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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
nOSCWATHH , Editor.
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Snorn to ti forp IMP nnd niili ct Itiod In my
prpsrnr this M day of UwMnbor. 1831.
( Kent. ) N. P. mtU Notary Public.
THIS MUST XUWSPAI'Kll.
Krotney New I2rn.
Tliprc Is lint one dnllv newspaper
printed In the Btnto like The Hoc. For
news It hns no competitor.
It Is iiliiin licyoiul ilisiitc | ) ttiit : In nil
his MjjIilH u.v-I'tiKlllst .Sullivan's jnw was
disabled.
We < 1o not Ininginu Ambassador liny
nnl will lose much nluup ever the pro
Iiosal to liniumuli him.
Thi-rc will Ins no repudiation in Ken
tucky whllo Governor llrn ll > y holds
down the o.xi'cutlvu chair.
Mayor Hcinis can lo ) donoudod upon
to usu his vole in the interests of the
taxpayers to the very last.
Prospects are that many a day will
elapse before Nebraska witnesses an
other jury trial In Its supreme court.
The ninn who knows any more about
the condition of the city treasury than
ho did live months ago Is gifted with
second sight
How will the council be able to set
along after January 1 without the as
sistance of that brilliant financier , llalf-
dan .Tacobseu ?
If the health commissioner were only
Klven u free Held In the expenditure of
city money he would soon double the
deficit In the city treasury.
There is some other state money be
sides the li'W.OOO In tne'Capltal National
tied up In failed depositories. AVhat is
belm : done to recover these public
funds ?
And Comptroller Olsen Is the public
otlU-ial whom this council , members of
the finance committeeIncluded , white
washed a few weeks after the treasury
defalcation was unearthed.
Now watch the champions of different
presidential candidates try to read po
litical significance Into the selection of
St. Liouis as the place for holding the
republican national convention.
It must be painful to this judges of
the supreme court to be called upon so
frequently to Issue orders to rec'.lfy the
mistakes made by the jud e of the crim
inal division of this district court.
Had President .Tames Monroe had a
premonition of the amount of space In
the Congressional Kocord discussion of
his famous doctrine was to occupy In
years after his departure he might have
left It to be promulgated by some one
of Ills successors.
The State Ilcllcf Commission spent
$ i,000 ) In relieving the wants of Its ofil
cers and employes. They may have
needed this assistance , but If so their
names and the minis received by each
should have been Included in the com
mission's report along with the names
of the other beneficiaries of private and
state contributions to the drouth Mill'er-
ors' fund.
The Omaha Kalrand Speed association
nt Its recent meeting reported most fa
vorably upon the condition of its
finances. That such a showing could be
made after the heavy burdens Incident
to the state fair had been overcome Is
as remarkable as It Is gratifying. It Is
also a fair Index of what may be ex
pected next year , when conditions must
be far more favorable than those" encountered - '
countered last fall.
If anything were needed to prove the
imbecility of the combine that is In the
saddle In the council the action of the
finance committee In asking the repeal
of an ordinance regulating the city
treasury which had at Its recommenda
tion been passed over the mayor's veto
and had not yet been put Into force
ought to be conclusive. The utter lack
of business methods In the council cham
ber could not be more strikingly Illus
trated.
Local philanthropists Insist that In the
construction of the new cages for the
jail in the basement of the city hall
separate cells shall be provided for the
boys and for the girls and for women
who have not reveled In the lower
depths of depravity. These suggestions
tire commendable and tdionld be adopted
by the council In perfecting plans for the
new city bast IkAll authorities upon
criminology agree that it Is highly im
portant to keep prisoners of tender yearn
apart from hardened characters for
whom there is little or uo hope of re-
demptlou.
Tin : CMSor : MR
No fair-minded tnan will serlomly
< | iifstlon Hint Ilic utterances * made tn
MHlls.1i audiences by Ambassador liny-
nrd , referred to In the icsolnllon of
Representative Marrett of Mnsoic ]
mat adopted by the house , wore
rivet , bill whether tliry cnll for nny no
tion on the part of congress Is ill lead n
debatable Mucsllon. Certainly tlx'to will
not tw n great many lo say that they
justify Impeachment procecdlm : ' ' . though
soiiio expression of censure may bt > war-
ran led. It was judicious to omit li-oiu
the resolution nny roforeiK-e to Impeach-
nicnt nnd II Is very safe to stiy Hint the
committee on foreign affair * , lo which
the resolution was referred , will not
make a report favoring Impeachment.
It cannot be .successfully ninintaliipd
Hint n public ofllclnt should bo lin-
pent-tied for nn Impropriety or Indiscre
tion , however grave. Such n proceeding
Is justifiable only when an ofllelal violates
lates the coii.stllulion or laws , is un
faithful to duty , or Is gullly of nets hos
tile to the Integrity and honor of the
nation. General Itutlur , in opcnliif , ' the
prosecution In the tini > enrbnii > nt protviMl-
tims nmilnst I'residunt .lohnson , snid :
" \Vo di'llne. theivfori1 , an Impeavhable
| IRI | ) cr'me ' or intsdptiioanor to be one ,
tn Its nature or eoiHPiiniMico. subversive
of some fundamental or I's&ciiUiil prlni'l-
ple of jiovornment , or highly prejudicial
lo the public Interest , and this tuny con
sist of n violation of the constitution , of
law. of nn ollk-lal oath , or of duly , by
an act committed or omitted , or. without
violating a posltlvo law , by the abuse of
discretionary power fioin Improper mo
tives , or for any Improper purpose.1' Ap
plying this dt'llnltlon fairly to the case
of Mr. llaynrd It is perfectly obvious
that his utterances , Indiscreet and im
proper as they unquestionably were , do
not constitute an hnpeachivblo offense.
Whether or liot the house of repre
sentatives should take action censuring
Mr. Ilayiird Is a question that should
receive calm nnd careful consideration ,
as free as possible from partisan feel-
Ing. Without attempting to excuse or
palliate In the , least his objectionable
utterances , which undeniably misrepre
sented the ppiulniont of a majority of
the American people , It still ought to be
remembered that he has had n long and
for the most part creditable career as a
public man nnd that he Is near the end
of that career. Would it not be charita
ble to allow It to close 'without the
stigma which a vote of censure
by the representatives of the people
ple In congress would Ilx upon It ?
It would seem that Mr. llayard has al
ready been sulllclently rebuked for his
unfortunate mistakes and for his ap
parent desire to court Ilrltlsh favor even
by compromising his own country. He
has been condemned by a large proportion
tion of the American press nnd but few
of the newspapers of his own party have
ventured to defend him. Even his parti
san friends In the house of representa
tives could offer only the weakest sort of
defense , the democratic leader , ex-
Speaker Crisp , showing In the position
lie took how Indefensible he felt Mr.
Knyard's case to be , so far as the ques
tion of propriety Is concerned.
A London dispatch reports that Mr.
llayard declined to discuss the matter ,
but said that he would not resign1. Of
course he does not realize how much of
the confidence of the American people he
has lost and how generally distrustful
of him they are , for If he did he would
from the prompting of self-respect with
draw from a position in which a major
ity of his countrymen believe him to be
wholly out of place.
AXOTHKIt Ilin THUflT.
It Is announced that a combination to
. ontrol the iron ore output of the Lake
Superior region Is forming , or has nl-
eady been formed , with the magnate of
the Standard Oil company , .lohn D.
Rockefeller , as the leading spirit. It ap
pears that the combination has been In
> recess of organization for a year erne
no re past and that It has obtained pos
session of about every Iron ore mine in
he region where It will operate. Re
cently Mr. Uockefeller contracted for
eight steamers to be employed in the
ron ore trade and more are to be or-
lered from the same party. According
o a dispatch from Cleveland it is the
dan of the Standard Oil financier to
control the Bessemer ore output of the
jtiku Superior region and when he shall
lave acquired this control the methods
of the oil monopoly which he organized
aid from which he has accumulated an
mormons fortune will be applied to the
ron ore industry. That Is to say , the
ron ore trust will proceed to suppress
competition , having done which It will
nit the price of ore at such figures an
vill Insure the combination a generous
> rollt on every ton It markets. It Is said
hat prices will bo icept down for a time ,
n order to force small operators to sell
o the trust , which was exactly the
course pursued by the Standard.
We cannot say , In the absence of do-
alls , whether or not this combination
ould be reached by the anti-trust law
> f 1SM ! ) , but In any event It Is entirely
afe to MI.V that no attempt will be made
0 Interfere with It , or even to Institute
in Inquiry as to Its legality , by the pres-
nt attorney general of the United
States. It Is the plain duty of that ofil-
lal to take notice of combinations of
his character , but thus far Mr. Harmon
ins manifested no disposition to occupy
ilmself with this sort of labor and there
s no reason to expect that he will here-
ifter do so. He evidently has no moro
espect for the anti-trust laws than did
ds predecessor , who took the HrM oppor-
unlty to discredit the act of IS'.KJ and
lever p.ild the sllghtc-st attention to the
atter enactment , although It came from
1 democratic congress.
AVAIX Tilt ! JJOAU
The refusal of Mayor Hemls to ap-
irovo the olllcial bond offered by City
'reasurer-elect Kdwardn complicates
he treasury situation. This compllca-
Ion could easily have been avoided by
Mr. Kdwnnls nnd his friends had lie
ffercd , as ho had repeatedly promised ,
'a gilt edged bond , " in a sum amply
ulilclent to protect the taxpayers
gahibt all possibility of loss during his
ncumbency In otllce. Instead of giving
uch a bond , Mr. Kdwards , finding him-
elf utterly lacking of the confidence of
ho responsible men of the community ,
ut about with tut,1 assistance of his us-
Nnclnte ? In the council to break down
the few nafpRtmrds that Imil previously
been thrown mound the city treasury.
In opposing the efforts of the combine
to jilrtcp Mr. Kdwnrda In possession of
the public funds without good and still- !
clcnt security for the faithful dfscharge
of duty. Mayor HeniU has been consist-
cat from the first , lie vetoed the reso
lution reducing the amount of the re
quired bond from $ S < > 0,00 < ) to ? 100,000.
Ho vetoed the worse than useless ordi
nance revising the system of auditing
the tirasuror's books an ordinance at
the time admitted by Its authors to b
defective , and since recommended b.
them for repeal , He vetoed the ordi
nance for the acceptance of olllcla
bonds with but a single guaranty com
pnuy 4is surety. He hns declined t
accord Ids approval to the gunrnnty com
pany bond which Mr. KdwanN has pro
vlded. In each Instance the council ha
contemptuously disregarded bis' sount
advice and promptly passed the dlffei
cut measures over his head.
The lice's position on the bond ques
lion Is unchanged. It maintains Ilia
the arbitrary reduction of the bond be
low the requirements of the charter pro
Mon is Illegal and void. It believe ,
that the bond should not only be in tin
legal amount , but It should also be
signed by .sureties who can be held re
sponslblc In Nebraska courts. Where
so large a sum is Involved , If a guarant.t
company Is one of the sureties , one 01
more resident freeholders should be re
quired as co-sureties. In Insisting on i
strict compliance with the law Mayoi
llemls has the 'support of all repu
table taxpayers in Omaha.
j.nx < uitt
The report of the finance committee
of the council and the accompanying
statement of the experts in its emploj
on the extent of the recent treasury de
falcatlon leaves the public as much li
the dark as ever. Afternix months of
aliened Investigation and after Ilvt
months of of thL
$20-a-day checking up
treasurer's b"ooks the sum and substance
of tlio information arrived at is that
Treasurer llolln received $710,000 from
his predecessor ; that he took In as re
ceipts from all sources during his two
terms of olllce "about" $8 , < > 00,000 ; that
he disbursed during the same period
"about" 98,1)80,000 ) ; that he turned ovei
to his successor ? U)5,000 ! ) , and that the
shortage Is likely to be "about" ? 35,000.
Ileyond this we are told that
the books are In frightful con
dition , that they never were properly
audited , and that If we want to know
anything more we must keep the ex
perts on the city pay roll for an In
definite period.
As a climax to the almost criminal
carelessness which the council finance
committee has displayed In Its treatment
of the treasury defalcation and In its ac
tion with reference to the derelict offi
cials responsible for its existence this
report Is a fitting monument. It took
four months of poring over the records
for the experts to discover that the
criminality of the embezzlement was
solely on the shoulders of ( he late dep
uty treasurer and to drag him back from
New Orleans to be confined behind jail
bars while the principals in the crime
had been and still are moving about
with perfect freedom In and out of the
city hall. And yet the committee has
the audacity to say : "It Is unnecessary
to place the blame for the present con
dition solely upon anyone. It has evi
dently grown up with the city. " Like
Topsy in the over-popular "Uncle Tom's
Cabin , " the $ . ' ! 5,000 shortage in the city
treasury sln-ply "growetl. " it would
have been inevitable even had every
olllcial In the city hall been honesty it
self and vigilance and ellieiency pre
vailed in every city olllce. Does the
finance committee believe the taxpayers
of Omaha are such fools that they will
blindly-swallow such medicine ?
"We cannot too strongly condemn the
condition of the books and accounts of
the treasurer's office during the time
mentioned , " says this brilliant report.
How can any one condemn a condition ?
Is It not the men who are responsible
for tlie condition who are to be con
demned ? Who are these men ? Six
months have elapsed since the condi
tion was brought to light. How much
longer must we wait for an olllcial state
ment of Its authors ? How much longer
must we wait until steps are taken to
recover the money that has been stolen
from the people ? How much longer Is
the finance committee to shield wrong
doers and cover up olllcial delinquency
and crime ?
AHAINST MOH riOh
There Is one passage In the Inaugural
address of Governor Bradley of Ken
tucky which merits more than passing
attention , especially from the people of
the south. " .Mob violence , " lie said ,
"which has its home In the breasts of
cowards , should be prevented at all haz
ards , and , If committed , should be prop
erly and severely punished. Such action
Is an open declaration of the want of
confidence In the courts , and , Instead of
promoting , does serious Injury to the
welfare of the state. The commission of
crime to punish crime can find no apolo
gist in a Christian civilization. " The
record of Kentucky In respect to mob
violence may not bo so bad as that of
some other states , but It Is a nconl
which every good clll/en of that com
monwealth must deplore , and if Oov-
ernor Bradley shall succeed In prevent
ing this sort of lawlessness ho will do
his state the greatest possible service
and furnish an example whoso Inlluenco
will be good In tvory portion of the
south. That he Is earnestly determined
to do this , if It be possible , and has the
courage to enforce the law , there can bo
no doubt , nnd therefore he can hardly
fall. There is reason to believe that the
chief obstacle to the prevention of mob
violence In the south ia the lack of cour
age on the part of those In authority.
They fear to Incite the enmity of those
who engage In this lawlessness by hunt
ing them down and bringing them to
punishment , the only method by which
such violence can be suppressed ,
What Is needed in every southern state
Is n better recognition of the fnct stated
by Governor Bradley , that mob violence
docs serious Injury to the state , because
It is an open declaration of want of con-
tldence In the courts. If the people of
Kentucky or any other state thus dis
credit their > .Vi1iclil | , tribunals they must
expect thrU-pvoplo elsewhere will accept
the verdlchli l decline to become part of
jn comniuultyhero , the courts do not
[ command confidence. II Is well understood -
, stood Unit Mils condition hns operated to
retard the crmvtli of the southern states
'in ' popnlatirin"iml } until It Is thoroughly
I remedied ll n * { continue to do so. The
I better cloiYfpitt of the southern people
[ know thlsjin < ) their Inlluenco Is being
i exerted wlthr oed effect. There N reason -
[ son tojicllijre Uiat mob violence will de
crease In tejjouth. ( | although the record
for the priteont year cannot be regarded
as encoungln ( .
According to the Washington corre
spondent of the Chicago llecord , Speaker
Heed recently expressed himself In con
versation with a Now York congressman
who wanted toget on the committee on
public buildings .and grounds for 'the
purpose of promoting certain public
building appropriations to the effect that
It would not help him If ho did secure
the coveted appointment , "because we
arc not going to pass any public building
bills this congress. " The reason for this
was explained as arising out of the con
dition of the national treasury , which Is
running behind T..OOO.OOO to $100,000-
000 a year , in order to avoid sharing
with the democratic administration the
responsibility for tills , Mr. Heed says
that the republican congress Is going to
keep appropriations down to the lowest
limit. To the taxpayers In general this
information will doubtless be welcome ,
but to numerous congressmen wltii pet
publle building projects It must come
as a damper on their legislative cntliusi
asm. If there are to be no appropria
tions for new" public buildings this year
some representatives will want to know
why they wore sent to congress.
For forty years the people of Omaha
have been buying lumber from remote
points with which to build dwellings ,
wldle the very finest bricks can bo made
of the clay dug from any hill In the
city. There Is no timber In Nebraska ,
but there are stone quarries , and In the
southeastern part of the state there is
the finest brick clay known to the trade.
Yet our people continue to construct
frame houses while brickmakers abandon
their kilns and close up shop. Why Is
it ? There Is every reason why brick
structures should be preferred to frame
shells and the cost Is not much greater.
The Builders' exchange and the Com
mercial club might pursue this subject
with great j/rpflj. /
Coiigressnuiil'Meiklejohn ' , Halner and
Strode are just now engaged in the try
ing undertniciiift of throwing off upon
their colleagues , Messrs. Mercer and An
drews , all 1he applications from Ne
braska for p'atronage under the new
louse organisation. The first mentioned
reprcsentatlres.are informing all their
friends that they ) tied up with the wrong
side. It Is rumored that n petition Is In
circulation rtniOflg the would-be house
loorkeepers , messengers and postmas-
ers pray ing these three worthy congress-
nen to exercise- enough perspicacity
icxt time to * keep the buttered side of
their bread np.f r
The Boo remarked upon the fact sev
eral days ago that according to the city
charter It required the assent of "the
nayor and council" to approve an official
jond. Why , then , the council should go
through the form of approving the Ed
wards bond over the mayor's objections
s beyond comprehension. The bond Is
< ot an ordinance nor a reso-
ution. The council has no moro right
o usurp the sole power of approving
otllclal bonds than It has the right of ap-
lointlng men to city olllce when the ap-
lolntmont is vested by law In the
nayor , subject to confirmation by the
council.
Missouri should show its appreciation
of the gift of the republican national
onventlon by swinging the electoral
otes of the state over Into the column
leaded by the name of the candidate
) ut in nomination there.
FroM | > t etlvi * lllnlory.
Globe-Democrat.
History will say of Cleveland that lie
united more ducks nnd dlssusted more
emocrats than any other president.
Maryland.
Chicago Tlmca-Hcrnld.
Mr. Gorman lias resumed his old posl-
lon as leader of the senate democrats and
he absence of cnythliiR like a protest
vould seem to Indicate that the democratic
members of that body had very little re-
pect ( or the opinions of the Maryland
voters.
Hiiprnr Attract * n Title.
Denver Republican ,
One of the great sugar barons Is to get
a patent ot nobility from Australia. This Is like
gliding refined gold or sweetening saccharine.
As a foreign baron Mr. Havemeyer will
probably not play any longer In the damo-
rntlc senators' back yard. He tried that
nco too often.
( Jot Tliro in ( lie I'tilllloiil Hlirine.
Cincinnati Conimercl.il.
If .Senator Allison should "talto a day
ft" 'some lime soon and run over to Now
"ork , no objection should ba raised. Han-J
on has been thorj > , and so have Heed and
itcKlnley ; now lo'wa should have Its Innings.
Jew York , Justjicw , is of great Interest to
liose who haVB nii anxiety to dwell tem-
lorarlly at the executive mansion.
lllnimilnur Humor.
HIoux , Qlt > - Journal.
Chicago Is aR mg complaining of unjust
Ucrlmlnatlon lift rfilroad ra'ea It sounds
( range to hea& ai complaints from Chl-
ago , which byvWt&j and other systematic
Iscrlmlimttons JIVlW own favor has thrived
it'the expenss M'lJ/o / whole \\ost , Chicago
as ruthlessly jRJ > Juyed competition by Its
lanlpulallon ofjMib' railroads by which the
rude of the \ veitjlconducted. \ .
! > < | tii&K-M .Hunt Ho.
Di'A'iH Kree Vrcit ,
The attorneyjfjsnerars recommendation
or the abolltltfi ; if j , the fee system of re-
luneratlng fed mU employes ami olflcers Is
ound and sensibleolid will bo approved by
11 Intelligent cltlzfns outside the ranks or
ha fee-takers. The indictment which the
ttorney general frames against the Byatwn
s unwUe In principle and mluchlevoua us
well as costly In operation js a true bill.
fA ron TIIK r
lliiittr Tlltr * ! > > ' KvrlnillttNT
tlir I'urolnu Vitriol- .
t'.ilonso Io t.
The American cnglc fliook himself n lit
tle nnd bllnttrd Approvingly nt Senator Allen
jcsurday when that grand old statesman In
troduced n bill In the senate "disfranchising
any citizen of the United Slates who ahall
solicit or nccpt a title , patent of nobility
or degree of honor from a foreign nation ,
and punishing this crime by both fine and
Imprisonment. " It ns n little unexpected ,
bul the sagacious bird Is constantly on his
guard against surprise ! * from patriotic
sources.
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Ot course this measure , should It become n
law , which at present sems doubtful
per reason of our disinclination to nppear to
offund our foreign cousins , would not apply
lo the marquis of Pullman , Sir Charles Gib
son of St. Louis , or to any ether citizen of
the republic v.'lm lina gleaned thcs : titles or
patents ot nobility In days goneby. . General
amnesty will be proclaimed for all otir mar
quises nil Unlghts , good In all parts of
Nebraska , but here consideration will cease ;
the title will die with the wearer nnd In
another generation there will be no opposi
tion tothose grand badges of distinction , the
"colonel" and the "Judce. "
U Is presumed that Senator Allen's bill
has been prepared In obedience to the desire
of the thousands of "colonels" In Nebraska
and other Missouri river states who sec their
supremacy threatened by the growth of the
craze In the cast over men of title. This la
merely the first step tn advanced legislation.
After forbidding all citizens to acquire a
title It will be necessary to prevent the
landing of any foreigner bearing a title. In
this way quarantine against a most undemo
cratic and pernicious principle will be es
tablished. The "colonels" propose to show
the knights and marquises who U running
this country , _
TWO OF A
Philadelphia llecord ( dem. ) : The whole
some feature ot last Tuesday's elections In
Massachusetts was the uprising of the Inde
pendent voter , the vibration of whoso tread
as he strode roiuHitely tn the poll ? shook
down the party machines Into an inextricable
condition of collapse. In Springfield ( lie. A.
P. A.'s went down In a mass of debris ; and In
Tattnton , the democrats , to their oun amaze
ment , elected their candidate for mayor. The
Uoston Transcript discerns tn the returns a
general drift toward non-partisanship In city
elections ; and the same Journal thinks that II
lo beginning "to 'be evident to the most
case-hardened politicians that the people arc
averse to having responsibilities of office
managed simply with a view to carry the
next election. " This Is undoubtedly the popu
lar mood In New England ; and there Is
something more than a possibility that It may
some day Irresistibly assert Its power as the
dominant mood In our own city ,
Philadelphia Press ( rep. ) : In the twenty
Massachusetts , cities which held their elec
tions Tuesday the A. P. A. Issue divided In
terest with the annual question as to licens
ing the liquor tralllc. The result Indicates
'
little change of public opinion on 'the latter
question , but on the former the vote shows
a growing hostility to proscription on account
of creed or nationality. It was the leading
Issue In such cities as Somervllle and Spring
field , and.lt Is Instructive to note that in both
instances 'many republican : . ' united with the
democrats In order to give an emphatic con
demnation to A. I' . A.Ism. . This resulted
In Springfield In turning the government over
to the democrats for the first time In the
city's history , and In Somervllle In the suc
cess of an Independent ticket. These results
show that the republicans of Massachusetts
are fully awake to the danger of introducing
prescriptive methods In , politics and that
they propose to defeat the attempt whether
made In state or city elections.
TJI13 EVANOI3I , OF IIATK.
Globe-Dsmocrat : The Prussian missionary ,
Ahlwardt , who has como to this country to
preach the gospel of hatred and extermination
of Jews , will bo treated as a crank and di
rected to the nearest tnussum or lunatic
asylum. His beetle-browed foolishness would
be amusing If It were not a nuisance to have
such cattle making a noise In public places.
Indianapolis Journal : He destrves to be
kicked out , neck and crop , but doubtless the
surest , though perhaps the most cruel , way
of curing his anarchical propensities Is to
leave him to his own devices. Like the mis
sionary who came to New York a year or so
ago with Intent to convert the- Inhabitants to
the Moslem faith , he can b ? depended on t
run his foolish head against a rock In brief
time.
Philadelphia Record : Herr Ahlwardt. the
anti-Semite agitator , who has come to this
country on a Jew-baltlng trip , hopes that
those who do not agree with him will "fight
mm openly , " ana thus give him the notoriety
which Is the breath of life In the nostrils of
his pestiferous breed. What business has JIB
coming to n land in which all are equal , , and
In which religious enmities are fore-lgn to
the spirit of our Institutions , to stir up opener
or secret fighting ? !
Chicago Tribune : There Is no point of
view from which Herr Ahlwardt's mlsa'on will
commend Itself to the American people. If
he has como over here expoctlng to stir them
up , arouse their prejudices , and set them off
on a Jew hunt , It Is only a reflection upon
his Ignorance. They will have nothing to
do with him or his doctrines , nnd It would
be a saving both of time and money for
Herr Ahlwardt to repack his trunks and
start homo for Uerlln. Their first Inclination
will be to laugh at Ills slIHneM , but If ho
should persist In the effort to Impose his
lectures upon them they might loss their
patience and say ugly words.
Buffalo Express : Dr. Ahlwardt , the well
known agitator against the German Jews ,
has Just arrived In New York , or will be
there In a day or so. It Is supposed ho has
come with the Idea of extending his propaganda -
ganda to these shores. If so , the reiccsbs
or lack of success which he meets will be
worth noting. Possibly ho will bo surprised
to nnd that the dislike for Jews which is so
deep and widespread in his own country has
no counterpart here , but It alw Is possible
that hs realizes the maEnitudo of an attempt
at arousing any race feeling of consequence.
If his mission Is one of discord , he Is to ba
ranked with the anarchists who come here
to pre-ach disloyalty to the best system of
government which has yet apptared.
Philadelphia Times : Considering the fact
that the American Jew won his place In our
best citizenship even befora the revolution
and has kept It ever slncr. and that his ac
tivity and energyj his charity and public
spirit are felt everywhere among us today ,
the Impudence of this man Ahlwardt's self-
assumed mission Is equaled only by Its ab
surdity. Perhaps be does not txpect to In-
clta us against the American Jew , but only
against 1hoso wanderers from the east of
Europe whom he anJ his kind have been
driving over here. Hut this Is more Im
pudent still. .The man Is either a pestilent
rioter or a downright ass , and In either case
he is scarcely worth as much consideration
as has here been given him.
Washington Star ; His mission Is an Im
pudent ono that should and probably will bo
retentcd by every honest and Intelligent citi
zen. It Is a waste of energy for him to seek
here to create anti-Semitic sentiments of the
violent and riotous sort that he represents.
A more foolish embassy could not possibly be
conceived. There Is In America not a par-
tlclo of that bigoted and cruel Intolerance of
the Jews that exists In the Teutonic and
Slavonic nations of Eurcp ? , They are good
citizens , sober. Industrious and prosperous ,
attentive to their own affairs and charitable
toward the- poor nnd unfortunate , Hurr Ahl
wardt faces today a combination of condi
tions that may be utterly new to him ; he Is
evidently without the slighter : acquaintance-
with American sentiments and American his
tory If ho Is serious In his proposal to es
tablish Jew-baltlng pocletles on the-se shores
that arc dedicated to the uldest personal
liberty that the world liao ever known.
Chicago Record ; No true American citizen
will havu a moment's patience with either
Aulwardt or r/lth his vicious prejudice.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Bakin
i. AMI oTiir.mvisn.
cannot honorably refute taking Its
rhco tn the republican procession.
The fuel nocnisi to be that the town by
Iho bridge hail n greater graft than the town
b ; the lake.
! lorr Ahlnardt lit not ns d.inpproun in he
Is painted. He drinks beer and doesn't kick
about the collar.
The report that Chicago had a lend plpo
grip on national conventions seems to have
been without foundation.
"Give me the ducks of my country to
heM , " exclaimed Cleveland , " 'and I csre
not who makes her laws. "
Should the weather prove sultry In St.
Louis next June , no discomfort will bo felt ,
because the city hag ample facilities In the
political Irrigation llnei and will not b ?
obliged to draw on Milwaukee by special
train or otherwise.
The women of Olympla , Wash. , nt the late
election made a commendable Innovation on
current election methods by starting the day
with ( i prayer meeting , but , as they did
not hold the meeting until 9:30 , they still
gave the ungcdly at least two and a half
hours' start of them.
It Is not generally known , but It Is a fact ,
that nearly a half century ago John Wana-
maker , the Philadelphia millionaire merchant ,
\\m n resident of Fulton county , Indiana ,
llvlnc on a farm near Akron , where he
tiapped squirrels. Hefore reaching man's
estate ho 'removed to the cast with his
fain 11 } %
Jason Brown , one ! of the two surviving
sons of John Ilrown , Is soon to leave his
home In Ohio , for a permanent residence In
California. The other son. Salmon Urown ,
lives In Oregon. Jason Drown Is now 73
years old , and somewhat feeble. Four ot
his sisters arc living In California , and It
Is with them that he will make his home.
Hon. Rowland Dlcnncrhassett Mahony , M.
C. , halls from Buffalo. Those who Imagine
there Is nothing In a name delude themselves ,
for Buffalo's budding statesman , despite his
baptismal burden , manages to elbow himself
to the front. When the distribution of seats
took place In the house of representative ? .
Buffalo's b. s. chose the teat vacated by
Speaker Itecd and spiked It with his name.
It was a great day for How land Blenner-
hassett Mahony.
Ten quart bottles of champagne a day Is
ths drinking record frequently made by
Waterman P. Bagaley , formerly of I'lttsburg ,
according to a statement filed at Washington
by his wife In answer to Mr. Bagaley's cross
bill for divorce , filed some weeks ago. Mrs.
Bigaley , who Is the daughter of an Italian
countess , declares In her answer today that
her husband's capacity for consuming Intoxi
cating liquors is something wonderful , and
that he often drank ten quart bottles of
champagne , or twenty-four bottles of beer
In twenty-four hours. "
The new chief of police of New York ) City
Is Mr. Peter Conlln. Ho has been acting
chief since the retirement of Thomas Byrnes ,
and was subjected to a severe civil service
examination before promotion. Mr. Conlln
was born In New York City fifty-four
years ago. He was ono ot the first
to respond to Lincoln's call for troops In
1SC1 , participating In many famous battles as
a private In the Twelfth New York , and later
as second lieutenant In the. Sixty-ninth. Mr.
Conlln Is a half brother of the late "Billy"
Florence , and , like him , distinguished him
self In his chosen career.
IOWA I'UKSS CO.inH2.VT.
Sioux City Tribune : The record Is that
Iowa school teachers have done better work
for loss money than those \ > f any other state
In the union.
Sioux City Journal : Iowa republicans cer
tainly can have no objection to St. Louis ,
but , on the other hand , they have every
reason to be satisfied with the decision of
the committee , whoso action , It may be
added , will bo approved by the republican
party generally.
Davenport Democrat : The Nebraska pa
pers are wasting space on tlyi next election
In that state , which does not take place for
nearly a year. They have entered In the
race some twenty candidates , and each ono
has all the attributes of perfection , and will
cor.tlnue to have until he Is really nominated ;
then his weaknesses will stand out like
eldctrlo lights.
Des Molnes Leader : The selection of St.
Louis as the place of holding the next re
publican convention , as far as the place con
cerns such a matter , will aid Senator Allison.
If his shrewd friends had been asked to name
the place undoubtedly they would have se
lected St. Louis of the candidates before the
republican national committee.
Dubtique Telegraph : Senator Allen of Ne
braska has Introduced a bill prohibiting cit
izens of the United States , under pain of
fine and dlsfranchlsemcnt , from soliciting or
accepting titles , patents of nobility , or de
grees of honor from foreign nations. Kcclesl-
astlcal titles ore exccpted. The senator man
ifestly believes that acceptanc ; of what he
would prohibit weakens the loyalty of Ainer-
can citizens to their government , and most
ot his compatriots will agree with him. He
would go farther than the constitution , and
apply to all the prohibition which It applies
to a special class. If it may be properly
done the distinguished Nebraskan's bill
should be so amended as to prohibit .Amer
icans from accepting titles from subjects or
citizens of foreign countries. As thus
amended the law would put a stop to the
marriage of American millionaire heiresses
with foreign dulros , counts and carls , and
materially diminish the ruinous export of
gold.
Till : K.\W DKUVIflltlSS ,
Itlvcly I'IK lit fnr Con ( ml of ihp
Ciiiiunlttrr.
Knn s City Sl r.
The contest for membership on the nil *
vlsory board now In progrt-si In the A. P. A.
councils of the city Is fought with much
vigor , becnuro on Its result will depend very
largely the position ot the order In the city
campaign iifxt spring. B rh council , at Its
meetings this week , elects two members for
the advisory board. The Issue Is for or
against the "city ball crowd , " of which
Mayor Davit 1 . of course , regarded ns the
head. The Davis faction Is making n hard
fight to gnln control of the board , and mem
bers of tht > order wy the flght Is bitter In
some places , particularly the Rlghth ward ,
In which Mayor Davis and Superintendent of
Streets Dodds live.
The Importance of gaining control of the > ; j
advisory board rests chiefly on this fact that
the board passes on the nullifications ot all
candidates tor the order's support. When a.
candidate Is announced ( ho advisory board
Investigates his social and political record.
It deals directly or Indirectly with the cam
paign committee , and every delegation to so
before primaries must be submitted to tlio
advisory board If the endorsement ot the
order Is wanted. At primaries , and on elec
tion day ns well , every A. 1' . A. Is expected
to vote the ticket endorwd by the advisory
board. Control ot the board means the
power to name the men \\liom the order will
support for any and nil ofllces , and the men
whom the order supports are almost sure to
b ? the republican nominees for city and county
offices next year.
nor STUFF.
Uoston Transcript : Out for the stuff
Taxidermists.
Chicago necord : Wlmt's the Intest from
the now womnn ? "
"Oh , she hntes to Imve n man In hep
olllce shu Jmtes to have to swear ut him. "
Philadelphia llecord : Hoh"on Yes. 1
have my own house now , nnd I'm happy ;
but WP expect to tnUo rooms In nn npnrt-
ment liousc coon , nnd then I guess I'll
clmiiBo my tuno.
Wigwag Of course ; then you'll sing In A
lint.
Philadelphia Times : A Clilcnpo man hns
Invented n bicycle that accommodate * tlio
whole family. Other styles nre successes ,
but this is calculated to bring down the
house.
Detroit Free l'res : "Harold , " nhc pipped ,
"I htive Just li'en told tlieic Is n price on
your bond. " lirr foreign suitor drew her
to his bosom. "No , darling , " ho whispered.
"I hnvo never quoted nny pilce for a
broken sot. The head ROCS with the rest.
Yes. "
Judge : Trnmp I nln't Inzv. I'm willIng -
Ing to work , but I don't nnd anything to
do In my line.
r.eiitlemnn Wlmt Is your line ?
Tramp illuming for olllce on the womnn
suffrage ticket.
Truth : Mrs. Newed-AVe will have to hnvo
n spenkliiR tube from the dining room to
the kltrhen ; Mr. Nowed Why ? Mrs.
Newed Well , I must get some way of tnlU-
Intr to the cook without having- her threw -r"1
dishes at me.
Chicago Tribune : "Taking- one thing with
another , " milled tlie burglar , adding the
sleeper's watch and Jewelry to the slock of
miscellaneous plunder already in Ms cnpa-
clous pocket , "business In my line Is pretty
good tonight. "
Detroit Tribune : About It "Thy slender
wnlst ! " he exclaimed soulfully.
Arlch _ _ llush suffused her chee'lc.
she fiiltered , "are you goingto
And perhaps he didn't do a thing.
Washington Stnr : "What do you consider-
the most promising portion of ICurope nt the
present day ? " asked the young man with a
commercial turn of mind.
And without a moment's hesitation the
young woman answered :
"Turkey. "
Atlanta Constitution : "How thankful
should we be for lire In thin cold weather. "
said the editor as the major with the shot
gun blazed away at him.
"Heaven save the mark ! " exclaimed Ma
\vlfo ns the editor keeled over.
Indianapolis Journal : "How , " asked tlio
man who rends the funny papers , "are you
women going to mill campaign lies when
you go Into politics ? "
"Wo have thought of that , " said the se
vere lady with the straight hair , "nnd we
bnvo concluded to fasten them down wltu
LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKS.
Judire.
WTicn first I met sweet line her curl *
} ere darker than the raven's wing :
AjiUtivRol(1ien llnlr nmo ! n Umt spring
, , , , ,
And Mae bleached
hers like nil the girls.
Last winter's Plvle wns Titian red
And auburn Mne led fashion's van.
This summer's tint Is Trilby tan ;
l hnt hue , ( of course , _ now crowns her head.
But though her locks be flnrk or fnir. ' " '
Duskv np. night or red ns noon ,
Hur beauty lends me bv a bnlr.
1 .love V"u. deor. " | 3 stpj rny tunn.
IIACIIIOI.OIl MAID'S
Philadelphia Press.
Fnlr Cbloo cnme to me one dny
And snld : "I know you love me ;
nut r-I love the butterfly
And bird nnd blue above me !
"Nature , In short , my being sways :
Her forms and colors fashion
SI v heart to tune of sweeter pain.
Than Cupid's deepest passion. "
'Ah , Chlop denr ! so fair a creed
Suits well so fair n creature !
T" nature glvo your heart why notT
Since I'm a part of nature ! "
Three Days Free . .
Only thren raoro day * In wliioh
to { jot n half dozen photographs
Irco with each purcliutio of $0 In
children's department
The r' ' tv Circus is with us ,
And there's a low railroad rate to Omaha.
It isn't boasting when we say that the biggest end
of the best end of the clothing trade of Omaha is
ours ,
But we want out-of-city trade. "
This week we're selling splendid lots of Boys' and-
Children's Suits , Ulsters and Overcoats at about one-
half price.
Two tables full on second floor.
Men's all wool high grade Suits and Overcoats , $10
to $25 our own make.
Browning , King & Co.
Southwest Corticr Fifteenth utid Doujjlns , OMA.HA ,