs a :
lie thinks he docs.
The whole matter of the Wiuuclmgi
land leases has ln-en turned over by tli
Interior department to the I'ultci
States district attorney for further at
tlon. Hut that will not cut much llgun
The members of the Nebraska cimcre *
Blonal delegation have iinbunKmci
themselves upon the Interior depart
inent , aud tlie effort Involved was al
together too , great for them to repea
the per forma net * for the bouetlt o
the district atloruey ,
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The otllco of governor entitles Us occupant - '
cupant to courteous * and respectful treat' j
inent from every ( Ill/.i-n of the com- |
monweiillh. As cJtlef executive of No-
hrattka , ( Jovernor Holcomb Is In his of-
llclnl .1-apac.lty the representative of n
mirtJoti people. He Is not the governor
of nny political parly or of any faction
of a political party , but of the whole
pe.oplp of the stale. It Is due to the
dignity of tlio olllco which Mi" governor
occupies thiil lu all I heir dealings with
him and communications to him other
stutw olllcers shall obverse at least Hit-
onus of decorum and decency that
x-ntlemen exact from their equals anil
slentl to their superiors.
The communications that have been
foully addressed to Uovernor llol-
omb by Attorney General Churchill
nil Commissioner of Public Lands Uus-
ell an- not only disrespectful and dis-
'onrteoiis. ' but an Insult to the cJdef
naglstrate of the state and an affront
o the people from whom they all de
lve their authority. These letters ad-
Iressed to thu governor sire slate pa porn
hilt will be. preserved in the archives
if the capltol and will become part of
S'ebraska's pollilc.il history , for tills
reason. If for none other , they should
mve been couched ill language bec.nn-
ng public olllcers who respect I heir
lositlotis If not themselves.
Covernor lloleomb Is a gentleman
tnd has conducted himself as such ever
since he was Inaugurated Into his olllce.
Cven his political opponents concede
hat he Is thu peer of any man wim
las been honored with the place of chief
-xectitive of this state. Ills demeanor
owanl other state olllcers has at sill
; lmcs been becoming the position he
loltls and nothing he has either said or
lone would justify the brutal and In
sulting replies which his decorous let-
ers have elicited.
Who is A. S. ( Mum-hill , anyway , who
iresnmes to cast slurs and Insolent
pithels at Silas A. HolcombV On the
Kith day of February. 1SS7. a bill of
ndlctment was presented in open court
in the presence of the grand jury in
Cuss county In the state of Iowa by
the foreman , II. < ! . Cotton , charging
A. S. Churchill with grand larceny.
The Indictment was later ( plashed on a
technicality , but the record remains and
can be found by reference to the
criminal docket for that year under
No. . - : ! ! .
And this Is the man that has the
temerity to lecture the governor of Ne
braska upon his duties to uphold and
enforce the law ! This Is the man who
presumes to represent the integrity of
our statutes.
It Is equally If not more scandalous
for a man of Uussell's caliber and
breeding to rant about Charles I and
the Imputation on the character of the
late legislature. If there ever was a
more venal and corrupt gang In tin-
state house than during the last ses
sion It can only have b. en when Kits-
sell was a member and was chairman
of the infamous judiciary committee
that bargained with Omaha and Lin
coln blacklegs to defeat the anti-gam
bling bill.
WILL TIIRY KVKll 'fKr.l , TIIK TllUTlIt
Lot us look for a moment nt the history of
this law. The people of Omaha are Intelli
gent they are presumed to know what
they wanted. They elected twelve good men
to the legislature. Those twelve men voted
for this law. It received more than a three-
fifths vote in each house. * * *
U was a , matter purely local to the people
of Omaha. They asked for It. H. C. Ilussell
to Governor Holcomb.
This Is rubbing it In pretty hard.
Who asked for the passage of the
Churt-'hill-ltussell bill aud when and
where did the twelve members from
Douglas county get their Inspiration for
tills measure ? Nobody In or out of
Omaha heard or thought of It during
the campaign. Nobody would have
proposed such a scheme to the delega
tion if Majors had been elected gov
ernor. No decent man would have sug
gested that the power to appoint the
commission should be taken away from
the governor and nobody in Omaha
ever before proposed to leave the mayor
out of the board.
Suppose Churchill had been defeated
at the polls last year , would that
wonderful delegation have entertained
the proposition to create an appointing
board made up of the governor , attor
ney general and commissioner of pub
lic lands ? Anil'why does Commissioner
IlussoM now show such concern about
matters purely local and why did hi
Ignore the demands of the mem
bers of the delegation from thl ?
county when he as u membei
of the legislature took the Omnlni
charter out of their hands ami mu-
L tilnted It in conjunction with Pan !
Vaudervoort uml other oil-room lobby
ists against their vehement proteMsV
Tnio , the late delegation from Dougla *
county voted for this bill , but Its action
was In deliance of public sentiment ,
Two of these members found It con
venlent to turn their backs on Omahii
within ten days after they perpetrated
the outrage and the others could nol
be elected t'.og-catchers if the otllce wen
elective.
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Another Important step toward the ex
tension of civil service reform Is abou
to be taken. Twenty-live- classes of em
ploycs have been brought under tht
' merit system by this administration
* anil It Is now contemplated to brln- .
* the laborers lu the employ of the gov
eminent , the postmasters and the con
l' sus ! under the scope of the civil serv
Ice reform system at an early date If I
can be done without change of law
M'here has been doubt whether thesi
classes of otliclals. numbering altogcthc
over tto.otx ) . could be brought within tin
scope of the reform system withou
new legislation , but It is tlie oplnloi
of members of the Civil Service com
mission who have been studying th
subject that some Important steps cm
be taken by simple order of the presl
dent. If this shall be done it will b
a most valuable gain to the cause o
civil service reform. MMie classified serv
let1 now Includes nearly .V > , < M ) < ) plne
and will be swelled to liri.OOO If posi
masters , consuls and laborers are en :
braced lu that c-ervltv. It seems tha
the classltlcatloa of postmasters has al
ways been a puzzling problem and ther
ling liot'ii doubt whether It could bo ac
complished by the ordinary methods.
No definite plan has yet been ll.xed
Upon by the Civil Service coinmlsslo-
In the absence of legislation , but they
have been considering the matter seri
ously and a practicable way of reachIng -
Ing the desired result will probably lp )
found. Hut If It should not the uccdc.il
legislation will be secured In time , for
there can be no doubt It will be de
manded by public sentiment. With re
gard to placing consuls under the civil
service reform system there Is practi
cally no opposition to sueli a course. e.\-
ept from those who are hostile to the
reform altogether. The commercial In-
erests of the country are In favor of
ompletely divorcing the consular serv-
c.o from politics ami nobody who has
, 'lven intelligent consideration to tlie
natter questions that this Is absolutely
necessary In order to bring the service
up to tlie highest standard of etllcleney
nnd usefulness. It Is the only way to
. -ffect the desired Improvement In the
-onsnlar service , the Importance of
ivhlch to the commercial Interests of the
oiintry Is not so generally appreciated
. ) > the people us it ought to be.
The administration merits hearty com
mendation for what It has done and Is
. 'inleavorlng to do for tlie extension of
. -Ivll service reform , every step In the
lirogress of which has been justified by
results. Nobody now questions that the
I'lllcleney of the public service lias been
Improved wherever the reform has been
applied ; that more ami better work is
obtained from employes of the govern
ment under the merit system than be
fore ; that employes In the classllled
service are more faithful and zealous
In the performance of their duties than
those who got positions through political
Intlnence.
IIKTTKII.
If A. Sylnm Churchill were as great a
lawyer as he Is a prevaricator he would
rank 'way above all the men who ever
tilled tinoltlce of attorney general in
Nebraska. Churchill asserts that IIP is
credibly informed that quite a uun.ber
of the policemen rei-ently appointed to
the police force in Omaha were im
ported from other states , when in fact
he knows that every policeman ap
pointed by the hoard Is a t-Itlxcu of Ne
braska and it resident of Omaha. Sev
eral of the new policemen were born in
Nebraska. Chief of Police White Is the
only man appointed who was brought
here from another state , aud in that
respect he stands on precisely the same
footing ns 1'ire Chief Kedell.
Mr. Churchill declares that he has
talked with si very large number of
people In Omaha and has found no
person who would directly or" indirectly
Intimate that there is any apprehension
of a contlict between rival police forces.
when he knows that for weeks this sub
ject not only has been town talk but
has also been the topic of telegrams ,
letters and editorials In lending papers
In and out of the state. Only Saturday
last the Western Laborer of this city
published the following in leaded type
on Us front , page under the head
"Trouble Next Month Iiinoi'ent Itlooil
to Flow-1 In Orrinhii" ou Account of tin-
Police Force. "
"Save yifcir money and buy a gun , for
during August you will see terrible times In
Omaha , " said a man who docs not talk
through his hat to a reporter for the La
borer yesterday. He said further : "There are
lined up for the terrible struggle for control
of 'tho police force two strong and deter
mined factions. Friends of the present
board will raise the point that the governor
still has the power to remove men from the
lire and police board for cause , and as fast
as the new appointing power appoints the
governor will remove ; and also , the csm-
mlsslons of the new lire and police board
must be signed by the governor , but ho will
not sign , and there Is no way to force him.
There will bo two fire and police boards and
two chiefs and police forces will bo In It.
When they clash look out for blood ! "
Tin : HOLD
Several weeks a o the mint bureau
sent out an estimate that the world's
production of jold for the current year
will equal SliOO.OOlMXX ) in value and it
appears that the reports which are
rcacliiiiK the bureau confirm this esti
mate and indicate an even larger pro
duction. It Is stated that material In
creases are already disclosed by the re
ports from various parts of the I'lilted
Slates , from Australia and from South
Africa. The Cripple Creek region of
Colorado Is reported to be avcniKlnfi a
production of about .yTiiMi.oooHT month ,
where the product has until' recently
been only .f.'iOO.OOO to $ -l ( ) ( > ,000. The
LeadvlMe district is also increasing its
output and an increased production in
California Is expected as Hie result of
tlie resumption of hydraulic mining.
Aivordln- the mint estimate the en-
tin- product of tlie I'nlted States for
tSir ! will probably not be less than : ? IV
Otio.ooo , iiKiiinst ! ? : tl)0MM ) ( ) ( ) In isiil. and
it is quite possible that the estimate for
this year will be found too small. In
deed , if Colorado should realize expecta
tions and produce $17NX ( > ,04)t ) > of j'od ! ,
almost doubling the production of IS'I ) ,
the product of the entire country may
Australia , which took the lead In gold
production last year with fIl.Ti'O.tMX ) ,
will do better lids year , while It I *
possible that both that country and tin
rutted States may be surpassed by
Africa , from which jjlowln ; ; reports arr
made. H is slated that few reports ol
diminished production have been re
ceived from any quarter of the world
and some piius are looked for in tin
South American conn tries as they come
to be explored and their mineral re.
sources to be developed. This Increas
ln production of told Is especially In
ten-ittliiK for tlie bearing it may havi
upon the future of silver , the product lor
of which Is decreasing. Last year tht
e silver output In the I'nited ' States wa :
lO.riOO.lUX ) ounces less than In IS'.KI am
then * will be a still further decrease
this year , as now Indicated. If p > li
production keeps up tit the present ratt
and Hie production of silver does no
Increase the effect must be to brliiK tin
two metals nearer together In value , re
nardless of any action. International 01
o'therwise. to give silver greater rccojjnl
lion as a money metal. It would hi
years before the two metals could read
parity under this process , but HID nltl
mate attainment of that relation wonlt
be certain. There Is another consider
atlou that U worthy of attention , ant
that Is that .an annual addition of ? 'J)0- (
000,000 to ( lie world's gold stock ought
to dispel mly doubt that may exist re
garding the'stipply of that metal being
sullleleiit fori jlje world's requirements.
With the methods that prevail In the
transactlonjj' i/'jweeu / the great commer
cial nations , requiring relatively only a
very small amount of actual money , such j
an annual addition to the gold supply Is i
ample for the wants of the world. As
In all gold yiroilnclng regions the effort
Is to incrcst ! | ; ( he production of that
metal there Is ivason to expect that the
present output. , will at least be main
tained for years to come , with the prob
ability that It will be larger before there
Is ii decrease of production.
The loading trade paper of Kngland ,
tlie London Kconomlst , recently referred
to a few of the benellts to Ilrltlsh manu
facturers resulting from our present
tariff. It stated that owing to the res
toration of cotton lies to the free list the
recent advances in the price of Iron In
America have enabled Kugllsh makers
to capture orders for these hoops. MMie
same upward movement lu prices , tlie
Kcoiiomlt-t .said , raises ( he question of
the future of the tlnplate trade , a sub
ject which ll remarked is carefully
watched by the South Wales manufac
turers , who an. anxious to regain their
old-time monopoly. It admits that the
decreased shipments of ( inplates have
been felt with crushing effect by the
Welsh Industry , but sees in the higher
price for steel a possibility that the
manufacture of tlnplate in the Hulled
States may receive a cheek and the
Kngllsh t ratio be revived. Here Is In
disputable testimony to the value of
he republican tariff policy in building
p the American tinplatc Industry and
Iso to the worth of the democratic
uriff to Urltlsh manufacturers of cot-
mi ties. It is such testimony that
tretigthens the cause of protection.
You ask mo to Join with you In your plan
f settlement , and you say the whole matter
I'll ! be peaceably settled with dignity and
ecoriim. No , governor , that would not do.
H. C. Hussell to Governor Holcomb.
Of course , that , would nol do. M'o set-
o the police commission- controversy
Piiceably would interfere with the plan
f campaign which the dervish conspira-
> rs had mapped out for themselves
efore the bill was introduced In the
'gishiture.
The people will gladly dispense with
he excitement of an Indian war even
t the risk of discrediting the veracity
f certain newspaper correspondents.
A l'orililiiKf'limiiiilriini. | .
I'rooklyn I'aslp.
Is It not time tt ) abolish this poppycock
bout the Shlnneccck ?
Tin * Soil CiiliiliiKViillh. .
Chicago Clironli'lP.
The crops of'Iowa will carry Into the state
his year $150.000,000 In money. Democrats
i ml nil other producers In that state luvc
etched the conclusion that they want payer
or their products In dollars worth 100 cents
ach , not in 5Q-cenUdolhrs.
\ot ii Cilftj f SCntcrprlMc.
Jlj.tlnn Qlnb .
Secretary J prton , has decided that the
utted States , ' . Buvarmnent sUnll. no. longer
) e a seed distributor. There Is really no
uore reason that the Government should give
armers seeds than dry goods men cimbrlc
and calico or grocers surar nml coffee. The
government Is not a gift enterprise.
SIlVI-r'N lilINt ClIIINI111 1 < MVII.
I'.ik-riRO Tlnies-Heralil.
Fifteen county democratic conventions wore
leld on Saturday last and In only one were
lie free silver men successful In forcing a
declaration In favor of free coinage. In the
other fifteen convent Ions the silver men met
vlth defeat In nearly every Instance. During
he week seventy more conventions will be
leld , and It Is safe to say that the sentiment
against free silver U stronj ; enough to pre
vent any considerable number of them from
being captured by the flatlsts , and there Is
not the slightest probability that any attempt
will be made to Insert a silver plank In the
ilatform to be adopted ut the state conveu-
lon at MarEhalltown.
Tinorniiil Condition.
Clilonijo Trllmnn.
With the exception that the war In Cuba
is daily growing In dimensions , that a battle
Is on between the rebels and government of
Ecuador , that llrazll is in a row with Eng-
and over the possession of Trinidad , that
risings are Imminent In Nicaragua and Ilon-
duias , that a revolt has begun In Salvador.
that an uprising Is threatened In Guatemala.
that Peru and Chile are making faces at each
other again , thul Colombia is In domestic
turmoil , and that Venezuela Is wrangling
with Hngland and France , the republics tc
the south of us seem to be In a happy am !
contented frame of mind. . The condition ol
all of them appeirs to be normal.
Coal roinliliuSpri'
l'lilln-lcihia ! | IlM-iiil.
Combinations of coal mining Interests seem
to be the order of the day. A few weeks ago
numerous Ohio coal producers formed an or
ganization , and more recently the two targes
mining companies in Alabama have poolei
their interests and added 25 cents per ton to
the price of their fuel. Now It is proposec
to extend this Alabama combination so as to
Include all the mine operators In Georgia
Alabama , Tennessee and Kentucky , and al
organization for this purpose has been formed
New * comes , too. from the northwest , telling
of tne revival and reorganization of the Min
nesota Coal trust , which was driven out o
existence last winter , by the Minnesota legls
lature. Tills U an age of trust , and experi
ence has shown tlut tha arm of the law Is
rarely long enough to reach such combina
tions when there are so many legal loop
holes through which they may escape.
All I'.iiMti-rii VliMT of f'aplalii Jli-cli.
Captain Heck , Alir army olllcer who is act
ing as Indian aprent on the reservation In
western NebrasMi , isfems to be a man of violent
lent temper , bift 'Wlh a backbone that does
not know how to Ue' d. These who like fair
play will welcome -tile novel exhibition he Is
giving of an agqpt ) who really Is Interested
in his cbargea.jundj determined to protect
their rights. Tnp reverse has usually been
the case. Indlah'1 ' agents have too commonly
been cheap or coMuH ; politicians , who worked
their otllcps for"al | the profit there was In
them , regaidless of 'whether they were en
forcing the laws"aifA doing their duty or not.
The trouble ( id ( he Omaha reservation
seems to be that yjlue men have been squat
ting on the lands'orthe Indians , and are now
setting up a clajjn..of ownership by virtue
of this occupation. , MCJaptaln Heck has under
taken to expel them- One big land company
at least is enlisted on the side cf the squat
ters , and probably H 'will ' be the chief gainer
If the rights of ilie'Indians are overthrown.
A considerable quantity of arms and ammuni
tion has been bought by the settlers , and
there Is danger tint they will provoke a
collision If not Interfered with , as the sc-Ulers
in Jackson's Hole , Wyo. , already have done.
At present the plain duty of the government
is to support its ugent , who Is bofriendlng the
Indians. Later negotiations may , perhaps , be
effected by which some of the lands already
occupied by settlers may be bought from the
IrTdlaiis.
The detailing of army olllcers as Indian
agents wag one of the excellent Ideas of the
Harrison administration. Secretary Latnont.
acting on the usual policy of the Cleveland
administration of reversing everything Its
predecessor had done , removed moat of tht
nlllcars from this service and restored the
Indian agencies to the mercl s of spoilt
politics. Ciiualn Deck , however , sesmi t'
have been oi.e of the exceptions who was al
lowed to remain at hU piit Ills count ,
shows the wisdom of the Harrison ixillcy
I'KIISON.U , AM ) OTMI3HWISU.
Jim Corbett's family gkeletor. was clearly
outclassed by the collection of Mr. Holmes.
While expressing n decided preference
for silver , an Indiana financier greedily ex-
chmiRod cash for a gold brlr-lc made of mud.
"Monobranchlatl Xoophltes" have been
found In the water nt Fergus Falls nnd the
town wilt presently bloom as a sanitarium of
unrivaled attractiveness.
Ira Ilrown , a Port Jen-Is base ball player ,
on attempting to alight from u freight train
ell eighty feet Into the IJMawnro river and '
scaped with a few bruises ,
Ths llannock ; , so far ns known , are not
o'lig the ghost ihncc nor Me.'slah business ,
k < the I'lne llldgo Sioux. Nevertheless ,
ic Jackson affair looks like a Holo-y show.
Max N'ordeau , the critic of degenerates , l.-i
rinding out n novel , and will follow It with
i play. Max Is an Industrious author. He
> egan writing at 12 and was earning money
Ith his pen at 14.
Kvery little whllo the cable reports that
iift'n Victoria has had a "stroke. " Still.
Ith all her experience In that line , she
tie-fully refrains from tickling the heir ap-
urciit with a stroke of abdication.
It Is now charged that the bicycle causes
Icerated gum * and lease lueth , particularly
mong t-corchers wlui strive to m.mlc.itB
lie handlebars.Vllh thu average rider
he trouble Is Konerally below the belt.
lUlfour npvcr wears his hat In the House
f Commons , fnllnwlm ? in this respect the
ashlon et by Disraeli and Gladstone. The
iiistoin Is to keep ihc head i-overc-tl while In
hehoiue , except when addressing the oh.-ilr.
The dreaded thirteen has lost Its terrors
or an Ohio man. He left homo on tin ? 13th
f July with 13 cents In his pocket. Thlr-
ecn hours later IIP was Informed that an
nple who had recently died left him $13,000.
1'rlnco lllsmarck has decided to dovotc
ho fund placfd nt his disposal In honor of
ho SOth anniversary of his birth to tha
uildlng of a home of th ? bund ( ronfcder.i-
Ion ) In llerlln. lilt : decision mees : general
atlsfactlon.
It Isn't so very long since Dr. Koch , the
amous German discoverer of the "cousump-
Ion cure , " was almost worshiped. Of late ,
lowevor , where he Is best known tablets and
thor mementoes glorifying him have bsen
quietly removed or destroyed.
There are only 350 seats In the House of
'ommons , barely enough to accommodate
nlf the members. Hut aa all the elect
'stood" for Parliament It Is presumed they
ire patriotic enough to continue In that pasl-
lon to tlie end of the session.
Tha champion bull fighter of Mexico wants
30,000 for a brief series of contests with
luffed and hornless bulls during the Atlanta
xposltlon. As a bttslnesj venture the Mexl-
'in ' should get his price. The bigger the
nimbug the greater the recrlpls.
Jan Van Deers , the celebrated Flemish
painter. Is slim of stature , sallow of com-
lexlon and Impetuous of manner. HU mous-
ache and goatee are ebony-hucd and ho Is
aid strongly to resemble Van Dyck , from
vhom , by the way , he Is maternally de-
icended.
The most extensive part of the kaiser's
i-ardrobe Is composed of his naval and mlll-
ary uniform ? , of which he has 12S. In ad-
lltlon to these he possesses the regalia of
'arlous ' high orders , together with enough
-IvIlUn - suits to make the fortune of the
allor who constructed them.
Prof. Rudolph Gndst of Ils-rlln , who died
Monday , was a bitter opponent of the Ger-
nan government In his parly days. Although
lismarck forgave him , the loyal family
never did and consequently ho was never
able to cbtalu the ambition of his life a
ssat In the Imperial ministry.
The will of the- eccentric Richard Vaux. the
ate Chesterfield of I'hlhidciphia , Is a char
acteristic document. It begins as follows-
'Being of sufficient mind and understand-
ng to know what Is my last will and testa-
nent without the aid of my countrymen , 1
do make this my last will and testament
and publish the same by these presc-nts. "
\ftr disposing of his estate , ho concludes :
' 'I deslro that such papers and the his-
: orlcid views of old buildings and like col-
ections made by father. Robert Vaux , who
was the most active of the originators ot
tha present Historical Society of Pennsyl
vania , ba given to that society. I do this
out of respect to my father's memory , as I
live' no very exalted respect for that so
ciety , that In 1860 , or about that year , drew
party politics Into the election of Its olllcers. "
TIIK nAi.K srnsimi.s.
Kansas City Star : With the close of the
florr-Harvey debate comes the report that
the richest gold strike In the world has been
made In Cripple Creek , Colo. The sliver mine
owners ought to have suppressed the news ,
for It hurts Harvey's arguments.
Chicago Post : As for Mr. Herr and Mr.
Harvey , they have earned a long vncatlcn ,
and the public cheerfully puts It at their dis
position. Who would blame them If they
went , to a retreat where absolute silence Is
commanded and where even the pleasure of
talking to one's self Is discouraged by rigid
penance ?
Globe-Democrat : A gentleman of an In-
qulsltlvo turn of mind wrote to the Globo-
Democrat a year ago to know what its editor
considered to be a few of the great essentials
to the conduct of a first-class newspaper.
The editor promptly responded that the first
essential was a big waste basket , nnd the
second was a man who was not afraid to fill
It. This will account , for the nonappearance
ance of the IIorr-Harvey debate In these
columns , now tlut It Is over.
iM : < - < ntriTIIIJ LAWS.
InIiaVi * < -ii < - < > llfttvi-i-n ll < > iiNoiial > l < -
KnCori-i-iiifiil anil I't-i-NL-i-utlon.
Chir.iKo Olironli-lt * .
It Is a catchy phrase of crank reformers
that "as long as a law Is on the statute
book It should be enforced. " They add that
If any law should not be enforced It should
be repealed. This cant and claptrap Is de
rived more or less directly from n grimly
humorous aphorism of General Grant to the
effect that the h = st way to procure the re
peal of an obnoxious law It enforce It.
Many statutes are enacted In public emer
gencies , or to meet possible emergencies ,
the daily and constant enforcement of which
would be oppressive beyond endurance1. Some
laws are enacted to suppress gross and public
Immorality , but tholr terms prohibit minor
private offenses which the pollca cannot
roach without practicing a system of In
tolerable espionage. There are laws ot a
general character which should be enforced
In some localities and not In others. Laws are
passed for the purpose of remaining on the
statute books as a dead Jeter.
These laws , which are enacted for the
purpose of being enforced only In part , erIn
In localities , or In emergencies , do not re
late to criminal ofTc-nscs. Crlmo must bo
suppressed. Kvery violation of strictly
criminal law should be punished. There
should be no relaxation of criminal discipline- ,
for every violation of criminal law there
sould be certainty of detection , certainty of
arrest , trial and conviction and certainty ol
punishment.
Hut It Is Impossible to enforce with rigor
all the laws against mere conventional
offenses and against minor Irregularities of
conduct of a vicious , rather than of a crim
inal nature. If the Sunday laws were en
forced the world would stand still for one
day In seven. Half the ofllcea of llfo would
bo unfulfilled. There would be no railroad
trains nor travel of any sort , no newspaper
either Sunday or Monday , no hotels open fur
the accommodation of guests , no factory fires
kept alive to save the cost of kindling anew.
Absolute Idleness for the man and beast
would be the rule.
Yet It Is wise that Sunday laws should been
on thp statute books. They can be enforced
to prevent outrageous Sunday desecration ,
to repress turbulence ) and activity , to pro
mote quiet and peac ? for the day. Hut to
enforce them literally Is Impossible and
would bo unendurable If tt were possible ) .
This In only an Illustration. Hut It thows
the absurdity of proclamations that all laws
shall be enforced. It thaws the sham ami
humbug of such crusades as that of Koos ° vell
In Now York. It strips cant thu cant that
"laws were made to ba enforced ' of this pre
tension and arrogance. Roosevelt shows the
utter absurdity of his claims In saying that
he.ls merely enforcing the laws.as ho finds
them , but In falling to enforce any law but
onei.
onei.Thero Is no lost of respect for the maj
esty of the law In this enlightened view of
the discrimination with which It should b :
enforced. Renpect for the law Is lncr ° aset
when It Is not belittled and perverted for
partisan , factioui , hypocritical , frivolous or
crank utes. Rlghtpous law Is consistent
with reasonible liberty. To make the law or
single laws a nr-re agency for small pollca
espionage , for putty persecution , for ex
iratlr | > K llttlo Infractions on fro dom o
conduct Is to maka en mica for law and for
society.
PEOPLE WITH WHOM CIICRCIIIU IS NOT ACQUAINTED
Wlillo WPMIIJAll Hip l.onilliiir Ill-Nine * * MPII > f Oniuliu I't-tltloii Ilio tSov-
irrnor to Avert an liniu-nitliiK Cnnllli-l , tlip AUiirnry tJi-itpriil
SHJ-H X > One l-Jvi-u DrciDui of the I'ojulMIHy of
Contlnu Trniililp.
MNCOI.N. Neb. . July 23. 1333. Man. Silas
A. Holcomb , Lincoln , Nfb. : Dear Governor
rpoti my return from my hotnii In tlio city
of Umah.1 , where 1 have roJlded tor motu
than ten years last past , uml with whoso
people I am In cenor.il < | ulta acquainted.
I received your moat ranmrk.iblu letter. In
which letter you speak of a " 'lual govern-
mont" and "with Its attending ccnilllct of
authority and unseemly strlte and contention
among those whoso duty It Is to conserve
peace. "
Again you say : "The appointment at this
tlmo of a new Hojrd of Flro and 1'ollce Com
missioners and the nttcmpt. etc.vould re
sult In Inevitable disturbance * , provoke street
brawls. "
Again you refer to "tho large number of
lien In the city of Omaha organizing and
ioldlng frequent meetings with the mowed
expectation of becoming a part of the police
orce miller the provisions of the law at an
arly day. "
In reply to this I have the honor to say ,
Ir , that thu people of Omaha nro a law-
tbldlng people , and your aspersions against
he goud people of that city are entlri'ly
vlthoitt foundation In fact , and can bo but
he product of an unusually excited mind. |
For tin ? last two d.iys 1 have commingled 1
vlth the people of Omaha and talked with
i very largo number upon the very subject I
on allude to. buth before tha reading of
our cainmiinlL-iitloii In the press and afser.
nd dlil not discover any piich facts to exist
s you assume. No person , dlrocily or In-
llri'ctly , s.ild or Indicated anything from |
vhlrh oven tha most timid and Imaginative
nlnd could have Inferred anything of the
< lnil you refer to.
The people of Omaha expect to submit to
ho new law , while lit thu xann > tlmo they
ouk upon the executive olllcera of the state
or the enforcement of the laws. *
remain very truly yours ,
A. S. CllimcilIMi , Attorney General.
VO1CH OK THU STATIC 1MII3S.H.
McCcok Tribune : Judge Scott of Douglas
county should never bo al'owed ' to occupy the
mllclal bench another term. Ho Is In no
sense qualified.
Norfolk News : The man or newspaper that
tells the simple truth about the crops of
northern Nebraska this year , Is labeled an
agricultural liar by those not familiar with
the plain , unvarnished facts.
Lincoln News : The attorney general has
decided that the deaf and dumb Inatltute at
Omaha Is not un educational Institution , but
an asylum.Vo await with much Impatience ,
however , his decision as to whether the state
linusf Is an asylum , an educational Institution
or merely a means of obtaining a livelihood.
Grand Island Republican : There Is some
talk of an extra session of the legislature to
amend the revenue laws , but the necessity Is
mostly Imaginary. Greater bcnoIH would
result from declaring the next two regular
sessions off and giving tha people a six years
rest. If such a thing wore possible. Wo have
too many and tea frequent changes in the
laws.
Holdrege Citizen : Only twelve counties
In Nebraska Increased their tax valuation this
year. This may be all right , but what shall
be said of the seventy-eight counties which
have made a reduction of their alrcidy low
valuation. There Is no doubt that the only
way to have a Just anJ equitable taxation is
to have the law strictly enforced and assess
property at Its actual value.
Fremont Herald : The republican party has
a great deal to account for , to a longsuffering
ing peoplOTfor the part taken by tnat organ
ization In making It possible for such a mull
as Churchill to occupy the olllcc of attorney
general In the state that has boasted of Its
love for the cause of education and progress.
Where Is there a self-respecting lawyer that
will not blush at the thought of our unfor
tunate plight ?
Fremont Herald : If the newspaper men
of the slate will make an organized effort to
have the libel laws amende ! It will bo pos
sible In the near future for them to feel
secure from the malicious attempts of a cer
tain element In Nebraska politics to further
personal ends by Invoking the aid of judicial
tyrants to dispose of some editor who lias In
curred the wrath of the machine. Not one
among the respectable members of the frater
nity would ask for anything more than Is
accorded every citizen of the country by the
constitution. This much newspaper men In
common with others are plainly entitled to.
l'lltl\i AT .1ACICHOVS HOl.tt.
Chicago Post : General Miles says the
Wyoming Indians are good lighters. They
have to be , apparently , to get along with the
settlers.
Washington Star : Those Idaho Indians
seem dlaposjd to hasten the fulfillment of
tha red man's ultimate destiny by luMstlng
on their own extermination.
Chicago Dispatch : Troops are already on
the way to Jackson's Hole. When they ar
rive let them place under arrest every deputy
marshal who took a hand In the shameless
slaughter of the Hannocks and hold them for
trial on the charge of murder. Hanging is
none too good for these thugs.
Globe-Democrat : What they ( the Indians )
were In the beginning they are sure to re
main at the end. The problem which they
represent can bo solved only by their disap
pearance from the planet , and to long as
tlioy remain where there is opportunity for
them to manifest the well defined character
istics of their race wo may expect to hear of
outbreaks Ilko that which is now creating
consternation In Idaho and Wyoming.
Springfield ( .Mass. ) Republican : The In
dians have been given Justification for war.
and If they were powerful enough they could
not bo blamed on the old-fashioned plan for
"wiping out" these settlers , as the settlers
want to "wipe out" the Indians. Why bhauld all
the work of the government bo done In bulialf
of the Fottlers who themselves disdain the
laws , break the peace , and start an Indian
war for the openly avowed purpose of ex
tirpating neighbors they don't like ?
Kansu Ctly Journal : Hut the duties of
the authorities will not ha fulfilled when the
Indians are overpowered by the force of the
United States troops. A searching Investi
gation should bo made as to the causes of thu
outbreak , and If 1' Is trim that ttm blame
rests on the Peltiers , adequate punishment
should be meted out to the offenders. The
probabilities are that those who were slaugh
tered at Jackson's Hole were least to blame ,
though they have been first to suffer.
Chicago Tribune : Putting this and that
together , when this alleged Indian war is
thoroughly Investigated It probably will be
found that the Indians are off their reserva
tion , that they liave killed game because their
treaty with tlii > United States gives them per
mission , and that they may have committed
some depredations becauin the settlers have
killed sums of their number. Thli Is prub-
ably the length and breadth of iho Indian
war. In any event , the troops will bo ut the
Hon. Silas A. Hnlcomb , Governor ; Hon. A.
S. Churchill. Atorucy General ; Hon. H C.
R'isioll , Commissioner of Public Lands and
IlullJltigj : The undersigned , citizens nnd
taxpayers of Om.ilm , respectfully In
voke your co-operntlon to avert the danger
at serious disturbances and probable loss of
llfo Mid destruction of property In this city
by thfl Impending contact between appointees
on the police fori-o ur.it In the firu depart
ment of rlvnl lire and police commissioners ,
Such a conflict should , If po."lble. be pr
vonti'd. not merely on account of Its terrl-
bio consequences , but for the goud u.tmo of
this city Hiid state. It would be deplorable
Indeed to have this city totn up by UinmUi
mid riotous dislnrbanee. at a tlmu when
thousands of visitors and strangers .In at
tendance upon our state fair will demand at
the hands of mir police the exercise of the
utmost vlgll.uico to maintain order In our
public thoroughfares and protict tha public
from professional cilmliuU , who am ays
abound nt great gatherings. In.ifmurli ns
tlu > existing Uoard of Flro and Police Com
missioners Is deiermlned to continue In the
discharge of Its funrtlnns until tha validity
of the new police commission act Is letted
and ulllrmed by the supreme court , \vo trust
that you will refrain from inking any u-iinn
that would preclpltnto a cinching of au
thority l ) > 'twepn roiiti'iidliig police forci'3. and
rospu-tt'ully urge you to take such steps as
v'ili promptly bring thu subject to theat
reutlon of tin- highest Judicial tribunal of our
state and seetiro ut Its h.ind .1 final adjudlrj
tlon upon the Issuer Involved.
Frank Murphy. C. F. Weller , 0. 11. Rustln.
Thomas Kilpatnck , H. Kounlzp , K. L. ftono ,
William I. Klprstead. J. K. Summers , Jr ,
M. 1) . . GcorRi > T. Mills , W. A. Puxton. J. N.
Cornish , K. L. Illerbower. G. W. l.inmgnr.
Luther Drake. J. .M. Wo Iworth J. A. Crc gh
ton , M. T. Uarlow , Clnrles A. Coe. Stei'lu-
Smith Grocery company , by Dudley Smlts
president ; John S. llrady , Rli-hardntm Drug
company , by Amos Field , treasurer ; Rector &
Wllhelmy company , by A. T. Rector ; K. \
ncnson , K. 1) ) . Klrkendill. Consolidated Coffee
company. Carpenter Paper company , by F ,
W. Carpenter , president ; Hayden Urns. . J.
L. llraudels & Sous , John I. Itodlck , Paxton
& Vlerllng Iron works , by A. J. Vlerllng.
manager ; Alvln Kaunders , Farrell & Co. ,
Robert W. Rlehardjon. A. L. Herd. R. W.
Patrick , John F. Co-id , Duriloy Smith , Amos
Field , W. S. Wright. 15. K. nruee , G. II
Payne , Hobnrt WlllUms. W. W. Marsh J
Ilayden , V. H. Davis. II. 0. Hurt. W N
lUbcock. Milton Rogers , W-.utam A. Ri > dl. K.
Gcorgo L. Miller , F. A. Nash , John ItiMi ,
A. P. Tllhey , H. R. Gould. J. C. McKell. H.
Heyu & Co. , W. A. L. Gibbon. 7. . T. Llndsny ,
William Krug , George W. Kelley , Robert W.
WllcoX.
spot In a day or two , whereupon the Ind'am
will bo returnnd to their reservation. Thpy
should be kept there , ami meanwhile If depre
dations have been committed by the wh'tes '
they should bo puulsked. If , as Is ropoitml.
white settlers have organized to drive the
Indians out of that country by attacking
them nnd Inciting them to commit depreda
tions then there are white men as well as
Indians who need the attention of General
Copptnger's cavalry.
Philadelphia Inquirer : It U easy to pre
dict the result. The fcUeral government will
not llvo up to Its promises. For 100 years
and more , as Hulen Hunt's "Century of Dis
honor" shows , wo have kept no treaty with
thu red mun which Itf was our Interest to
break. There will bo a few more murders.
with possibly a clash between the Indians
and the troops , and then the Indians will bo
driven back to flielr reservation sullen and
revengeful , but cowed. That Is the usual
story , nnd It will not vary In this Instance.
Chicago Inter Ocean : During a recent visit
to Montana a prominent Chicago gentleman
went with n party Just starting for a grand
"hunt for big game in the Yellowstone
region. " He remarked to the leader : "You
cannot Jjunt In the Yellowstone Park. " "Oh ,
no , " said the leader. "We go outslda the
limits of the park nnd If the game won't
come to us we know how to manage to mike
It come. " Such excursions are not uncom
mon and It will not bo strange It hungry In
dians should occasionally Imitate their white
brethren.
.H.\ < ; il\J IIIIY3IKS.
Detroit li'ri-o 1'rpsa.
"Not from his head wu woman took ,
As mnili- her husband to o'erlook ; "
Thus Wes-ley wrote. He illil not know
How far ahead she was to KO.
Atlanta .Iiitmial.
A pair of wandering- Willies nought
All labor bun ! to Hliun
Two wiuls with but a .slnglo thought ,
Two tramps that beat as one.
New York Ilpmld.
"My love for thee Is Ilko a ringhe cried ;
"It hath no end ! " And then. In ucrontl
winning- .
"And mine for tbee , " the maiden fair ran
piled.
" ! H Ilko a ring for It hath no begging. "
Detroit Tillnmp.
The boy stood on thu burning deck ,
And the superheated ulr
Disarmed illsc-rctlon till lie changed
Ills winter underwent * .
Alns , the boy ! Thu gallant boy I
What did the boy bctldii ?
Amid conditions sm-li IIH these ,
What wonder that ho died.
Now Yoik Mprcurj * .
The boy stood on tin' burning deck
It never occurred to him ,
That he po.iHt > yypil the first good fii.nira
To get Into thu swim.
IV'tiolt KIPU Pn ss ,
Tlip sun Is blistering , blazing hot ,
Wu shrivel like 11 feather , -
And yet snmu ii'oplo my : "Oh , well ,
It's slzzln'ablo wuatlier. "
J\V\v Yoik Truth.
"And will you climb , swcut miild , " ho said.
"With me , this lofty mountain ? " I
Her cheeks by tuins grew pale , then redj IK
Kin ; slowly lalfed her drooping head.
"In there on top , " the question sped , K
"An Ice cro < un noila fountain ? "
TOMMY'S SOLILOQUY. IK
) larpr'K llnr.rir.
I hope when I grow tip I'll liu
A man. but I'm afraid
I may Him out quite nthcrwlsu
And turn into a maid. K
For grandpa .iay that my mamma ,
When she wan hut a child , tf
Wan quite n Tomboy , Just Ilko me.
The Idea makes MILwild. . i
HIISTIC IIOMAM/'l- : . '
I'll ( It.
Slow sails the moon through Hummer sky
( Sen Khake peaie , llyion , Muoru and
UnniHI ,
And ho has come to say soodby ,
For on the morrow ho leturiiH.
The farmer's daughter pp.nsivo stand * .
With downcuvt eye. and Hushing i-lmek
Thu while he holds her freckled luviils
And whispers words hl.s heart will spen *
f ) . timid mold ! Can ° t thoti think this
A mash pro tern , nnd nothing moru
A Meeting slimmer dream of bliss ?
Alas ! Him has been there before.
Once , wlilln yon moon beamed bright abo\- *
She lii-ard on thin romantic H U.
A prnmlce sweet of endless love
And a photograph which cometh not.
And hero. In tender tones , u nwttln
Said Tlmo would move on wines of leat
Until HIM summer oamo again
That's Just exactly what he said.
And yet flie never .iw him more !
Summer IIBH como. nnd whenIK hoT
HP'S mashing on HIP Jprsey shorp-
Korstook the mountain for the hea.
o blame her not ! Ob , lilnino bur nut ,
If . , ' m.w with llu-hlm ? cheek
o \vur > l of 1'ivion that sweet H | > ot.
Smva AumU-rlns ' ' ' " " 're n"
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