Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 28, 1896, Page 4, Image 4
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Anil In the iiu'tmtliui * tin1 astute Mr. Wiley iiiiilntiilns ft tllsiTi'i't Hllfiire ami saws wood ul a llvoly rale. Tlio stale treasurer's rcpni't may he suininai'ii'.i'tl as an Impassioned appeal to loi-li Hittjtahlo doors'itfler thu horse Is stolen. The union depot jjets nearer every day. Tin- ropes are all on the hither side of It now except one , and that will soon lie. removed. resident Cleveland and Seerelnry Gluey will now have Three Friends for their C'nlian polley If every other friend should turn against them. N I tire's K\l \ lo the poor In the form of pleasant weather and freedom from the neees lly of nslni ; coal to keep warm should not be omitted from the list. The eonneil has done well In at least partially cleaning up one Jail Job before It sanctions another. The ruins of this west side of the city hall are. at last restored. Mr. Hitchcock conveniently forgot to bring with him the receipt showing that ho had paid back that $1.000 which he "honowed" from the popoeralic state campaign fund. VVejler's latest typewritten Interview alleges , as a reason for not removing all doubt of Maceo's death by producing the body , that it would he very , very Improper to disturb the sanctity of a grave. So much delicacy was hardly to be expected from such a source. The head of every city department Is by law required to make an annual le- port of the woik done under his super vision. As none of the city employes have been overworked this year , all these reports should be made on time. I'lesident Cleveland decllnr. with re grets an invitation to speak at a .lack- son's day baii < ] iiet In Chicago. It Is not tti be imagined for a moment , how ever , that his action Is prompt ! d by tlu > fact that Candidate Ifrytui is to speak In the same city on the eve ot Hie saim- day. Now the story goes that Itryan's boom for liKH ) will be launched next week at Chicago. We thought the llryan boom was retaliated a few days after the late election. There must be something wrong witli a boom that , haste to be launched so many times at such short Intervals. One senator-elect Is actually going to Cuba to Investigate for himself the ex act situation there. When he return ; ; to Washington he will be about the only member of congress who Is entitled to speak , but he will have to hustle to get a word In edgewise between I ho bluster of his gore-seeking colleagues. The 1'ostolllce department continues Its good work of Issuing fraud orders against notorious swindling concerns and gambling schemes. There are some people who are not able to protect , themselves against Impostors , no matter how transparent their ruse , and It Is the duly of the government authorities to force projection upon them. Sugar beet experiments are to be made In South Carolina this year , and a New York beet sugar factory Is In process of construction. The possibilities of sugar beet culture are beginning to be appre ciated in various parts of the country. The fact remains , however , that Ne braska has proved its olalm to possiw ii soil better adapted to beet growing than any other that has thus far been tried In the I'nlted States. A deficit of nearly $ S,0X ( ) In the fund for the maintenance of the Neluaska Na tional Cuard. Of what use Is the con stitutional prohibition against the Incur ring of obligations by public ollielals be yond the appropriations made by the legislature If It Is to be arbitrallly Ig nored In all departments of the state government' . ' Is It not time that some on'lie brought to account for nmkliig these Illegal cxpc.mUturc.sV While the December apportionment of stale school moneys Is greater than for the corresponding period a year ago. yet It Is smaller than It was previous to that. This is due lo the fact that a large part of the permanent school fund has hin kept uninvested and to arrears and defaults of p.iyments on schou ) lands , sold ami leased. With careful management of the school fund ami school lands this apportionment ought soon not only to reach Its old llgnre , hut glow from year to year ami afford ma tcrlal help to thu local tichoul authorities , Mt.lU.OII MJ IN 3ItH III IIIII.HUA'u Ad'ord ng to TiTii nrer Hartley's state- iiiciit xiJooo of th ' temporary school fund Is tied up In the defunct Ulohe Loan mid Trust ( "nnipany bank of Omaha.V h. . n that hank closed Us floors It was given out that there was no state money on deposit there. In Omnlin bnnking circles It was eiirre.nl gossip that the Hubble bank had been hntateicd by state 1110111 % as It had been by city money under Henry llollu. The OJobis bank had notoriously been a vacuum ever since It was started and never hnd been able. 10 secure a linn footing In this community for lack of cnnlhleiice In Us managers. Why this shaky concern should have been desig nated as si state depository Is utterly Inexplicable. The bond of ( Ids bank , on tile In the auditor's olllee. is for : ? : .nono. On this bond Cadet Taylor ijiialllles for ? ir..OOO , W. I ) . Taylor for jfUO.OOO. II. O. Devrie for $ ] fi.)00. { ) and the company Itself , o which these men are chief owners am hnncilclarles. for ? "inKm. In view o the fact that the bank had been put t great straits when called on to turn eve the Illegal Kolln deposit , It Is amay.ln. that the stale treasurer , who never wa Ignorant of Us precarious condltiot should hand over to Us unsafe keeplnn SIL'.OOO of money credited by him to th school fund. The bank was closed nj In .lune last , and If the Sl'-.onn reall.v belongs to the temporary school fiufi 11 must have been placed in that ban ! only a short time previous to Us col lapse. There Is. however , another feature to this icckless loaning of the school film and that is the present status of the In solvent conee.ru. 1'nder the usual pro cedure , a failed state bank Is woum up by the courts through receivers ap pointed for the protection of creditors The filohu bank has by some hocii pocus managed to stave olT the appoint meiit of a receiver. Instead of protect Ing the creditors , chief among whom 1 the state school fund , the assets havi been left In the hands of Catlet Taylo and the other wreckers , who maiiagei to hypnotize the state treasurer am contldeiice gullible depositors. No wonder Stale Treasurer lartle.\ ! pronounces ( lie depository law a failure As If any law administered in such reck less fashion could result in anything but failure. No law could ever In framed so as to safeguard pnbllc moiie.\ If the custodians were delliierately trying to evade Its spirit under pretense o complying with its letter. Why shouh the treasurer deposit a dollar of statt school money In Oadet. Taylors Hubbk bank when he had a choice of half : do/en state depositories In Omaha whose solvency Is above question and wiiosi bonds ar signed by men who are re sponslhle for their obligations ? If tin treasurer is to make any discrlndna tiou between depositories , he is in tlutj hound to make It agalusi wildcat con cerns and In favor of well founded am solid institutions. VOTIAa. The supreme court of Missouri lias declared unconstitutional a provision o the Kansas City charter impo.slug a lint of ? L'0 upon every qualified voter In tin city who falls to exercise the franchlsi at each election. The aim of the chartei provision was , of course , to compel per formance of the duty of every citlxei to participate In the municipal govern mcnt. In support of Us position , th * court's chief argument as given in tin St. Louis papers is as follows : Taxes may bo levied , In raonuy or In serv ices linvltiK n money value lo the public and ho who pays In money docs not neces sarily have to pay more orcsa \ tlian ho who paya In services , und vice versa , ami It la upon thlo principle that thcao taxes arc up held ; but \vlio can estimate the moncj value to tlu > nubile of a vote ? It is degrad ing to the franchise to associate It with such an Idea. The ballot of the humblest In the liuiil may mold the destiny of the nation for ages. ages.This This reads like searching for a lire- text upon which to overturn the law. \\hoever before claimed that a line for not performing a service must alway.i he the money equivalent of the service enjoined ? To confuse a penalty for not voting with an alternative tax to be paid Instead of voting Is almost inex cusable on the purl of a court supposed to be reamed In political science as well as in the law. It may ln > unconstitu tional in Missouri lo attach a line to Hie failure to vote , but if so the court ought to be able to give some reason for It thai , will appeal to a sen.iible man. . ,1 r/n'/Ai. KVII. vxcuvr.uun One of tiie side lights of the pi'liiling Investigation Into the. relations of C/lly Knglneer llowell and the water workn company has uncovered an evil which calls for decisive action on the part , of the city authorities. The testimony of the city engineer himself developed the fact that he had been absent for weeka from his post of duty without leave , at tending to his private business and usjig Ills olllclal position for tin- purpose oi soliciting employment with the new owners of the water works plant. In- iHcad of attending to the work for which he Is drawing a salary of ! < ; ! , < X)0 ) a ye.n lie seems to have made It a practice of letting the work attend to Itself with out even tiie formality of notifying the council , much less awaiting the leave of absence prcM-rlbcd by the law. Reliable Information Is to the effect that the example of the head of the en gineering department lias not been lust cither on his subordinates or on oilier ollielals on the city pay roll. While com- philnlng of ovcnvoik and requesting In- ctvastd pay. the same ollicers and em ployes have btvn making It a practice to carry on private business and to neglect their public duties for days and weeks at their own free will. Is It not high time with the beginning of another year to turn over a new- leaf In this matter ? If there Is any one receiving a salary from the city who does not think he Is being paid enough to give his whole time to tin1 public hiiHlnc.ss , he should bi > forced to make way for some one ready and anxious to return full value for the money. If there Is any one on the city pay roll roqulrcd by the charier or ordinances to render exclusive service lo the city , who yet dofllnes to relin quish private business thut Interferes with hl. < duties as an ollkvr , 1mshould he made to choose between the two. If men In the highest places nre to b. > permitted to rob the taxpayers of tlni- paid for out of the public treasury , how natural does It become for subordinates to do the same ? The city of Omaha mny not bo paying munlllcent salaries , but Its salaries are certainly quite large enough to secure competent and deserving men In limes like these. No private business Institu tion would for a moment tolerate the abuses that have been permitted t < prevail In the city hall and the peoph have a right to demnnd that their pah public servants observe equally rlgh business principles. A TAint'r nthi. . The work of framing a new tariff hll will piaellcally begin today when tin hnue committee on ways and meant will commence the hearings on the va rious schedules , lo be continued two weeks. It Is slated that owing to tin great pressure on the committee for op pnrtunltles to be heard In oral argument , Chairman Ulngley has felt compelled to serve notice that the limits for tin hearings cannot he extended , lie has notified representatives of the vailous Interests that the schedules already lair down for hearing' cannot be departet' from , that the committee will hold only day sessions , and that where it .Is deemed Important that oral statements be made on behalf of Industries It will he advantageous for the Industries to settle upon a few speakers , who will be able to condense their argument within the time llxed by the commute : ' for the verbal presentation of state ments. It is tiie desire of the committee that representatives of Industries sub mit their statements in writing or printed form , so as to secure prompter consid eration by the committee than would hi given to speeches delivered during Its daily sessions. The committee Is al ready In possession of a great deal ol Information , obtained during the prep aration of tile emergency revenue hill at the llrst session , so that It Is not now necessary to give time in listening to elaborate arguments , while wiltten statements can be considered carefully by the committee after thu hearings. It would seem that this ought to be entirely satisfactory to the Industries Interested In the tariff. The pnrpn.se of the com mittee Is togive all a fair opportunity lo be heard , but not to unnecessarily prolong this preliminary work. It Is probable that a tariir bill will be framed before the close of the present session , but It Is not likely that one will he Introduced , because It is not appar ent that anything would be gained by doing so. No measure passed by the present house could pass the senate , or If it should It would certainly fail at the hands of the president. The bill can he prepared , however , for the next con gress when It shall meet In extra ses sion , probably within a month after the new administration is Installed , and as It is probable the ways and means com mittee of the Kifty-llfth congress will be constituted as at present , with the possible exception of tin' chairman , who may be secretary of the treasury , the ii'easutv can be promptly passed by the new house , of representatives. With re- gaid to the character of the revised tariff there can be nothing but conjecture. Chairman Dlngley has said that the prin ciple of protection will be carefully oh- vrved. but Hint does not necessarily Imply a restoration of Hie duties of the McKlnley law or extreme action In any direction. There is no reason to believe that the president-elect favors radical treatment of the tariff and It Is very likely the republicans of the ways and means committee are not without information mation respecting his views. Till ; STATUS AND TIIK 1'ItVSTS. A stringent anti-trust law has just gone Into effect in Ceorglu. It declares un lawful ami void all arrangements , con tracts , agreements , trusts or combina tions made with a view to lessen , or which may lend to lessen , free competi tion in the Importation or sale of articles Imported into the stale , or In the manu facture or sale of articles of domestic growth , or of domestic raw material. All combinations which tend to control the price of products are declared un lawful. Any corporation organized under th < , laws of the .slate violating any of the provisions of the act shall forfeit its charter and franchise and every for eign corpoiatlon violating any of the irovislons of the ant is prohibited from lolng business in ( he suite. It is general state legislation of this kind which must be chiefly depended upon for the suppression of trusts. Kx- Attoiney Ccncral .Miller of Indiana Is reported to have said recently that if .10 . were a member of die luglslnlntu of i that state he could and would frame a aw which would drive the trusts out of hat state at least anil the supreme ourt of the United States lias pointed nit that the states have large power to deal with these combinations. "TIu vllef of the clti/.ens of each slate , " said that tribunal , "from the burden of nonopoly and thu evils resulting from the resttalnt of trade among such citi zens was left to the states to deal with , uid this court has recognized their pos session of that power even to the extent > f holding that au employment or busl- less carried on by private individuals , vhen It becomes a matter of such public nteie.st and Importance as to create a omnton charge or hurucn upon the cit- x.eu In other words , when It becomes a iiacllcal monopoly to which the clti/.cn s compelled to resort and by means of vhlch a tribute can be exacted from lu > community. I * subject to regulation iy state legislative power. " Thus the icople of tiie Mates can protect them selves against this form of monopoly , ven without any legislation by con- ' , though federal anti-trust M'icss - leglsla- lou that can lu made effective Is of ourx. to be desired. It Is urged by some that the trn.sH can safely be left to the operation of he laws of trade and commerce ; that . lildn the past few years more of these omblnatlonVi have liven wiped out by lu > Inexor.ihle outcome of competition han by any legislation which has yet eii enacted. It Is true that there are nstancc'.s within recent vxpi'ilcncis In vhlch attempts to gain greater than egitlmatc profits by artificial restriction * npi'i prodiiillori nnd distribution have bivii dt ft-atecMiy Uu > working of the mutual laws of trade. Thu fatof tlu Cor.lage truit and , of the IKneral Klec > trie company and the dissolution of the Nail assoelatliffijta-eause of Us Inability to maintain the piTces It had llxed In the face of outside 'hmipelitlon. are Illus trative Instances. ' Hut they are by no means eouclustw- against a policy of national and sWitlJ anti-trust legislation. If those combinations were destroyed by reason of their rrtpaclly and others sur vive because 'th'e.f are more conserva tively managed in respect to the prices of their prodiicls. the latter are-none the less Inimical /fi free competition , but rather more so , and free competition In every branch of business lo what the laws should secure to our people. To leave the trusts ami combinations lo the operation of the natural laws of trade would be to tolerate ami encourage the growth of monopoly and no consider able proportion of the American people will ever be convinced that this Is a wise policy. It tipoms to bo the fashion this year for govornors-olect to announce thslr appoint ments before they nro Inaugurated , or , In other words , to pay their debts before they are due. Globe-Democrat. Not nt nil. Tin * reason the novernors- elect are ntmoniirinj , ' their appointments bffoiv Inanimation i.s to riil theinsrlviM of the pe.islsli'Ut olliceseekers who will not take "no" for nn answer so long as there Is a vaeant place In sight. In some respeots this iilnn works to the ad vantage of tiie npiillcant for favor , for It enls short tin * p.'rlod when In * would be wasting ills time and .siiendinj ; his money in an effort to Impress Ids availability on the aiiiiolntiiiK power. The possibilities of the postal sav ings bank as a contribution to the safety of our banking system arc gradually making themselves apparent. One of the Chicago papers indulges in the com ment thai it Is a reproach to the govern ment of the United < - that It has not established postal savings banks. The agitation Is starling , and with half the encouragement which It deserves of people of ordinary means , It will con- Unite until crowned with the success that Is bound to come as soon as the poslal savings bank experiment is tried in tills countrv. The editor of our estimable contem porary , the Omaha World-Herald , has just waked from Ids hibernal trance long enough to remark that "life sea son of autumn prairie tires is again at hand. " So Is New Year's day. Whether tlds particnlari editorial utterance was crowded out last September 'by the stress of campaign matter , or whether It was written , now- for publication next fall and accidentally printed a few mouths prematurely , are points on which an nnklous public is awaiting elucidation. Ail lllllKilltlltrcl Trnlli. Xw : Ycyk Herulil. If legislators wc-ro prohibited from "talk ing fl ht" until they had enlisted for ac- tlvo service. In oafio of war what ft flood of bellicose verbiage this country would be spareJ ! Tin * Missing .Surplus. " New Yiiil ; Alall nml I2xirCT | ! < . You may go throuch Secretary Carlisle's report v.'ltli a search warrant without finding any trace of the "comfortable surplus" which lie expected to dirlvc from the operation of the Wilson-Gorman bill. H must have been mislaid. Tli < > V.'oriu TiirnM. Minneapolis Tribune. A couplf * of members of the beef trust had a foretaste of the wrath to come In the Chicago stock yards the other day when a wild 1 cxia steer got after them ami tossed them over the fence. The spirit of a mucli- abused people seems to have entered Into that steer. Inilrfiitlirnlilr .llr. Mereer. Tekumali IIuiulcl. The Indefatigable energy of Congressman Mercer In the things that pertain to Xo- braslia 1.3 apparent. He hts now In prospect the establishment at Omaha of a depot for the distribution of Imlian supplies. The distributing depot has heretofore been In Chicago. Tinrw ronfoili'rno' . I'llllUlll'lplllil 1'rC'HB. I The Central American confederation rec ognized lest week by President Cleveland lias been preceded by many like attempts H union between these small states. Tlicsc iavo failed In the past , but every American will trust that the new confederacy may be successful. q Til ! ' .IlllKII MM II NlllNlllll'l * . New Oilcans Slates. The jingo Is a nuisance ami 11 cur.se to the country ; he Is a blatant howler foi1 war and ; orc ; ho wants to annex all creation , Inclnd- ng the lepers of the Sandwich Islands , and bo conglomerated niggers , Indians and Spaniards of Cuba. Tlusc jingoes vex the country ; they disturb the marluls and play nto the hands of speculators anil brokers. Sfiinlorlnl Iiitfi-i-nt InVnll tJIrcrt. New Yuri ; Mull nml Kxprchs. In Mr. IIHl'a Ironical remark that "al- hough a , senator , I do not speculatu In Wall street , " there Is a faint , vague hint that other senators do engage In llnanclal under takings of that character. If Senator Hill possccwes any real Ihformatlon on that sub ject It Is too bad that he does not dlvnlgo It , giving names , dntcs and plarro. It Is be- lloved by iiiany Intelligent citizens that a largo and alarming ecnutorlal scandal Ilo3 very clo.-io to the mirfaco along the lines whlca Mr. Hill has Indicated , and he couldn't render a gi cater public service than to do his utmost to cxpo u It. Dotrult Journal. The ono place In the McKlnley cabinet which inoro than.-au.y. other calls for am all- around Htalcmnaii , with brains and back bone , with a well-balanced mind and cool head , Is the Department of .State. It Is not every town or atAto that can present a man possessed of all ( hi ; ccjriulal iiualltle-H and qualifications foriilmt ollko. Especially at this time Is It .JflghJy Important that the selection for tlili place be a v.'iso one. No man In tlilr courHryi inoro keenly realizes tills fact than dfKB'l'rcslilciit-ok'ot McKln ley and the pcople'iif .tho country confidently rely on lib mar uro ljudgment ami careful discrimination hit njnklDg Ilia selection. Judicial .Si.WliliiK of Wills. Kcifiui ) | < 'lty Stnr. Tlmt there Is json'lc ' grave defect In the lawn relating lo/wlllp / Is provcp by the de cision of the Ni'w York supreme court yesterday Invulldifting the will of the late Samuel J. Tlldbii. The teatator , ono of the keenest , clearest and most capable law yers In Iho country , had given the subject of the didposal of Iila property after death the most painstaking attention. Having accumulated an catato of several millions of dollars by tho'practice of law , ho , no doubt , confidently believed thut ho hnd acquired sulllclcnt lfial ; knowledge to dtx- pose of It according to his own Ideas and Inclinations. Hut It appears that In this ho wan mistaken , for the court holds that the will Is defective In various respects. The natural Inference Is that no will which disposes cf an estate of BUfllclcnt magni tude to cause contention can Htaml the tout of a judicial liuiulry , and Indicated thu growing disposition on the part of the courts to tmcrlflco the clear Intent and pur pose of laws to trilling technicalities. j ix i.i.vn Kim TIM : I ( . 'hnppc-ll UoRl.stcr The proplp of Omnln j imvatklng h.ud for the exposition ntid will make n grand IUI.ITM of It. | 0 ntral Oly ; Nonpareil The Oninka ex position Is gaining frrco each day. Over 3100,000 wurth ot clock 1ms been siilucrlliinl for. Albion N'ows : Xcbr.iskd's prent world's I fair , In other wordtt the Tr.insmlnstoilppl I Exposition of IS'JS , Is now fully onicored , The officers and directors arc composed of the bf t t-iuslmew mm of Omnlm nnd there Is no doubt that thla will be the thing for tiie grent west that hns over been attempted. Schuyler Sun : N'ow that the rxecutlvo officer * of thu Transmlfslsslppl Hxpocltlon I have lon elect oil , the enterprise will bo ! rapidly pushed. The Incoming state legtala turo should no ! be nlow In doing the proper thins 'In the way of an appropriation com- mrnsurate with the great benefit the ex position will be to the state. Seward Reporter : The board of directors of the Transmlsilsalppl K.vpotrltlon 1ms b.vn selected , chiefs of the various bunnus l.nvo hi-i'ii appointed and the work of pushing for ward the enterprise will at once bi'sln. Tht bvst men In Omaha have been enlisted in the work nml the success of the great exposi tion will bo assured beyond n doubt. Schuyler Hcral.l ; No also Ideas ot econ omy should stand In the way of a gooil sized appropriation for the Transmlsslsislppl ISx- position at the hands of the Nebraska legis lature. There are numerous other ways In wlilch they cnn show thuir regard for econ omy. It Is a good virtue to cultivate , but they should not commence at the- wrong end of thu line. Kullcrton Post : The Transmlsslsslppl fair Is getting Into shape with rapidity nnd gooil order , Tlmt It will be a great success Is an admitted fact. Nance county will bo In H up to her oars. Wo have the brat county In the state nnd It behooves our people pleto malic this fact known. When the time comes tor Nance county to grab hold of the towltno you can bet nil you art- worth that H will not be done In a half- hoartcd manner. Mlmlcn Gazette : Officers have been chosen for the Transmlsslaalppl Exposition and the active work of preparation will begin nt once. It nhould be mndo an object lesoon of the resources and enterprise of the great wcat , nnd as such assist In the further de velopment of the greatest nnd best spot of ground on earth. The south doesn't begin to ccmparo with the west , and this exposi tion should demonstrate the fact , and It will It all will take hold with such a purpose In view. The only ( speculation In It should be simply that which follows the settling up and development ot a now country by a legitimate Increase of business. Heatings Tribune : It Is very Important that everybody In. Nebraska should toke a great Interest In the Transmlsslsalppl Ex position , which will be held In Omaha In 1S9S. It's going to be n big thing for Ne braska. In fact It will be the best tlitnn Nebraska over had or will have for many years. The committee lies already secured subscriptions amounting to over ? 100 000 to Its capital stock , and congrosj has pledged not less than $200,000 for a government ex hibit. Now , tlio thing for thu Nebraska legislature to do Is to make n like pledge nml the exposition will be a grand nnd glorious success , of which all Nebraska will fcol proud. I'F.HSONAl , AM ) OTIIKIIWISH. ' Dr. Xortueha Is going to leave for Spain at onco. Ho Is probably right In thinking Cuba a very unhealthy country for him at pre.sont. Captain General Weyler'fi frequent visits to I'lnar del Itlo glvo rise to n suspicion that that hotbed of rebellion must be cooling off. off.Mr. Mr. Trentnnovo , the sculptor. Is on his way to this country from Klorenco. with the finished bus * of James G. lllalno , which he modeled In Washington last winter. Governor-elect Leo of South Dakota Is ono of the largeot land ownern In the stato. Ho has between 4,000 and G.OOO acres of choice farm Inm'a In his own county , besides holdIngs - Ings all over thestate. . They play poker for keeps In North Da kota. A party of sporting gentlemen were engaged In a llttlo game just across the Street from where bank robbrr.s were dyna miting a bafo the other night , and although they heard the explosion , not one of them dared to turn his hond nwny from the table until the game wca llnkihcd. The "Carrlcra * Annual Addrcrs , " which was a fixture In every newspaper ofllco a fo\v ycata ago. Is now so rare as to bo a novelty. Among the few papers which cling to the custom , the UufTalo Courier deserves first plnro. Itti ' 07 annual Is an artistic poem , In pictures and colors a poem without wordj , yet far more expressive. The- Illustrations arc superb and the execution.presents to tin ? eye a paotograph of the great strides nnd hnltlcss bcopo o' American newspaper equip ment. THAT CDII.VSTAMC MISCOVHIIV. A Fc\v Ironical Iti-nuirKs 1111 CrnmpVi Afli-l--niitii Kiml. St. 1'niil Ulolip , A Washington dispatch stated that a select company of senators and representatives from the "corn-growing statca of the west" were Invited to luncheon by Mr. Cramp , the cel ebrated Philadelphia. Ehlpbullder , to bo In itiated Into the mysteries of the corn stalk as they had been unfolded by the chemist whom Mr. Cramp keeps In his employ. What relation there Is between corn Etnlks and Iron ships that a chemist , presumably cm- ployed to nnalyzo ores and Investigate the proportlas of iron , should have been led Into an Investigation of the constituents ot the staff ot our western agriculture , Is not por- ceptlblo at llrst glance , nor , for that matter nttc-r long and profound reflection. Hut thftf Is mcro speculation and not material to the matter submitted to Mr. Cramp's guestu. cither as nn accompaniment of or a : a deasert after their luii"h on. These representatives of the corn belt wore uurprlsccl and enlightened by Iho Informa tion obtained by tlio chemist and Imparted by Mr. Cramp , that corn stalks "could bo made worth $2 a ton , or J.'i nn aero , by me ulmnism that would extract from them al cohol , cellulose , a material for mattings , earpcts , paper , smokeless powder and cattle fooil. superior to any other. " Whereupon Mr. Cramp , who hna an evident penchant for figuring , as any member of the naval committee of thu senate or house could , doubtless , testify , proceeded to calculate the value ot the discovery of his chemists to the great "corn-growing states ot the weal. " Taking the acreage -10,000,009 , he derived llio conclusion that the "discovery" wauM bo worth J225.0CO.OOO per annum to the farmers of those states If their corn utalks were converted Into smokeless powder , mat tings , carpets anil alcohol. The trifling dis crepancy of $25,000,000 existing between his grand ontimato and the amount -10,000,000 acres would yield at ? 5 per aero IB not worth mentioning In view of the greatness of tliiii discovery , and may well bu attributed either to the natural enthusiasm of Mr. Cramp over the find of his chcmlxt or to that "old par ticular , warm , champagnoy , brandy-punchy feeling" that usually follows a luncheon given by a gentleman having and Becking contracts with the government and his guests when they are xenatorH and repre sentatives. It Is lee bad to throw cold water on thin great d'lseovery , or to do anything that would doter Mr. Cramp from hid willingness to "Invest a very largo sum In a chain of man ufactories for tbeso by-products of corn , " but , unless ho can figure out a greater profit than $2 a ton cr a better yield than two ami r. half tons of stalks to the aero wo appre hend that the Intelligent fanner In the corn bolt will prefer to continue hla present methods of extracting profits from the stalk. Ho has long slnco learned that the feeding value of Iho dry titalk when minced In n fe-'l cutter or shredded by a gang of oscll- lat'Ini ' ; rotary saws Is but a small percentage below timothy hay and worth within a ( --.ii'ilo of dollars a ton of llu prlco. Ho has learned that , cut green ami rnadn Into silage , the feeding value- , especially for mllUi cown , is three times as much per ton as Mr. Cramp's estimate , uhllo the acreage value Is Klx or seven tlmea creator. This bclni : the case , ho will hardly care to place h'Us corn fluids , after husking , nt the disposal of Mr. Cramp's contemplated chain of factories for the production of smokeless powder anil other utilities. It Is probable that Mr. Cramp's guests politely refrained 'from tip ping winks to each other ncrosn the table an the dhlpbullder dilated upon his chemist's ach'lovement , but they must have found It difficult to maintain the proprieties of the occasion. Mr. Cramp may bettor stick to hU last and conflno liln ehornlHt's Investiga tions to ores and their manipulation. TIIK S'PtTi : TIIMl.SUIV , I Albion Nr\v No f i-iiMd-an I api-r .n | 1. I Mute go far nn > rc U > < ir ( AI'IMII ' | < MIIR u I J ilify Slnte Timsur. i' lUitlvy m huldlnit , Htniio Itiop.iiiio In MI * i'u-r.il , fund while thci' : | art oiilMandliiKarruiiM for never * ! llmeei tli.it aiuuiint. Criterion : Pome InvrstlRHtlon hns mndo Into the tlf.t.lrs nf thf fltatc trramircr'a r > ffict by The Omaha llco. rovwil- ln the fact that there arc nearly 8,000,000 wnrraiita outstanding HgnlnM the ( und ilr.iHn ! 5 per cent Intercut , while there uro { OAO.iHHi In the various iitibllc dcptwltorlr * upon < \hlrh only 3 per font Is roeolvcd by tlio n'aio. Thla Is A condition that ought not to exist. li.nlil City Press : The st.ilo treasurer franUly admlin thai the slate's money lit tied up ti : banks which cannot pay It tmok Into iho treasury , and nropiMts to leave the matter In the IcKlslnlure's hands to nay what Nlul ! bo done. The republican * will leave a great jnany while elephants to be looVod nfter by the legislature. Unless that body is wlao as Solomon It has Inherited more white elephants Ulan It can comfortably take care of. Tccumach Journal : State Treasurer Hart ley says the niato funds now on deposit In the various banks cannot be withdrawn with safoty. Ho will so Inform tin * legislature , and It , the money IB to be drawn out It will rest with that body to do so. That means that Treasurer Hartley does not Intend to have Iho cash on hand to turn over lo hla successor unloM ho loRWaturo ROM In a body nnd digs It tip. The morecnuae fur Mcaervo lo Insist upon counting the cash. Norfolk News : Some very ugly rumors nre 11 cm I n g out from Mncoln In connection with the Plate treasurer's oillce. There rumors should be thoroughly Investly.ntod and If anyone has done wrong , let him be punished in a manner commensurate with Ms crime. The republican party has.no desire to shield anyone , and should be the first to bring to justice ono of Us own mem bers , providing he has been guilty of be traying a public trust. While we nro liouso cleaning In the state house , let's sweep out all Iho cob webs. Lincoln Independent : It begins to look as If the assurances recently given by filrmU of Stnto Treasurer Hartley that he would bo ready to count e.Jt the cash on retiring were not based on facts. Ho has I'idlcate.l his Intuition to simply point to Uir banks where lie placed It , and let his successor scramble tor It. la there no law that will reach a retiring troaMircr who decs not count out the e.ish ? Ono of Hie promises of Iho fusion campaign was that the re tiring treasurer should bo required to do It. The people endorsed the proposition. Who will undertake ( o Ignore that promise ? Grand Island Independent : Should the newly elected state troaaurcr go Into olllco with n full determination to Ignore Iho pro visions oi' the depository law which wan created by pop legislature and demand from the said depository b.inks through the pres ent state treasurer all the funds In cash so depcsited , there will be ocvcral "busted" banks In Nebraska thai would otherwise beoblo lo pull through. However , Grand Island people have nothing to fear , as neither of the loc.il hanking Instltutlona are state depositories. Hut the fullest enforcement of tills law which has made the dcpesltory banks Instead nf the treasurer rrsrunalblo for n Inrgo portion of the state funds , at a time when the banks arc laboring under n heavy strain , cannot but create very nerlou. ) disaster which will naturally tie charged against an Inferior populist law. Schuyler Herald : The Herald has all along been of the opinion thai our ptnte olflners were honest and that when the llmo came to turn over the state government to oilier hands the affairs of the various state olllees would bo found In gooil shapo. Of late we have been led lo think that wo have erred In our judgment. It seems to bo admitted lliat the affairs In the state trcas- uier's ofllcer are far from being In good shape. There should bo something over half a million dollars of cash on hand , but It Is Intimated that much of this money Is lied up In banks and can not bo gotten at. One thing Is certain , the ntnto has a million and a half In flo.atlng Indebtedness lo the payment of which this vast sum of money , that now appears to be Invisible , should have boon applied. * * J.'HJ. the gooil name of the state wo hope that the affairs in the state treasurer's olllco are not In as bad shape as they have been made to appear. Of late our state has been ex ceedingly unfortunate In regard to her financial affairs. WISDOM 1'Olt TIIK I.HCISI.ATOIIS. Hcllwnoil Gazette : Our legislature will soon convene. How many of tlioso elected to it will ildo on a imss , even If It Is cus tomary ? Let us see th.it our men buy tickets. Grand Island Independent : There Is no doubt but that It should be made a criminal offonsn for an assessor to list properly nt leys than 'Its ' value. There would then bean an canalization of taxes. Schuyler Quill : Let the coming legislature moot , pass a few necessary bllla and the appropriations , linvo few employes and ad journ In thirty days , so ns to save , expense. That is populism as it really Is. Will I2icy do It ? Schuyler Herald : In years gone by our slate legislature has botn In the habit of Riving employment to three times ns inucl litJp as was necessary. Now that wo liavo a reform legislature that Is supposed to stand for economy wo have a right to expect n change. Let economy bo enforced , oven If a few statesmen are let out of a job. MaillsUn Reporter ( pop. ) : It Is early yet to attempt to discuss possible legislation. About Iho only jneasiiro that Is sure to come Is ono for the creation of lire nnd pollen commissions to control the lire and pollco departments of all of the citlcn of the state. This will In a measure take the depart ments out of politics. It Is proposed to make each of these boards comprise u popu list , n free silver democrat nnd a free silver republican. Krcmont Tribune : Auditor Moore makes some sensible suggestions In his annual re port. Ho points out that there niuut bb reductions made In the growing salary list of the Btato and In the cost of running state Institutions and In conducting the affairs of the legislature. He also points out that the revenue laws must bo reconstructed , for the temlAicy to undervaluation Is constantly growing. This good ndvlco need not be dis counted by the public because Auditor Moore Is n republican ofllclal and the repub lican party Is going out of power. Auditor Moore has urged these things before nnd has done all within his power to gl\o the state the kind of administration he recommends. The affairs of his own office have been ton- ducted on business principles. While many public offices have a perennial holiday air. It has not been BO with the state auditor's ofllco during the past four years. Our pop ulist friends will not , we hope , refuse to act on the suggestions of Auditor Moore Just because ho Is u republican official. IMIASKS OK THIS CI'IIAX IH'IUK. Globe-Democrat : When the liualncM In terests of this country voted against free silver they also voted against the- similar folly of plunging Into a needlesa war with Spain. Minneapolis Trlbuno : The correspondent ot a Now York newspaper , who went to Cuba with the avowed Intention ot telling the truth has fallen Into Weyler's hands , and very naturally la In danger of losing hl.i life. Truth Is a contraband commodity with the Woyler regime. Indianapolis Journal : The truth Is the president learned a great deal through , bin Venezuelan experience. Ills warlike declara tion ii year ago filled the country with talk of war to tlio detriment ot buslnc H. Now ho oppcHCd Cuban recognition boeauao it will disturb the peace and check the returnIng - Ing confidence of the country. Philadelphia Ledger : In ndilltlon to the amount of money which the Spanish gov ernment Is spending In the effort to fliihdiio the- Cuban rebellion , estimated at $200,000- 000 a your , the debt of the Islam ! U stated at $425,000,000 , while lu rovmiuo h almont nothing scarcely $20,000.000 in the nearly two years that have elapsed nlnco the rebel lion began. It In cvlilont that the Uland cannot pay the Intoreut on IU debt , and nlcio that Spain cannot endure the financial strain much longer , and It is becoming a < iuo8tlon what the Kiiropcun countries In which tliesri Bpanl h and Cuban bonda nro principally held will do to protect them- Helves. It looks aa If Kuropcan Intervention on behalf of .Spain , In order that aho may bo enabled to pay her debts , might to wo be fore American. Intervention on behalf or Cuba. , \.M TO Tin : MII vit not vrv I.AW. HoMlil idemV ) ( < bcllovo thai the bounty \oted to the migar beet nml ' lil.'ury manufacturer * by the legislature ot two > v\r aKO should be paid , but ( hero HIP nml lor fliouhl end. I I iM'.Mln ttrrord < r r. ) : Here's hoping Urn j Incoming loRlslntnro will not give the sugnr i licet niui chicory Industrie * the black cyo | that Is threatened. May the spirit of Sena- j tor Allen hover over H In Its deliberations , i Valley KntciprlJo ( rep. ) : There Is no Just reason \\liy the h > glidaurc ( will not arrange I to pay this liontut debt niul uphold n 1" ' that was utndp In good faith to foster ono I of the comliiK greatest Industrie ! ) of our j Mate. We believe II will. Senator Allen I snv * It will , and Justice and right demand It ; thoieforo. we will Irani lu labor and to wait with our good farmers for the next stale legislature to do Us duty and pay off that hnncttl debt. Humholdt Standard ( rep. ) : It. as Senator Mien utos. the coming legislature Is not ono of rtpitdlatlon , U will pars ii 1111 appro priating funds to pay the sugar bounties for ISM and 15U ! ! . The factories lm\e com piled with HIP part of the law \\hlrh com pels them to pay $ li per ton to the runnel1 for his boctit , and U now remain * to bo seen whether Utc farmer legislature * will repudiate the obligation of the state to ] > ny llve-t'lKhtlis of1 cent per pound on the man ufactured su : nr. Wnkcllcld Itopubllcnn ( rep. ) : It Is sin cerely to he honed that the newly i-li'ctcd Nebraska legislature will take kindly to Senator Allen's recent words of warning In the senate and do nothing which might luvo a tendency to keep imicJi nccilnt capital out of Iho state. Nebraska cannot afford to fol low the lamentable exam pi o of Kansas In unwise legislation nnd foolish judicial do- c'lslons placing unwarranted niul unm-ri.1- sary ohs.aolis between borrower and lender. We have reason to hope and believe that Iho coming legislature will. In this ny.ard at least , stand up for Nebraska In the best nense of the word. North Hr-nd Argus ( pop ) : In refrrrnce to the bounty ijucstlun now arises the Inquiry as to what the Inco-nlng legislatureill do. The first Impression gained was that thu Inw was unconstitutional to a decree that would debar the legislature from doing any thing. Hut the de-cMon of the lourt unuld Imply that the law wr.s void only as re gards the payment of bounty until an appro priation be Hindi * . Tanners nnd others have been Induced to raise beets and chicory * In other localities In the state than Urnnd Island or Norfolk for the purpose of thor oughly listing the adaptability of Ne braska soil In the culture of thcst > produru. The factories were bound to pay $5 per ton for In els under the law and for the crop of 1S)5 ! ) did pay the $3 rate. The people plo of Nebraska elected a legislature that pushed the law , and although It Is found that i the law Is defective , still there has been I u promise to pay oractcd and Nebraska y should redeem that promise. The only way to do this Is for the Incoming loglslaturo to make an appropriation for Hint purpose. H Is possible that some mwiibcrs cf llio legislature will not feel favorably inclined to fiirli nn action , but It Is not a ques tion of principle nor Is It a time lo "even up" with political enemies. That the repub lican party with Its lobby and biippoued statesmanship finally managed to Induce tlio legislature to pass a defective measure , Is no reason why those who honestly worked under Iho promises held out In that measure , should be deprived of what they honestly carni-d. The continuation of the law Is n oubjcct for consideration , but wo bellevo the legislature should appro priate * HUHlclrnt to cover the bounty earned In IS'J : > and 1S9C. Madison Reporter ( pop. ) : A few of the re form papers of this ntnto , while applauding Senator Allen's speech In defense of Ne braska , take exception to his expression lu regard to the sugar bounty. The senator did not In his speech say llmt the bounty should bo maintained permanently , but that the present bounty , ns awarded by the last leg islature , should bo paid. In the present case the loss of the bounty will not affect the Kiii'nr iminnfnctiircr In Iho lens I ax Ilia contracts between thu stiKar manufacturer anil the bert rutarr contain n clause stating that If the bounty Is paid the beet raisers will receive $5 per ton for their brots , 1C not , $1. The flve-olghths of 1 cent per pound paid the sugar manufacturers for their product amounts to about $1 on each Ion of licdu , and consequently It ean be Keen at a glance that thu farmer In this case will bo ihu enl > one who will suffer If the bounty Is not paid. There Is another way to look at this question. The last legislature ( Ita polities cut no llgnro ) virtually entered Into contract with the sucar rnmpmiy to pay n certain amount of money per pound for the product of their factories. The cenT - T ME III Who arc such from habit , but their fault-finding' rarely ac complishes much. However , we rather like to encounter them because the harder they find fault with our clothing the better friends and customers they become when they dis cover their mistake. The fact is that in making our Suits and Overcoats we try to anticipate all the kick ers , and , if possible , to leave them without any ground for complaint , cither as to goods or prices. Come in and sec for yourself - * f self how well wo have clone it. m f S. W , Cor. IfitlimiU Duuulus Stfl