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It. Is not this yenr HO iniii'h tlic plnct'
ntvlilih HK > iircsldcntliil noinlnatlon Is
niailo as tu ! > party from which Jt is se
cured.
AVir In Cuba Is not even as exciting as
was war In China , and the Ohlnese-
.Tnp.'uit'so ciu-oiintcr was no sensation-
breeder at that.
Is makinc n peed stnrt nt
.verifying Senator Allen's forecast that
Hie session would he chlelly remarka
ble for talk , and little besides talk.
The rule about few deaths nnd no
resignations holds good In the cane of
the Aiiierlenii embassy to Great Hrltnin
Jnsfns strongly as It does In other olll-
clal circles. ,
t Cleveland apparently forgot
to revive the force bill bugaboo nnil
the negro domination scare crow. These
threadbare expedients will , however , be
fluly brought out of hiding before the
Issues of the coining national campaign
are joined.
Now for an end to the other railway
\f \ receiverships and the extinction of the
watered stocks and fraudulent capital
ization upon which pitssengors and shlp :
pers have been paying dividends and
interest in the shape of unnecessarily
high trnlllc charges.
One of the new members of congress
Inserts in his biographical sketch lur-
ulshed for publication in the Congrcs-
Blonal Directory , "Never held public
otllce before. " "Never held oflice again"
will-probably be among the appropriate
ppltaphs earned by several of his col
leagues. If not by this congressman
himself.
Considerable opposition has arisen
both in Paris and the provinces to the
project for an international exposition"
nt the French capital In 11)00. ) Hut that
has nothing to do with a Transmlsslppl
exposition at Omaha in 1SIS. ! There
should be no opposition whatever to the
proposed western states exposition In
this city.
Judge Nugent , the leading Texas pop
ulist , Is reported to be on his death bed.
iTudgo Nugent Is the limn who was
mentioned by Senator I'ell'er as a possi
ble competitor of Senator Alien for the
populist presidential nomination. If he
Is out of the way Senator Allen Is
likely to have things to Ills own liking In
the populist national convention.
The states all around us are prepar
ing for systematic work to attract im
migration during1 the coming winter
nnd spring , Nebraska lias attractions
lo offer Intending settlers which no
other state can surpass. People Inter
ested In building up Nebraska should
bestir themselves If they want this
Htate to get its full share of the ( le
al red Immigration.
Some of the unfortunate people of
Lancaster county occupy this peculiar
position. Having been robbed In the
Capital National bank failure of the
greater part of their hard-earned sav
ings of a life time , they are about to
bo called on again to pay back In the
way of taxes a part of the dividends
they have recovered as their share of
the loss that has fallen on the state
treasury.
The question of the hour In Colorado
Is , Will the women voters of the Cen
tennial state Insist on having women
representatives on the delegations to the
various national conventions ? If fhey
Insist they will no doubt lie accorded
the privilege they demand. If there are
not a few Colorado women ambitions to
Khlne as delegates to a national conven
tion the impression that prevails else
where Is sadly out of consonance with
the facts.
The decreased mortality from diph
theria reported In this city , while the
prevalence of the disease IIIIB been but
slightly checked , doubtless means that
medical science and practice are con
siderably inoro advanced than they
were u decade ago , and Unit the ratio
of fatalities from diphtheria has been
decreased by better professional attend
ance. If this IB the real explanation It
is good cause for sulf-uutltifucUou
among local
i.r.r run 1'noi'u : m : iiititn. ;
Whntovpr plan of debt Hettleincnt inny
be finally adopted by congress with ref
erence to the bond-nldcd Pnrlfk' mil-
roads , ( he Importance of attaching the
condition that the 1'nlon I'licllle and
Central Pacific be operated under one
management nnd In the Inter
est of the public dependent
upon those roads must nut be
overlooked. The recent report of
the government directors of the Union
1'aclllc emphasizes this point ns the prin
cipal feature of Its plan of reorgnnlwi-
tlon , nnd the secretary of the Interior
admits the force of the argument even
though he gives It but n half-hearted
endorsement. If the Central Pacific Is
to remain as It now Is , under the con
trol of the Iluntlngton syndicate , and to
be subordinated to the demands of the
Southern Pacific for through tratllc nat
urally belonging to It , It will be prac
tically Impossible for the original Pa-
clllc roads to serve the purpose for
which they were Intended of a great
central transcontinental route.
AVhlle the people of this clly and stnto
have so far been passive and uncon
cerned In the matter , the people of San
Kranclsco and California are awake to
the threatened danger and are bestirring
themselves to exert an inlluence upon
congressional action. On Saturday a
week ago a monster mass meeting , pre
sided over by Mayor Sutro. was held In
San Kranclsco and earnest protest en
tered against any legislation that would
tend to perpetuate or strengthen the
hold of the Iluntlngton syndicate upon
the bankrupt bond-aided roads.
According to the published reports , the
meeting was representative of the city ,
women as well as iitpu being present ,
and hundreds of substantial citizens
seldom seen In such assemblies crowded
seats and aisles until the last speaker
had concluded his address. Owing to
local conditions the remonstrances of
the aneetlng were naturally directed
against Iluntlugton and the Southern
Pacific and his scheme for a new fund
ing bill , but the occasion was also seized
to protest against the way In which the
competition of the Central and Union
Pacific Is stilled in the Interest of the
Southern Pacific. Resolutions Intro
duced and passed accu.s < ; the Southern
Pacllle of using the Central Pacific as a
shield and excuse for Its corrupting con
nivance with public affairs and func
tionaries , depreciating its value , and
employing It to build up other Interests
for which exemption from liability to
the government Indebtedness Is claimed.
Tiie people oi sun i-ranci co .nave
made agood beginning in a movement
which should be taken up all along the
line of the Pacific roads. Congress
should not be left In the dark ns to the
real sentiments of the 'Inhabitants of
the states upon which the burden of
the Pacific debt has fallen. If the people
ple most affected are consulted the de
mand for foreclosure of the government
mortgage will be practically unanimous.
Tin : cLA
An Important question .which the pres-
lit congress will consider Is that of ab
rogating the Clayton-Itulwcr treaty , a
resolution for that purpose having al
ready been introduced. Tlds treaty was
negotiated in 1S50 and had reference to
the construction of a particular canal ,
which had already been surveyed and
which was to he constructed under a
concession granted by Nicaragua in
181 ! ) to Cornelius A'anderbllt and others.
Owing to delays the concession failed
and -the canal was not even begun.
How did this affect the treaty ? is a
question that has been much discussed.
In 1SSU Secretary of State Kreling-
liuysen stated the conclusions which our
government had then reached regard
ing the status of the treaty , .saying that
It was concluded to secure n thing
which did not exist and never could
exist. "It was to secure the construc
tion of a canal , " said the secretary of
state , "under the grant of 18-19 from
Nicaragua , that the United States con
sented to waive the exclusive and valu
able rights which have been given to
them ; that they consented to agree with
Great Itrltaln that they would not oc
cupy , fortify , colonlxe or assume do
minion over any part of Central Amer
ica and that they consented to admit
her majesty's government at some fu
ture day to a share In the protection
which they him ; exercised over the
Isthmus of Panama. " It was explained
that , the conditions were such In IS.'O
-.is to make this necessary. Our people
were then poor In money and lloatlng
capital , and In order to construct the
canal the means would have to ht > ob
tained from Kngland. Hut the work
having never been begun and the con
cession having failed , Krelinghnysen
said the president did not think the
United States was called upon by any
principle of equity to revive those pro
visions of the Clayton-Hnlwer treaty
which were especially applicable to the
concession of 181 ! ) and apply them to
any other concession subsequently made.
Conditions had changed and it was de
clared that "the United States esteem
themselves competent to refuse to af
ford their protection Jointly with Great
Britain to any other persons or com
pany and hold themselves free here
after to protect any Interocennlc com
munication In which they or their citi
zens may become Interested in such
way as treaties with the local sovereign
powers may warrant and their Inter
ests may require. " Thus our govern
ment at that lime contended that the
Claytou-llulwer treaty , declared by
President lluchiimin to be the most un
fortunate we ever made , was Inopera
tive so far as any canal across the
Isthmus of Central America Is concerned -
cerned , a contention which the Urltisli
government then ami over since re
fused to acquiesce In , urging that the
treaty was to extend to any future
canal or canals which might be con
structed across the Isthmus of Central
America.
la the last congress Senator Dolph ,
In a speech on the Nlcaraguan canal ,
declared that the altered circumstances
since the Clayton-llulwer treaty was
negotiated not only authorize but de
mand ns a matter of self-protection that
the treaty be abrogated. He said the
treaty wan an Improvident one and
under present circumstances detrimen
tal to our iutureuttf , iwd If lu force uud
the contention of Great Hrltnin concernIng -
Ing It be correct , It stand * lu the way
of the proper development of our re
sources and the development ami pro
tection of our commerce. "It would bo
a great crime , " said Mr. Dolph , "against
the people of the United States for this
government lo yield to the contention
of Great Itrltaln concerning the Clay-
tou-Hiilwcr treaty , to let that stand In
the way of congressional aid to the
Nicaragua canal , or of our preventing
the enterprise from passing under for
eign control. " There was a good deal
of sentiment of this kind In the last
congress , but It was not strong enough
to pass a resolution abrogating the
treaty. It Is probable that the senti
ment In the present congress favorable
to such action Is ntronuer than lu the
last congress and the resolution for ab
rogating the treaty may pass. What
might follow such action It Is not easy
to foresee , but the fact that previous
congresses have allowed the treaty to
continue may fairly be accepted as In
dicating a belief that Its abrogation
might have unfortunate consequences.
Y A SinTKIlfViK.
The committee appointed by the Com
mercial club to confer with the ofllcers
of the recalcitrant railroads that are
holding out agfilnst the metropolitan
union depot project has gone to Chicago
and has returned. Until a detailed re
port Is presented to the club the mem
bers of the committeedecline to make
public the results of their visit beyond
admitting that they have had an ex
planation of the obstacles In the way.
It Is not necessary for The Hee to
wait for the detailed report of the com
mittee to tell what these alleged ob
stacles are and to characterize them as
a mere subterfuge to excuse the inac
tion of the .
dog-ln-the-inanger roads.
The officers of these companies main
tain that the depot project is endan
gered by the receivership of the Union
Pacific and that they do not want to
enter Into n contract which Is not bind
ing on all of the parties. Tim obliga
tions assumed by the Union Pacific re
ceivers , even though sanctioned and ap
proved by the federal court , will not ,
they say , survive foreclosure proceed
ings and the successors of the present
receivers will be able to repudiate any
agreement now made when they take
control. This might be a good reason
for the Hrltlge and Terminal company
to light shy of n contract with the
Union Pacllle , but how It supports the
position of the roads that are standing
out Is more than the average man will
comprehend. How does It Justify the
Uock Island and Milwaukee and Bur- !
Ilngton In going Into the federal court ,
to prevent the receivers from entering
Into n contract with the "Hrldge and
Terminal company ? If an agreement
with the present management of the
Union Pacific is not good , what objec
tion can there be to permitting the
Bridge and Terminal company to secure
one and to rely , on It for what it is
worth ?
v
Kven supposing that the successors of
the present Union Pacific receivers will
not be bound by contracts bequeathed
from a former regime , is there any rea
son to suppose that those successors ,
will refuse to make use of the proposed
union depot If lill the other roads en
tering Omaha agree to use it ? If the
other roads converging in Omaha should' '
lend support to the depot project and
the opportunity remain open to the
Union Pacific to come In on equal terms ,
will there be any doubt about ac
ceptance of the offer ? With a grand
metropolitan union depot and the pres
ent sky parlor cattle shed to choose
from , what alternative would the new
managers of the Union Pacific have ?
As a matter , of fact there Is no danger
that any of the roads now favorable to
the depot project will repudiate theiri
agreements after the station and ter
minal facilities shall have been pro
vided. Tlie three outstanding roads are
opposing this great work of improve
ment merely because they do not want
to spend any money In Omaha and 'they '
think they can force the people of this
city to put up indefinitely with the pres
ent atrocious terminal accommodations.
The question is , Will the business men
and heavy shippers of Omaha permit
these roads to trifle with them without
lifting a hand for their own protection ?
UXDKIIVA 1,11 A T10XS
After long deliberation with a view
to devising a plan for checking under
valuations on imported merchandise , by
which the treasury has lost a very
large sum of money since the present
tariff law went into effect , It Is an
nounced that a new system has been
formulated which It Is believed will ac
complish the desired result. The plan
In that the Slate department shall co
operate with the Treasury department
through our consuls , each consul being
required to Inform the department
whether the foreign exporters are manu
facturers , commission merchants , or
actual purchasers , whether the goods
are sold or consigned , whether the
proper forms for Invoicing are used , and
other facts bearing upon the nature of
the transactions. The consuls are also
expected lo stale If the Invoiced valu
ations are based upon actual market
values or upon the cost of production ,
and whether they suspect or have
reason to believe that the goods are
not. Invoiced at the true market valua
tion.
In short , the plan contemplates turn
ing the consular service Into a sort of
commercial detective agency to pry Into
the business methods of foreign manu
facturers and merchants exporting
merchandise to the United States , n
system , so far as wo are aware , which
has never been adopted by any other
country and which It is easy to under
stand might lie made very offensive ,
lu order to Insure due vigilance and
fidelity on the purl of consuls , the
Treasury department Is to report any
who shall appear to bo derelict In car
rying out the requirements. It Iw quite
possible that some consuls would find It
very profitable to neglect the duty thus
Imposed upon them and to favor the
exporters , and it Is not to be doubted
that tempting Inducements to do this
would bo offered.
This device would probably result In
some gain to the treasury , but it Is
inevitable that t > o lout ; ua the system of
ad valorem dulles IN maintained there
will be tindcWaluatlons , working at'
once a loss W'lho ' government and an
Injustice to the American manufcturer
with whose ) Uj > odrt the foreign produot
competes. . { CSuu/'XperleUce under the
present tariff Is conclusive evidence
against ad tljreiu duties.
TltH'ni.i < HAXn 1HKU It A r.
The old soldiers , both those who wore
the blue aAiIftliose who wore the gray ,
will take ( { "Keen Interest In the move
ment which has been started lu New
York City , under the lead of Mr. Charles
A. Dana , thelllstlngulshed editor ofThe
New York Sun , for a grand parade next
year of the veterans of the union
and confederate nrmles. The plan Is to
get together lii the commercial metropo
lis of the nation'on the next anniversary
of Independence ( lay as many of the
veterans of the .rebellion as possible ,
who will unite In n procession and be
sumptuously entertained. It is cer
tainly a most praiseworthy Idea. As
one New York paper says , It will be the
grandest reunion In human history and
will present to the peoples of the earth a
spectacle of veterans on both sides of
the greatest civil war ever waged ,
within a generation after the event ,
mingling In fraternal Intercourse and
marching In their old uniforms to the
stirring music of the union. There
ought to be no dlllluulty In getting to
gether at least 100,000 of the veterans
of both armies and the Imagination may
easily picture the inspiring anl thrilling
sight they will present.
The meeting of the blue and the gray
at Louisville was a memorable event ,
the good Inlluence of which Is generally
realized. The meeting In New York
will be not less memorable and will
supplement the work of fraternization
begun In the south. No man In the
nation Is belter lilted fo lead 'such n
movement than Mr. Dana and there
can be no doubt he will make it a suc
cess equal to the highest expectations.
CIVIL SKIIVIGK ItEFOItllERS.
The Civil Service Jleform league ,
which held Its mutual session the past
week , gave expression to Its satisfac
tion at the progress which the reform
has made. It declared that "the re
forms In the federal and state service
already made are In the highest de
gree Important and gratifying , but they
are only a part of the work to bo done.
Municipal maladministration is the
deepest disgrace and one of the gravest
dangers of the present time. All mu
nicipal reforms must be based In civil
service reform. " We believe this view
Is coming to bo very generally recog
nized , and certainly there is no direc
tion In wliipn the advocates of civil
service r'efdrm ? an more properly turn
their attcntjofirfthan In that of insti
tuting the reform In the cities of the
country. The spoils system still pre
vails In nearly every city of the coun
try , and to-tllls fact is Vjsvy largely due ,
it'is-iiot to l i questioned , the municipal
corruption iiid | the 'maladministration
which the Icn'gn rightly says is one"of
the gravest dangers of the present time.
Municipal civil service reform -\\ould ;
put Into subordinate positions capable
and honest persons , who. being secure
In their tenure during good behavior
and a faithful discharge of duty , could
not be used by officials for corrupt and
dishonest purposes or induced to counte
nance abuses. Such employes of a
city would feel It Incumbent upon them
to expo.se wrongs coming to their
knowledge and would therefore exer
cise a wholesome restraint upon the
higher officials. There Is no good
reason why every appointive oflice In a
city government should not be placed
under civil service regulations , and
there can be no doubt regarding the
good results which such a policy would
have. It will come in time and Its
agitation should not be delayed.
Thi > recommendation of the league
that civil service regulations bo ex
tended to all purely consular officers
whose compensation exceeds $ l'r > 00 , and
that subordinate ollicore In the diplo
matic service be Included , will meet
with very general approval , as the ap
plication of the reform to a portion of
the consular service has already done.
It is apparent to all who have given
this matter intelligent consideration
that In order to have a thoroughly effi
cient and valuable consular service It
must be divorced from the spoils sys
tem and put on a similar basis-with
that of other great commercial nations.
What improvement lias taken place in
recent years in this service Is due to the
recognition and partial application of
this principle , and It Is unimpeachable
evidence of what may bo expected from
a complete application of the principle.
A decision just handed down by the
supreme court of Minnesota ousting
from olllce the state boiler Inspector on
the ground of Inellglblllty will be of
more than ordinary Interest to the
people of Nebraskiu. Notwithstanding
the provision of the Minnesota state
constitution\yry.slmllar In language to
one on .the . sVmi < ' < 7.suhjcct In the consti
tution of Ihj s'u e , by which members
of the legislature are prohibited from
holding any Ollic 'stale office during the
term for wlih 'l ' ie.v have been elected ,
It has been 1 her practice for legislators
lo create stn't'e dlllceH or Increase the
salaries /existing / offices and then
after resigning ! their seats In the house
or senate to'lfuve themselves appointed
to those posi Joiif. In the. case made
against the intntif. boiler inspector the
court holds ' 'Jliat ' disability docs not
cease until Jle xplnitlon of the full
period for jwliluh the member was
elected and that ixMlgiiation from thc >
legislature ( files'not restore eligibility.
This was unquestionably the Intention
of the constitution framers , not only In
.Minnesota , but also In Nebraska. A
Hinflhir test ought to be made In this
state and the pernicious practice of put-
ling members of a legislature Into
offices created by them forever
abolished.
It remains with the democrats to de
termine whether ( ho plan for a short
campaign * lmll materialize or not , A
campaign can not well be begun until
the Issues are joined and the Issues can
not well be Joined until the candidates
> f the principal parties have been put
lu nomination. If the democrats there
fore want a short campaign , all they
need do Is to postpone the date of their
convention long enough to make such a
campaign an Imperative necessity ,
Heports are current , that changes proposed -
posed liy the Iowa Code commission In
the divorce laws of the state would
make Iowa tlic most attractive of all
the divorce markets In the country. If
this Is true , the legislature will no
doubt reject the proposed 'changes.
Iowa cannot afford to take n backward
step lu the field of divorce legislation
reform. The patronageof the divorce
colony should be left for other and
less advanced states.
In 1892 the republican national con
vention , for the first time In the his
tory of the party , went ns far west as
( lie Mississippi river. In 1SSH1 It will
cross to > th .western bank of the Missis
sippi. There Is hope for it Jumping to
the Missouri at Omaha before many
more campaigns.
The two Nebraska beet sugar fac
tories are still running to full capacity.
If the demand for beets keeps up a
while longer tlio farmers who raised
sugar beets will yet be put In good
humor and the Increase of sugar beet
cultivation for next year assured
beyond dispute.
Congressman Mercer Is said to stand
a good chance for the chairmanship of
the house committee on public lands
and buildings. Nebraska would cer
tainly be pleased to see him get It.
Nebraska has several public building
bills It would like to see enacted Into
law.
The Mean ThliiRt
ChlcnBO Pout.
Omaha hail a society circus last night with
bareback rlilsrs nnd equestriennes tn tlglitf.
Unroback features are not unusual in the ball
room , but the tights wore certainly In the
nature of an Innovation.
.Another Kiiiniirltntloii.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Having revised ths bible lo their satisfac
tion , the dear creatures have begun on the
city directories. They propose tlmt It shall
be possible to find a woman of Soroslan dis
tinction under her own name , not merely as
an Inferential appndaKe to her husband.
Autn Suited to tlu > Cllinntp.
Knnnns City Stnr.
Great Britain proposes to demand Indem
nity from Louisiana for the killing of n Brit
ish seaman In the levee riots last spring.
Hut there will be no attempt to bulldoze
Louisiana In the same way that Nicaragua
and Venezuela have been trtated. The Brit
ish lion knows very well when to snarl and
when to wag : his tall.
Tliln In Different.
Indianapolis Journal.
An Omaha dispatch says there Is a move
ment on foot there -embracing some of the
largest capitalists In the northwest to organ
ize a syndicate for the purpose of lending
money to farmers and stock growers to carry
them over a dull market or a bad season.
Would the farmers oppose this as a trust In
opposition to hard times ?
n Fiilnr IiiitrcNMloii.
New York Tribune.
When the British papers of. London and
New York try to convey the imprcsulon that
the Paris court of arbitration decreed that the
United States should pay Great Britain | 42C-
000 , or any other sum , as damages for the
Bering sea seizures , they arc cither shame
fully Ignorant or guilty of wanton falsehood.
No award of-lhat kind was made. The Con
ference did' not even consider the question of
damages.
The Herm ; InillMitt-iixnhlc.
l'hllailcl | > hla Itecord.
Thus far the Introduction of the horseless
carriage In the United States has only served
to show that the horse io still Indlsponuablo.
The horseless carriage is for those peoples
who have carried their civilization upward to
the plan ? of good , smooth highways. In this
country wo have. Indeed , Improved upon the
Indian trails ; but we must greatly mend tur
ways before we can abandon present methods
of going about either for business or pleasure.
nf Municipal Oivni-rHlilii.
Dlughamptan Herald.
The following figures , compiled by Prof.
Parsons and published In 'the ' Arena , are In
teresting. They show the cost. In a number
cf cities , of an electric lamp for one
year before municipal ownership and after :
Hefore. After.
Danger , "Me . fl.W jig
Le-wlston , Me . 182 r > 3
Peabotlt , Mass . 1E5 C2
Hay C'lv. ' Mich . 110 58
llnntlngton. I ml . 111 ! no
Cioshen , Ind . 136 77
Chicago , 111 . 230 9C
KlRln. Ill . 2CC
Aurora. Ill . r32i ( 70
Falrlleld , la . 378 70
Willli > Siiiipoiiini'y.
Clilc.-iHO TlmoB-IIernld.
The most interesting feature of the South
Carolina constitution to onlookers Is the
suffrage article. It Is long and dltfjsc , but
in substance requires an educational qualifi
cation , and its terms do not exclude negroes.
In fact , it 1s not unlikely that the negroes
will be more stimulated to comply with Its
terms than will the poor whites. For the
Immediate future , however. It Injures white
domination In the elate , jun as u similar pro
vision has done In Mississippi.
The north is willing that the southern
people shall work out this race problem for
themselves , knowing full well that Injustice
in the end returns to plague those who ure
guilty of It. Retribution comes to states as
well as to Individuals.
CONTKMl'T OF COirilT.
Aldi.se of .tnillclnl I'dvit - I
liy n. IllKh Court.
HprlnRllelil ( Mii8 . ) Ttfpiihllcnn.
Most opportunely for the Now York .news
papers the court of appeals of that state
lias decided tlmt the power of punishment
for contempt of court extends only to aclo
committed In the presence of the court Itself
or to disobedience of the Injunctions or or
ders of the court beyond Its presence. The
case come up on the punishment for con
tempt of a newspaper publisher who had
through his journal criticised most severely
a ruling of the judge of a lower court.
This la eminently a proper disposition of
the question. To extend the power of pun-
luhment for contempt to public critics of
the conduct of a judge Is to give to the
judiciary on intnlorubli power nnd destroy
the reedom of speech and press at an Im
portant point. A century ago this power was
freely exercised in England , and editors and
others who ventured to assail the conduct of
a court wore summarily punlshtd. Public
criticism , as Lord Chief Jua'.lce Wllmot put
It , tended to excite In the minds of the
people a general dissatisfaction with all
judicial determlnatlonu and Indisposed the
people to obsy them. "To be 'Impartial and
to be unlveually thought so , ' " were both
absolutely necessary for the effective nd-
mlnlstra'lon ' of Justice. *
Gradually the judiciary has abandoned Its
former close censorship over the preoi In
respect of court matters. It came to be held
that temperate public criticism of a judge
or of hit rulings was proper or not to be In
terfered with , and this hns led up to a quite
general practice of Ignoring even Intemperate
criticism , But not witH all judges , On\r \
a short tlmo ago an Omaha judge ventured
to throw Editor Ilosewater of The Omaha Bee
into jail for contempt In sharply arraigning
the judge "at the bar 'of public opinion , ' "
In Mairachusettp It lu not an unknown practice
tice- for Jmlien ; to call editors Into court
privately and reprimand them for too fraely
commenting on a pending case. This hap
pened lately In Iloxton on tin part of the
supreme court Juetlcta , Generally speaking ,
however. It U as manifestly Improper that
the judiciary should bo exempt from public
criticism a * tint the "ceneral court" or
legjslaturo should be , or the high court of
congretu , or co-orJInate executive branch
of the government. I
rKII.HO.VAt > AMI
St , Louli tin * nomethlnR nt * hoodoo record
a ii convention city for democrats.
Just to keep KB courage up , Chicago In
whlotllng "One Moro Illvcr tn Cross. "
When a Colorado paper speaks fearlegMy of
n "gnlilon day , " It Is nvldcnt that ultvcr line
bren relegated to the evening.
The Apaches are abroad again , not no much
for blood an to check an epidemic of cnntil
among soldiers In their vicinity.
Kmpcror Wlllnm of Germany ling pcrpo-
trntod another poem. It Is likely .the nrmy
will be largely strengthened as n peacj pre
caution.
There Is some significance In the fact th.tt
John Bull sallod Into the Turk as soon ns he
heard that Senators Cullom nnd Allen wore
ready for war. J. I ) , knows a snap when he
sees It.
A Isrge number of Kentucky colonels took
part In the ceremonial Inauguration of Wil
liam O'Connell Bradley. Kven democratic
colonels participated , but Colonel P. Wat
Hardla wasn't In U.
William Waldorf Antor la diligently hunt
ing for traces of hl family forbear * , hoping
to stumble ever n legitimate crest , U will be
recalled tlmt Ms grandfather hunted fur bears
with considerable success.
Rx-KhiR Thebaw In n white elephant on
England's hands. Ho Is a government pen
sioner , and blows himself with n lavlslmess
that appe.ils to the national tax gatherers ,
Llko some civilized people Mr. Thebaw doesn't
euro n continental for deficits ,
There nro thicc neproes In. the Ohio legis
lature , which will meet on January 1 , 1896
W. It. Parlum of Cincinnati. Wlllllnm II.
Stewart of Yotingstown , and It. C. Smith ,
editor of tht Cleveland Garotte. Mr. Smith
was re-elected by a plurality nf 10.000 , or
about 2,000 more than he received two years
ago.
ago.Royal
Royal Prescott Huhbird , one of the old con.
ductors of "tho underground railway" sys
tem before the war , has jutt dlcJ In Chlcajpat
the age of 00 years. Ho was born In Sunder-
land , Mass. , and took an active part In Owen
Lovejoy's slave-freeing schemes. lie came
of the same family us Prencott , the historian ,
and Harriet Prescott Spofford.
King Osoir of Sweden nnd Norway recently
appeared In a new role at the performance
given by Stuart Cumberland In Stockholm.
Mr. Cumberland do'n not know Swedish , and
his Interpreter failed to appear ; BO the king ,
who Is an excellent linguist , offered hl serv
ices and explained things to the crowded au
dience with surprising < nsc and fluency.
W. 8. Stratton is one of the luckiest men
of the Cripple Crsek dlutrlct In Colorado. He
was a poor carpenter at Colorado Springs
until four years ago , when he began to pros
pect In the newly discovered gold fields. He
discovered the Independence mine nnd had
sense enough to refuse1 all offers for Its pur
chase. It has averaged In ore productions
about $200,000 each month for the last two
years.
John W. Mackay , the millionaire , claims
that ho can run , jump or hop ngalnpt any
other millionaire In the United States. It
Is , however , well known that In his early
dayo. when he was engaged as a'miner , Mr.
Mackay was noted for his athletic perform
ances. He Is powerfully built , with bold
eyes , a strong and aquiline nose , and a heavy ,
square jaw , which warns strangers of his
character.
The Adams family is Ptlll In evidence In
Massachusetts. Charles Francis Adams 2 < 1 ,
who was Installed as mayor of Qulncy last
week , marks the fifth generation of Adamses
In office. Ha Is a son of the late John Qulncy
Adams , a grandson of Charles Francis , a
great grandson of the great John Qulncy , and
a great-great-grandson of the original John
Adams. Tlireo of his ancestors were national
statesmen , and two of them presidents.
Barney Barnoto endures unmoved the many
newspaper attacks upon hlmsolt and his
schemes. Ho says that on only one occasion
have tli ? journalists succeeded In causing him
real pain. He was playing tn prlvJte the
atricals at a big country house. Ho played ,
as he believed , extremely well , and was Im
mensely proud of himself In consequence. To
his chagrin , the local papers did not even
mention his name , muck less praise him.
That was gull nnd bitterness.
RANDOM SHOTS.
Now York'Advertiser : When f politicians
foil out honest men learn a great many
things.
Philadelphia Hecord : The coal dealer
doesn't cut any ice , but he gets there just
tha same.
Plttsburg Chronicle : General Maceo Is killed
only ones a day In Cuba now , but theas are
very short days.
Washington Post : The orator who takes
the floor to state the situation In a nutuhel !
Invariably tires the audience out.
Galvcston Newp : Bills of fare are printed
In French at fashionable hotels , so that the
vulgar people- cannot order 'too ' greedily.
New York Truth : Th ? only favor anybody
over shows a young lawyer la to bring him
a client too poor to pay , Just "to help the
boy along. "
Atchlson Globe : The look on any married
woman's face should convince the girls that
the men are not worth th ? exertion necessary
to catch them.
Somervllle Journal : This Is the season of
the year when a man can truly boast that
he rises with the sun , and not yet particu
larly discommode hlnifwlf.
London Tld Bits : Some one has said that
the medical profession divides humanity Into
two classes the poor , whom they cure , and
the rich , 'whom they doctor.
SHCtl.AU SHOTS AT TIIR I't'MMT.
Knnitnn City Star : The dlneovcry lijr
Kansas City clergyman that there l.i no
evolution excepting the "evolution of the
ovolutlonnry hypothesis" In Ilkoly to lmpos ji
a temporary check upon upocuUtlvo science. '
Minneapolis Times : An Kngtlnh clergy
man has been preaching > lwo courses of ser
mon * , entitled "Rebellion , tings nnd Hiiln , "
nnd "llcpenlnnce , llobes and Ilapture. " This
htats the famous alliteration with which
Burchnrd Busted Blnlne.
Chicago Chronicle : Before Ilcv. Nncey
Mngeo Water * Is harshly condemned there
should be consideration nf the question
whether an eloquent sermon stolen beg par
don , plagiarized doesn't help a church in or *
than a dull ono which IB original.
Minneapolis Tribune : A Baptist clergyman N
In Albany ban bon compelled to resign hli
charge bemuse ho rides a bicycle. The
church has prospered under his care and
there was no question a * to his Christian
character. But certain "elderly and Influen
tial" msmbors objected to n pastor who wan
so frivolous ns to seek health nnd Inspiration
for his work on the pneumatic steed , Prob
ably they considered consumption and dys-
pepsla as evidence of Inward grace , ami J ,
preferred a minister physically unfitted for
the work of saving souls all the year around.
So the Albany clergyman wilt have to wheel
nwny from tint church In search of another
field. He would " "
be excused for "scorching"
n little In his hnsto to get out of Its neigh
borhood.
IILASTS I.'UO.tl HAM'S IIOH.V.
The hottr the fire the purer the gold.
It takes more than a crown to make a klnfr.
No man can servo two masters , hut nil
have tried to.
To polish a rascal Is to make him all the
moro n roscnl.
The woman who hates dirt also believes In
house cleaning.
The way to nnswtr Infidelity Is not with
the lips , but with the life.
We know what a man Is at heart when w
know what ho IB opposing.
Kellglon pure and undented works at tht.
trade every day In the week.
The devil finds It hard to got a foothold
In the home where love Is king.
That man's life work will be great who
faithfully tloes his best every day.
Many a man who claims that charity be
gins nt home lets his wife saw the wood.
If you have both tracts and bread to give
to the hungry , give * them the bread first.
When the people are set on having their
own way they don't care how much It Is
going to cost them.
One of the first marks of backsliding Is
worldly conformity. Wo are anxious to
please Mrs. Grundy In proportion ns we fall
from grace.
SHADOWS OF COMI\ i liVKXTS.
Harper's linzar : Ethel Mumina , I wlnh
you'd go to the 'Other end of the Htore a
minute. I don't want you to Hee tlmt Ink- -
Htund tlmt I'm ' " ' * *
going to buy you befor'S"
Christmas.
Chlongo necord : "What's n 'green Christ-
inns1 "
"It'H ono of thcsp CliristmiiFCH where u.
man gives u $30 gold locket to n girl whi )
knits him IB-cent ynrn wristlets. "
Chicago Tribune : New Boarder Do you
enjoy Chrlstmiia , mn'nm ?
Landlady Very much. Indeed. All my
boarders get Invited out to dine , you know.
Washington Stnr : "When cr man run *
blEse'f tn debt ter buy Christmas presents. "
said Uncle Kben , "he ni-ks Inlk his frlen's . -
wus di > kin' ob folks tint can't 'precluta /
iiullln' wlfout know-In' what It cost. "
Youth's Companion : Perhaps the most
startling suiwstlon for " "
a "reminder" wus
that of the little boy whoso grandmother
had forgotten Ills Christmas present Mm
year before. She wished to know what
thing she should do In order tlmt she should
not forget It npnln.
"You might put your teeth In upxld *
down , " said the. boy.
Atlanta Constitution : "How tired you look ,
my darling , " exclaimed the llttli- woman ns
she met htm nt the door. "Come right In
and rest yourself ! I've made you u non-
pair of slippers , nnd If your lienil nchcs I'll
rub It .with colognij poor dear ! "
AHthis : time he Imd been regarding her
suspiciously. Finally he said :
" 1 had really forgotten tlmt Christmas
was BO near. Here's $20 ; It's the best I en a
do , Mnrln , until collections are better. "
NECESSITY.
Dclrlot News.
Now boldly does the cheery wight
Make noble lists of things to give ;
Next week six Items out of eight
He'll sacrifice , that he may live.
A SOI.ACIC.
Star.
It's pleasant to bo a front man In the choir )
To sort o' stand out rz n leader ,
To have nil tbet tuneful persuasion un' fire
That'll win back the doubting speeder.
But In this hero existence we can't , poorer
or rich ,
Decide on the path that's before us ,
And jjonio kin stand up an' sing so'.oa an'
Klch ,
" \VlilIe others must Jlne In the chorus.
It's the low trallln' vine tbet in safety en
dures
The storm when the haughty are broken ;
It isn't the hero tbet oft'nont secures
A true-hearted friendship's deiir token.
When envious sneers are launched ruthless
and free
When the venomous darts whistle o'er us.
Why , between you un' me , It's a comfort
ter bo
Jes' a feller thet Jlnea In the chorus.
Only One . . . .
Saturday Is the last in which
to ot a half dozen photograph *
Jrt-o with ouch purchase of $0 In
children's department
. .0
Selling great quantities of those fly front , dressy ,
warm winter overcoats in Beavers , Kerseys , Meltons
and Cheviots Their equals aren't in any thingabob ,
harum-scacum , whoop'em up sale in town for any where
near the prices. $10 for good , reliable , stylish , warm
garments ; from that to $25 for the tailor's § 45 grade.
Suits at $8.50 that would be called $15. suits
"marked clown" to $10. by some of the wild-eyed pur
veyors of wearables that we know 'of They're big
honest values at $8.50 All the good grades up to $30.
lor fine worsteds ,
Two tables full of Boys' and Children's Ulsters ,
Overcoats , Long Pant Suits , Knee Pant Suits , Novelty
Suits , Junior Suits , Reefer Suits etc. All marked down
from one third to ono half to clear out the odd lots ,
Browning , King 6t Co ,
Southwest Corner Fiftcatttlt uud .Douglas , OMAHA.