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INSIST HAVI.VO THIS II13K.
It looks as if Greece will be pncillcd
In fact points llttlo time before Culm.
The Hlsh scliool cndistH li.ivcDnvo
Mcrcurs best word-that Ihosi'uns will
soon be forthcoming.
The reported dissolution of the Snsli
nnd Door trust ou lit to oneu tlu ; door
wldo to free competition in this branch
of trade.
Fast driving of horses In the public
streets Is just as dangerous to pedes
trians . as lilcyclo scorching and is
equally proliihited by law.
fusion state ollieers comnieiice
charging their own appolntoos with in-
'competency they come pretty close to
lireferrlng chargrs niitiinst tliemsej.v.es ,
Sewer Commissioner Wlnspear should
lose no time In digging another sewer
for Mayor Hroatch thai will serve as a
permanent pipe line to the municipal
trough.
Those alterations made In the appro
priation bills after they had passed the
legislature must have simply made
themselves much as the notorious gam
bling bill pushed itself through the sen
ate.
Tlio senate IniM decided to protect the
rights of the poor homespi'kers by the
abrogation of President Cleveland's for
est reserve order and the faces of the
railway managers may once more wear
their accustomed smiles.
South OmahiL shares tlio activity In
building operations which is noticeable
at present In this city. More actual
construction Is now going on In both
communities than ha.s binm known since
the boom days of ton years ago.
The gang of thieves which has been
devoting Its attention to the movable
llxtures .of vacant residences ha.s shown
commendable forbearance and considera
tion for the feelings of the police by
not carrying oft the very houses.
President McKinley is booked for the
dedication of a monument In Philadel
phia this week. As a monument dedicator
cater he Is rapidly making a reputation
that will outshine that made by his
predecessor In the presidential chair.
If Mayor llroatch wants to barricade
himself In the city hall after his term
has ox pi red he may llnd It troublesome
to keep up the line between his otilces
nnd his base of supplies. The city has
no commissary department for men out
of a Job.-
Mexican sliver dollars ai'o now quoted
on the market at a fraction over17
cents. Tim campaign yarn that the sil
ver In u dollar exchanged for a bushel
of wheat always and everywhere Is fur-
thqr from the truth now than It wad
last November.
The World-Herald talks about Coun-
cllmen AVhceler , I < "lyim i t al voting to
rccognlzo this man or that nmli as
mayor. What tommy rot ! Wheeler nnd
Klynn urn no longer conncilmcn and
they will not have a chance to vote
otllcially to rccognlzo anyone as mayor.
Kx-Conncllman hunt wishes the people
of Omaha to know that hu Is In no way
associated with the coterie of council-
nmnlu plotters who are trying to i\ > .
Blst the enforcement of the now charter.
Mr. Lnnt says further that ho has no
sympathy with the efforts that nro being
made to overturn the results of the last
.election ,
Tlio knowledge that the controversy
over the validity of the charter Is Im-
.pairing the cily'n credit abroad and giv
ing U nn unenviable reputation a.s the
abode of disorder and lawlessness does
not weigh In the least against the si'llish
Hchumcs of disappointed olllccscekors
who are still bound by oaths of olllcc
to uphold the city's luterestu.
nv in.tr
It any citizen of Omaha was ever 1
doubt as to the desperado-like chat
acteY of William J. Hroatch that donb
must by this time have been complete ! )
dispelled. While llroatch's efforts I
retain forcible possession of an oflle
to which another man has been electee
by the people la to be greatly deplora
becanso of the odium It must necessarily
cast upon ft community otherwise law
abiding , Ills attempted usurpation o
power places him In his true light i
iltnn most dangerous to the public li
any olllclal capacity.
Hut while the lawless attitude of Wll
Ham J. Hroatch Is not surprising ex
cept to those who do not know him , the
action of the Hoard of li'Ire nnd Police
Commissioners In placing the police department
partmont of the city nt his disposal for
the consummation of his outlaw pur
pee and resolving In advance to re
fuse to recognize the legally elected
mayor of Omaha must astonish all law
respecting citizens. How the police
board , two of whom arc practising nt
torneys nt the bar , could prosumn to
pass upon the eligibility of the mayor
elect without waiting for the courts to
decide upon the controversy Is beyom
comprehension. Mayor Moores will
come Into the meeting of the Hoard of
Flro and Police Commissioners with a
perfect prlma facie title under the same
law by which Its members hold. The
police board has 110 more right to declare -
clare the mayor Incllglblle than has ( lit.
city hall elevator conductor. If there
la anyone who thinks he has grounds
to question his right and title to the
otllce of mayor tlio court offers the
proper place to raise the Issue.
There Is no reason whatever why any
city olllclal or anyone else for that mat
ter .should encourage or even counte
nance the Insane efforts of William J.
Uroateh to override by force the letter
of the law and the mandate of the pee
ple. let William . ) . Broatch shoulder
the consequences of his own lire-brand
folly.
XUT S.WVSKI < : rtmr.
The complaint of democratic senators
that the statement regarding the tariff
bill submitted by the republican mem
bers of the finance committee Is Incom
plete would seem to hu warranted , if a
fair Judgment of the statement can be
formed from the press dispatch. Cer
tainly that does not present such information
mation respecting Hie revised measure
and what It Is expected to accomplish
in Increasing revenue as was looked
for and the republicans of the finance
committee should lose no time In supplying -
plying a more complete and satisfac
tory statement. The country ought to be
fully Informed as to what the senate bill
Is expected to yield and the senators
who framed the measure should be able
to give this Information.
It appears that sugar Is expected to
yield , from the rates prescribed in the
.senate bill , a revenue of SHO.l 1110,000 , or
$ 10,000,000 more than was estimated
under the house bill. It Is Improbable ,
however , that the penate sugar sched
ule will stand. It Is being assailed as
distinctly in the interest of the Sugar
trust , whlJe in providing for ad valorem
duties it contravenes republican policy.
The house bill proscribed only specific
duties and the republicans of the sen
ate finance committee will have some
difficulty in justifying the change. There
may be no ground for the statement that
the departure from the house duties on
sugar was made at the suggestion or
the trust , or for tlio other report that
some senators made largo sums out of
the rise in sugar stocks Immediately
after the .senate schedule was reported ,
but such statements will bo widely be
lieved and the senate Is likely to bo
more or less influenced by them. It is
therefore highly probable that there
will be a material modification of the
sugar schedule cither in the senate erIn
In conference.
It will bo unfortunate if the unsatis
factory statement submitted by the re
publicans shall result in the democrats
refusing to allow the bill to be taken
up for consideration on May IS , since
that would cause further delay and it Is
mo.st desirable that the debate should
begin as soon as possible. As It Is
there is apprehension that the 1)111 can
not be passed by the time designated
for it to go into effect , July 1.
AS TO A TAH1W COMMISSION.
Senator Cullom , In his letter to the
secretary of the Tariff Commission
league , has made as plausible an argu
ment In favor of a permanent tariff com
mission as perhaps can bo made. He
urges that through the agencyof such
a commission , composed of experts , .stat
isticians and business men , lariff change. )
could be made from year to year by con
gress as were shown to be wise. This ,
ho thinks , would save the necessity of
requiring n change of the whole tariff
system by whatever party came Into
power. It Is the opinion of Senator Cul-
loin that we cannot continue Indefinitely
as we have been doing with reference
to the tariff , because the business of the.
country will not folpratc It.
The Tariff Commission lenguo , whose
object Is to secnro the creation of a per
manent commission , Is making an actlvo
campaign and Is doubtless converting
soniu to Its purpose. The number of
these who take the view of this * matter
presented by Senator Cullom Is large ,
licrhaps embracing a majority of the
business men of the country who have
given the subject any consideration.
These think that the tariff ought to be
taken wholly out of politics , If that bo
possible , and treated entirely us n bnal-
ness matter , subject to such changes
from time to time as business conditions
Indicate to be expedient.
The proposition to create n permanent
tariff commission has been discussed for
years and unavailing efforts have been
Hindu In congress to si'cnre the creation
of such a body mid there appears to be
no holler chance now than at any time
In the past to Induce congress to relin
quish to a commission Its constitutional
luty of dealing with the. tariff. We have
no doubt It would be found , If nn Inves
tigation were made , that very few congressmen -
gressmen are really favorable to a per
manent.tariff commission , for the reason
that generally thuy believe themselves
qnltn as capable of dealing with the
tariff as any so-called experts , while as
to the consideration of taking that ques
tion out of iwlltics probably very few
men In congress regard that as elthei
practicable or desirable. A promlnen
republican member of the house of rep
resentatlvns wild recently that the tarlfi
question Is distinctly n political ques
tlon and this undoubtedly voiced tlu
general opinion In congress. It lias beer
so regarded nnd treated from the foun
datlon of the government , early political
division being duo quite as much-to the
question of the fiscal policy of the conn
try as to any other Issue , and it Is vcrj
safe to say that the tariff will continue
to play a prominent part In politics.
It is unquestionable that changing the
whole tariff system when political con.
trol of the government changes Is more
or less damaging to business , but a per
manent commission would not remedy
this. Indeed It may be doubted whether
n , commission would give any of the
benefits which Its nvdocntes assume
would result.
S7.llK TO CALh A HALT.
The announcement that nn attempt
will bo made by ex-Mayor Hroatch to
prevent the Induction of Ills legally
elected successor Into the olllco of mayor
of Omaha has gone to the wholes country.
Whllo the malicious nnd selfish motives
which actuate William .1. Hroatch are
well known at home , they are not un
derstood abroad. The prospect of n
conflict and the threat of a resort to
force has already done Incalculable
damage to the good name of Omaha.
The I'Xj'cullon of that threat should by
all means be prevented.
It Is time to call a halt to the des
perado recklessness of Hroatch and his
lawless abettors. While every appeal
to their better judgment may go un
heeded , public sentiment should asserl
Itself In favor' of law and order and
the rule of the majority , expressed at
the ballot box.
With midnight Sunday ex-Mayoi
Hroatch lost all-title , right or legal claim
to the mayoralty of Omaha. The legis
lature which ten years ago extended his
llrst term eight months exercised the
same power In curtailing his present
term. The attempt to justify a forcible
retention of the olllco on the pretext that
the legally chosen mayor is Ineligible
cannot be recognized. While the consti
tution bars defaulters from holding
public otllce , every man charged
with crime is presumed to be
innocent until proved guilty. It is
not for ex-Mayor Hroatch to pass in
judgment upon the question whether or
not Mr. Moores h > a defaulter. It la for
the courts to determine whether the
charges trumped up by WInspear , Covell
and their co-workers are well founded.
Ii ! ox-Mayor Jtroatch can In defiance of
legislature and people hold on to an
olllce after the expiration of his term on
frivolous and unproved charges made by
blackmailing scoundrels who offered to
Irop them upon payment of S-.ttOO , every
man holding otllce can have charges gos
siped about against his successor and
put up barricades to keep him out.
It Is about time that William J.
Hroatch be made to understand in lan
guage that is unmistakable that Omaha
will not countenance or tolerate Ills
tschenli > s of personal revenge 'and lilt ?
Insane attempts Co keep himself at the
public crib to the detriment and dis
grace of the whole community and state.
THE F'JIIKST IIKSKH\'ATIOSS. \
It is probable that the house of repre
sentatives will concur In the action of
the .senate authorizing tlio president to
revoke , modify or suspend the order of
President Cleveland setting apart lands
in Wyoming , Utah , Montana , Wash
ington , Idaho and South Dakota as for
est reservations. President McKinley
very properly left with congress to deter-
nine whether his predecessor's order
should continue In force , though there
is reason to believe that he Is in sym-
> : ithy with those who demand its mod-
licatlon or suspension. The discussion
of. the matter In the .senate was marked
> y some very vigorous language from
western senators condemnatory of the
Cleveland order and the fact that the
unendment to the sundry civil appro-
n-iation bill , authorizing the revocation
> r modification of the order , was agreed
to without division , showed the con
vincing character of the arguments of
ts advocates.
In setting apart these lands Mr. Clcve-
and acted upon the advice of a com-
nission of experts. The Intelligent gen
tlemen composing the commission were
manlmous In the opinion that the only
wise course was to create these reser
vation's , but they had In mind only the
general public Interest and left out of
consideration the hardship which would
suit to thousands of people. It is not
ikely that President McKinley will re-
oke. the order creating the reservations" ,
ml will so modify It as to remedy the
jbjections which are urged against It
ind give this peoples resident near the
amis reserved the relief they ask.
Over 76,000,01)0 ) buahela of Ind Inn corn have
ipcn exported from the 1/nlteJ / States slnco
he UglnninK of the year , which breaks the
ccoul liy an immense margin. Our foreign
rlqwla are beginning , to appreciate a good
hluK , Globo-Ucinocrat.
This conveys only n half truth and
gives no adequate conception of the ex-
mrts of this product of the. corn belt.
) ther tens of millions of bushels of corn
'oil to hogs and cattle were exported In
ho shape of meat and meat products of
vhlch Kurope. Is using annually more
ind more. Kven .then we have not be
gun to reach the limits of our capablll-
les in the matter of growing corn. If
he demand for this commodity wore
mly us general as that for wheat and
lour the corn country of the United
Mates would be ready to feed half the
vorhl. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It must be galling to the souls of the
ntprovided-for patriots to know that the
mslllon of printing expert was created
> y the legislature , but has not yet been
Uled by appointment by the new State
'rintlng board. Such reckless waste
of good salaried places certainly do-
erves the most severe kind of censure
'rom the men out of a Job wiio are walt-i
ug for .something like that to turn their
vay.
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Thi ) people of Kansas who are so
wrought nil over the violation of the pro
hibitory laws In the principal cities of
tlio state should contemplate the quies
cent state of Iowa since the substitution
31 local option license for imunforcimblo
lirohlbltlrtfl. prohibitory laws are wors (
than useless1 Wlcss backed by the sub
stnntlal jjenUjnent of the community
That haaibeen proved everywhere thai
they have * Wfn tried. It Is to bo hopci !
Kansas tflny'l'awnko ' to the real sltua
Uon before .very long nnd put Itsell
In line with the most approved method. '
of restricting1 the Ilqttor traffic.
KovcT ln . , lip llnliiinnklnK Theory
, ! Philadelphia lUcoril.
An AustrUm Krn | > o nrovvor lias successful ! }
warded oft Jihall , storm by firing a cannon al
the clouds.Tle American ralnmaking the
ory appears , lq , work both ways.
Try It nn ( lie Hiiilcr 11 OR.
Indlnnnpolls Jouronl.
If Great Ilrltalti Is t-eally anxious for unl
versal arbitration she- might begin by arbl
trntluK her differences with the nntlvo pee
pics of Anla and Africa that she Is holding
down by force.
kvM BVM
Ami .mill TinCome. .
Olobe-Uemoernl.
Durlnff last month 1,400,000 silver dollars
were coined at the United States mints , ntu
not oneof them cm bo bought with two
Mexican silver dollars. A republican ad
ministration Is not nfrald of a t'llver ' dollar
that maintains cn.tiallty with a gold dollar.
I'rcinnturc Hilarity.
Mlnnenpntlfl Journal.
The popocratlo organs arc not feeling s
much elated over gold exports as they vvcr
last Saturday. The "blR drain" hasn't oc
ctirred , stocks have boomed , and nobody I
disturbed over the- late pull. Sterllns ex
change Is down and exports are momUIni
up , and business Renerally Is working onwart
to the Inevitable prosperous volume.
Tlic Mnn for I InI'lnci * .
New York Sun. i
An appointment of exceptional excellence
Is that of Hon. Bellamy Storcr of Ohio to
bo minister to Belgium. Mr. Storer Is a gen
tleman of ummial accomplishment * , Includ
ing knowledge of every kind1 of public ques
tions , familiarity with the language spoken
In Uclglum. and ability to deal with nny
subject that may arlso In the course of a
diplomatic mission. The country Is fortunate
when It la represented abroid by such men.
"f < lll > ACtl. .
Itcpubllcan.
Although Sir Walter Italelgh Introduced
to Kuropo the seductive charms of nlco'.lne
1'Jngland Is not a nation of emokers. The
first place Is held by Holland , which ecems
appropriate , considering the Dutch own.irihlp
of Sumatra , and the "fact that every one
thinks of n Dutchman as a fat llttlo man
with a long clay pipe In his mouth. The
average In Holland Is 100 ounces n. year foi
e.ch Individual , whilenalglnm comes next
with eighty ounces. Turkey ( again statistics
bear out fancy ) follows closely with 70. and
the United States with CO. Germany , France
Spain and Italy follow In the order i amed
whllo Great Britain la low on the fist.
Jerry . ' IiiijiwnM In Illx Glory.
Clilcnso Tribune.
It Is said , that Hon. Jerry Simpson adds
largely to the Jocund spring feeling In nnd
around "Washington by his dally appearance
on his bicycle qjad In a cc-stume designed
to strike torpor lnto , the hearts of the haughty
representatives 9f foreign nations congre
gated at thp capital , albeit somewhat at va
riance with. , tho. humble pretensions of one
who poses aa tha champion of the plain pee
ple. Hon. Jcifry sports a pair ot golf
stockings o ( elaborate and Intricate design ,
calculated to shqw the contour of his sturdy
calvi/a In thp mpst efficient manner , with a
gorgeous sweater and luilckerbockera to
match. As , h6 takes his dally t'pln It is re
marked that his % yes have not that Icy glare
which ho ire/iubntly / bestows on Speaker
Heed wheir hiattera of" . great pith ami
moment nro' persistently ignored by the czar
of the house , button the contrary , beam with
a mellow and latnbcnt , light very. pleasant to
behold. * '
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'Htltiiloo ( Jphlii * Klolilril * liy AVoiuenV
' * " ' " Cli'lcaco Tribune.1
The esoteric education ot the women of
San Francisco does' not seem to have
reached that lofty plane where they can
bo Instructed safely with the scintillating
presence of such Hindoo Beers as Brah-
macharln Bohhablskshu. Mr. Bob , etc. ,
was In the act ot addretslng the women's
congress when the limitations of his au
dltors were revealed to him and through
him to the world. The offense which the
Hindoo seems to have regarded as most
cerlous was the pulling of his flowing gown
or silk by tome woman who objected to his
argument ! ; . It provoked him to attack Ms
auditors in his native tongue and then In
'airly good Englinh , and caused a scene or
/ . lid confusion. In the midst or which the
Hindoo shouted out : "I go llko a hero ; I
will be bravo , " and then disappeared. The
report adds that ho was escorted to the
furnace room by Ills friends and was "let
out Into the street through the coal hole. "
It Is apparent that San Francisco Is no place
for a genius like Brahmacharln Bob , etc. ,
who Is forced to show his heroism and
bravery by climbing out ol a coal hole.
is amr.cr : 110x13
Chicago Times-Herald : The powers may
well Interfere before the medieval tyrant at
Constantinople gives courage to the belief
discovered in Turkey by a recent writer "In
a great Mohammedan revival with the sultan
khallf at the head a second epoch of Saracen
prowess. "
Chicago Tribune : There Is no use In con
ceallng the fact that Greece la absolutely
at the mercy of Turkey. The Hellenes arc
so clearly defeated and Incapable of strik
ing an effective or even dangerous blow that
the powers imiiH Intervene and stop this
uselCEfl , quixotic effort of Greece.
Now York V 'orld : But the cause of Greece
Is hopeless , and It can gain nothing by any
continuance of hostilities , Its meager re
sources cannot but bo further exhausted b >
the ccHt of the war , and Its Impoverished
Inhabitants can only look forward to a future
of deeper poverty and to a longer strug
gle In their hard road to ordinary prosperity.
Common humanity demands that an end
should bo put to the war nnd an equitable
peace secured.
Denver NCWB : If Greece has any tense It
will quit. The Grecian army is no match
for the Turkish army and "tho Greek com
manders are not fit to cope with the lead
ers of the Turks. The retreat from Phar-
salla to Domokos was compelled Just as much
as the retreat from I.arlpsa to Pharsalla
Kdhem J'aaha systematically turned all the
Greek positions and left no choice to the
Greeks exce-pH bfctwcen retiring and being
overwhelmed. f
Philadelphia accord : The chancelleries ,
which so lntey | | showed their elation over the
disasters suffered by the Greeks , would now
rojolco over 'a'lRenulne Greek victory , us It
would tend to prevent the oultan from be
coming uttertyrffjtractable. The resuscita
tion ot thorsupnoBcdly moribund Turkish
empire wmild Upset the calculations nf all
the member ° ofUho European concert , and ,
most nf all. C Iijnso nf Hussta , who BO re
cently dralreif tne'annlhllatlou of Hellas o d
the Hcllenlp p.repaganda.
Indianapolis"Journal : In addition to the
great superiorityiof the Turlw In numbers
.hey are much better armed than the Greeks.
They have'thHMauser magazine rifle of re
cent pattern , firing seven shota of small
caliber and sighted up to 2,125 yards , more
: han a mile. The Greeks are equipped with
Dld-fafihloncd Frelich single-loaders of large
caliber , with/- . * range of 1,300 yards. The
Qreek eoldlera can carry but about thirty-two
cartridges , while the Turkish regulars carry
eighty of tho'lifihter projectiles. The flght-
ng ability of the same troops with tlds d.'n-
> arlty ot anna 1 more than doubled by the
setter guns.
New York Tribune : Left to herself. Turkey
would Impose on Greece a war Indemnity
which would Jay under mortgage every goat
sud gropovln.0 In the peninsula , crippling its
Inancos for Indeterminate olympiads. But
.ho powera will not have this. Greece Is a
) oor country , and cannot afford to pay for
julng beaten llko forehanded atates as France
nnd China. If the Turk 1s reasonable ho
will be satisfied with the status quo onto
bellum. but whether he la or not will make
llttlo difference. Ha In not likely to get
moro and U euro to bo turned out of all his
European holdings at no distant day. Ills
recent auccesuBB liava turned his head la
uomu desrco , but the conceit can readily be
taken out of him whenever It becomes ncces-
COMtM.IMI3.Vr.UlY.
Superior Journal Kdltor Roscwalor Is t
be a delegate to the International postal , con
gress at Washington , ho Is the best postc
man In the west upon postal matter * , nnd ; I
n steady worker for postal reforms and Im
provamcnls which are much needed.
Tilden Citizen : B , Itoscwater of Th
Omaha Boo has been aetccted as one of th
vlco presidents of the International Posta
congress. Mr. Hosowater made a trip I
Europe some years ago and whllo there g.iv
particular attention to the postal arrange
mcnts of England , France and Germany. II
Is , therefore , well fitted for the position.
Wlsner Chronicle : H. Hosowalcr of Th
Omal.a Uco has been selected as one ot th
vlco presidents of the International 1'osta
congress. This body make * all the rcgula
lions affecting International postal rntr ;
nnd Its decision Is law. Thtt selection Is
good one , as few men nro bottnt Informed o
poatal matters than Mr. Sloscwntcr.
Tckamah Herald : Hon. E. llosewatcr , edl
tor of The Omaha Hoe. enjoyed the dlsllnc
tlon of being chosen n.t one of the two vie
presidents accredited to the United Statni I
the International Postal congress , now In SPS
slon at Washington. Nearly sixty comitrlc
are represented In this gathering. The Her
aid .Is pleased to learn that Mr. Iloscwate
was the recipient ot this marked compll
mcnt.
I'apllllon Times : Edward Uosowatcr ha
been named ns a member of the Internatlon.
Postal Congress. It Is a good appolntmcn
Mr. llosowater Is a pioneer In advocacy o
postal savings banks and other needed posts
reforms. Of course other nations will hav
nothing to do with establishing postal saving
banks In America , but the fact that such
prominent advocate of the postal banks ha
been appointed a member of the congress wl
give1 new life to an economic proposltlo
which means so much of good for the maraea
Nlobrara Pioneer : Hon. Edward Hose
water , editor of The Omaha Bee , has bee
honored by the president of the World's Pos
tal Congress , now In session at Washington
as ono of America's vice presidents. In pro
scntlng Mr. UosewAtcr's name. Geiu'ral Butch
elder .said he was the editor of one of th
great dally newspapers of the country , and
man who hud made a profound study of pesto
matters and postal reforms. The Plonee
Is highly gratified at this selection , for tlier
Is no man In the country who has glvci
postal affairs such close study asMr. . Itose
water , having made the tnur of Europe
fc\v years ago to Investigate the postal worl
of the civilized nations. Ho Is n practlca
advocate of many needed reforms In till
country , and his recognition Is surely pleasan
to the great west.
POIXTKHS 0.1M3HTIM3VP TO1MCS
Columbus Telegram : This Is a democratic
county and a democratic city , and yet the
protondcd democratic state paper , the World
Herald , has only one-third the number o
subscribers hero that The Bco , a republlcai
paper , has. Why Is It ? There are two.rea
sons. In the first place The Bee Is much tin
bolter newtp&per , nn < l secondly , the peopk
have no confidence In what the World-Horah
advocates. It Is unreliable , and the people
are onto It.
Pawnee Republican : Chairman Post of the
republican state central committee Is being
criticised for his action In relation to the
"assistant" secretary of the state contra
committee. During the campaign last fal
the candidates on the republican ticket cliost
their own ofilcens and the gentleman from
the state of Beatrice was not cno of them.
The questionable actions of the gentleman
In his rote as a lobbyist during the recent
session of the legislature call for the speedy
decapitation of any official relation he may
hold with the state central committee.
Kearney Hub : GovrMior Holcolnb has
again shown how very small a partisan ho
can bo In the matter of the appointment of
three Judges to the municipal bench of
Omaha. The law provides that they shall bo
chosen from three different political parties.
The governor has mot this requirement
by appointing ono free silver democrat , one
populist and cne free silver republican , all
being embraced -lth'ln the popocratlc fusion
party in the s ; . The republican party is
Ignored entlrclj. This may strike Governor
Ilolcomb and some members o his party an
a 'Very Interesting game of politics , but It
brands him as unfit for a public position.
York Tiroes : * rTio populists are whispering
around now that they have found another
mare's nest in Eugene Mooore's olfice , and
the wonst lina not been told. It may be true ,
but the quicker they find It out the better ,
and the quicker they give It to the public
: he bettor. Eugene Mcoro and Joseph Bart-
oy are no longer under the wing of the re
publican party , and tlio opposition can gain ,
lolhlng by saving up the bugaboos aguinst
these men to spring during a campaign.
Their punishment is In the hands of the
; ) opullst party , and no republicans are going
to Interfere , but If called upon ; they will
render nil the assistance they can in bring
ing them to justice.
So ward Reporter : Some of the populists
are Inclined to claim that politics caused the
dismissal of Prof. II. 1C. Wolfe from the
faculty oC the State university. This claim
carries no weight when it is remembered
that four members of the faculty were dis
missed at the same time , three of them being
republicans. Prof. Wolld was the only one
of the four who was not a republican , and
good and sufficient reasons wcro given for
the action of the rcgonts In' each case. The
University of Nebraska has never been mixed
In politics , and the political belief of a pro
fessor has never been taken Into considera
tion. Political interference with the univer
sity would never be tolerated by the people
of the state. The populists have attempted
the same ttrfng In Karens , and oven their
own partisans In that state are rising In
wrath at the dragging of their university Into
[ lolltlcs. There Is little danger of Ne-
iraska , under Iho present management of the
university , following the example ot the
populist board In Kansas.
I'KHSONAI , AM ) OTHERWISE.
The phrase , "Greater Now York" Is to bo
Iropp'ed now. New York Is the whole thing.
Hvcciit events tend to confirm the bullet
that the Greeks would run away from a rall-
oad pass.
Tha accounts of real battles In Thes-
saly make the Cuban affairs Kvem moro like
foot ball casualties than ever.
Twelve thousand people turned out last
Sunday to look at the skates recently added
to the aquarium In New YorK City. On the
nJinn day the amended Ilalncs law went into
operation , giving the aquarium a cinch on
'nkates. "
It ! a suggested as a preliminary to pcaco
hat Turkey agrco to the stotuu quo ante
jelluni. With a succession of victories to
hu credit of the Turks It In safe to bet the
> eard of a prophet that they will Insist on
a better onto or moro blood.
The nawly arrived Chinese minister will
10 a llttlo moro "llko folks" than hau been
any of his predecessors , for ho epeaka En-
; llsh fluently and keeps up with the tlmra.
Io made a speech to the Protestant clcrgy-
nen of ian Francisco the other day , com-
tiendlng the work of miEnlons In China , and
10 has views on the subject of the Chinese
exclusion act.
A group of young men stood around the
onierstano of the Transmlsslsslppl Exposi-
lon reading the inscription. "What dnca
hat mean ? " asked one , referring to the Ma-
onlc figures , CSS7. Various unsatisfactory
xplanatloiiB were offered. "Now , " chimed
n a young wheeler , "you ain't ' In It. That's
ho number ot Phclns' blcyclo. " The dis
cussion ended right thero.
The Intimation of tlio brewers that the In-
rcasert beer tax will be taken from the col-
ar U a sly way nf saying that the coimiimcr
'gets It In the neck. " The Idea of extracting
ovcmio from bubbles bin "millions In It.
'hero is soda water. The collar of beer
sn't a marker to the eoda plccarllly. The
Duly difficulty Is that the soda collar cannot
jo enlarged without endangering the bot-
oin ot the glass.
James Boyer Hunnlon , associate editor of
ho Kansas Ully Star , whoso death Is uu-
louiici'd , was u distinguished member of tlio
profusion. Born In Indiana flfty-fivo ycare
go , he entered the ranks of the newspaper
vorkers at Iho clone of the war receiving
ib first lessons on the Chicago Times under
Vllbur F. Storey. By force of ability and
ndustry hu rose steadily from the runku and
jL'caniu ono ot the pillars of the Times In Its
irat days. Ho wau also an associate of
lornco Whlto and Joseph Medill on the
'hlcago Tribune , and far twelve yearn past
vas the directing force of the Kanua City
tar , Under his management the Star be-
amo the leading Journal of Kansas City ,
Us death In the early autumn of life U a
real lean to the Star and to the profession
u adorticd ,
UOMMITTlit ? C-l.r.tlKS AM ) TIIK I.\Wf
Central City Democrat : The legislator *
reduced the salaries ot certain officers of tin
bcnnvolcnt Institutions from $2,500 to $2,000
In engrossing the bill , In some mystcrlou :
ivny the $2,000 WMJ changed to $2.500. Thl :
will nmko no difference to the state , however
over , for no self-respecting reformer wll
tnko advantage of thti Innocent mistake.
Lyons Sun : The last legislature passei
nn act reducing the tnlnrlcs ef tlio superln
tendentii of Insane nsylmus from $2GOO ti
$2,000 per year , but before the bill wan son
to the governor the figures wore rnlsed afialt
to $2,500. Under pop government any clcrl
lias the power to amend a bill or even scm
a bill to the governor for his signature Urn
Ima never passed cither branch ot the logls
lat'ire , If he so desires.
Broken Bow Hepubili-an : The pops ar
having n tlmu of It trying to explain hov
the salaries of the three mipcrlntendants o
the three asylums wcro raised SnOt ) eaol
uftiT the salary bill had passed the legls
Intnrc. There -was evidently a Job put 111
bv some ono who had access to the cnrolllni
room. It Is nnother evidence ot pop reform
The law now provides for them to drav
$2,600 cnch Instead ot $2,000 per annum ,
York Times : It now transpires that nfte
nil the labor and swo.it and bandstand pla ;
ot the late lamented legislature In rcdiiclni
salaries the few that were reduced wcro restored
stored by the courtesy of the enrolling clt-rks
\Vhcro the legislature cut them down thesi
Gentlemanly clerks mil them back Whan
they were before , and the IrglHluturo wni
defeated by Us own employes. Wo venttm
to say this Is the first case of the kind tha
has occurred In the history of the legislature
but the pops are nothing if not original.
Auburn Granger : As the work of nrrnni ;
ing for publication the laws of the last sea
slon of the legislature goes on the discover ,
Is mndo that the. salary appropriation bill
which flxed the salaries of the three supcrln
tendcnts ot Insane asylums at { 2,000ie \
year , was changed to read $2iOO. ! Thl
Is some moro of the cusscdness that cliarac
terjKOs the hasty winding up of leglslatlv
work. U does seem as though It wcro tlm
for tha legislature nf Nebraska to amend it
ways and not repeat every year the urrora n
preceding years.
Fremont Tribune : The taxpayers of Ne
braska can take off their hats to tiio power o
the committee clcrka or the dead nnd dccayci
legislature. ' They were equal to any cmer
gency. If a bill to their tasta failed of passage
sago , they certified to Its passage ; If It passei
with some features objectionable to thorn
they corrected It to suit. They were tin
populist party's sponsors ; they wcro the pee
plo's guardians. With the "reform" forcei
In power they had no fear of consequences
They knew the now machlno to bo muol
muro ambitious and unscrupulous than tin
old.
Alliance Times : A remarkably queer ncal
dent has been discovered In connection will
Iho many remarkable freaks of the lati
fro.ik fiulon legislature. It SCOIIIR that li
some manner the appropriation bills wen
tampered with and It Is now discovered thai
that t > omo of the reform boys In the stati
offices unaccountably find their salarkx
raised. This Is truly a strange accident , bill
not nearly so strange as would have been tlu
spectacle of an accidental reduction for tli (
benefit , rather than at the expense of th :
state. Of course accidents of that naturt
are rare !
Fullerton News : Another caseof a "doc-
torod" bill has been discovered down at 1A\\- \ \
coin. This lime it Is In rcgatd to the sal
aries of the populist supfrlntondents of the
Insane asylums. The bill as finally passed
by the legislature fixed the salaries of those
officials at $2.000 per annum , but the bill as
It now stands reads $2,500. which make *
quite a neat gain for tl.oae officials. ItIs
alleged that the amount was raised by one
of the clerks who copied the bill after its
passage and an effort will bo made to co-
certain who Iho culprit I * . The gang which
! icld forth at/ / Lincoln the past winter ought
to be able to do a gooa business at check
and draft raising , If bankers were not so
scrutinizing.
Kearney Hub : Another populist leglsla-
: lvo scandal has broken out at Lincoln and
: here are presumably more to follow. In
'act , there has never betn so much crooked
work In connection with a session of the
SJcbrasIta legislature as there has with' the
last one. The memory of Scliwlnd's manip
ulation of a couple of bills after
they had failed to pass the two
louses and after their turning down
jy the governor wfien the fraud
was discovered Is still reasonably fresh In
the public mind. Now comes the appro
bation bill for the utato institutions , in
which the Items of salary for the superln-
endcnts of three of thcai wcro raised $500
each by some employe after the bill had
lassed out of the hands of the legislature
and before It went to the governor. The
criminal has not been discovered , and it Is
llfliciilt now to correct the mischief that
has been done.
Sownrd Reporter : Another sample of the
lopullstle method ot legislation has como to
Ight. When the salary appropriation bill
was passed the annual salary of the supor-
ntcndento of each of the three Insane asy-
ums was flxed al $2,000 , but It now appears
that the figures were changed before the bill
was signed to $2,500 in each caso. The
change must have been made by some ono
whllo the bill was in tlio custody of th < \ enrolling -
rolling committee , and the fact that all three
Items wcro changed lu the same way leads
strongly to the suspicion that the alteration
was made purposely. The Incident shows
that tlio recent session of the legislature
was composed largely of blunderers , and had
among its clerks a lot of men who had the
urpltudo to attempt anything that promised
o bo for ( heir Interests. The raising of ap-
iroprlatlons by clerks Is of a similar char
acter to the certifying of billy to the gov
ernor that were not passed. A sweet lot of
statesmen and reformers these populists aro.
THE SEX ATE TAlMKIi1 1111,1 , .
OliJi-ptloiiH < i > Hie Wool .Schfiliile.
ClilcaRO Tribune ( rep. )
If the committee's bill had a doccnt wool
chcdtilo and did not make uch outrageous
concessloiiH to the sugar trust It would be
iiuch superior to the Ulngloy meaHiiro. It
would give moro revenue and provide needed
irotcctton.
TinIlier T ix.
Chicago Chrcmlclo Mem. )
Tlio proposed increase will affect all brew-
ro allku and the Milwaukee brewers will
mvo 110 special reason to complain. They
are pretty well off and can raliso the extru
ash as easily , no doubt , as any other brow-
rs : Besides , they admit that the tax willet
ot como' out of tlK'lr pockets In the long
uii , but out of thojo who pay for the beer.
Illiiiiilnir tinlfjnorrnry. .
i Indliuia(0lls | Journal ( rep. )
If the brewcro do not llko the prospect of
n Increase of 41 cents a barrel in the tax
n beer , or If anybody objects to the duty
f 10 cents a pound on tea they can thank
ho democratic party for it. The necessity
f these taxes for the next two years grows
ut of the enormous Importations of foreign
roods now being made under the Wilson-
orman law , by which the government Is
heated out of millions of dollars of rovcnuo.
.HH'i'ily Ai'HonrciHHiirj - ,
Philadelphia Ledger ( rep. )
It is of prlmo Interest to the country that
arlff Icglalatlcn tliall lu speedy. Business
u balled necautio manufacturers are afraid
o muvo. They do not know how their In-
orcsts are to bo affected , nor can they mi-
Iclpato In what shape the particular nchcd-
lua which concern them will bo when the
ew law gora Into elfou. They have Just
eon the Uingloy bill torn to ehrcds by Iho
enato committee , and It would bp Idle to
peculate upon tLo changes that will bo
oces.iary hefon : the senate and house can
omo to agreement , It la therefore a matter
( urgent need Unit cohgrcea sbail pass a
ovcnuo bill at the earliest practicable day.
Oti-it | ( o OrUliilHiii.
New York Tribune ( rep. )
Many changes are certainly of real merit ,
nd others may upon examination of data
irovo to bo which at first appear needless ,
ut there will bo disappointment throughout
10 country that the measure reported to the
ionato la open to criticism In BOIIIU particul
ars about which public opinion will bo seiitfl-
vo. The extensive HuUsUUitlon of ad
alorem dulleu ami the beer tax are already
Iscusacd as out of line with the republican
irlnclplo that specific should bo preferred
o 'ad valorem duties where It Is possible ,
ind that revenue ishouH bo rained rather
jy duties on Imports , which encourage In-
uutry , than by Internal taxes , which buar
ipon the people nearly per capita and en-
tancu Iho erst of living nearly an much for
jo poor < u for the rich. Nor la It pleasant
that the bcnrflt to sugar refiners I * greater
than under the present tariff , so that op
ponents of the hill have n pretext for saying
that 1l.i sugar schedule was "written by the
Sugar trust. " The duties on tea ami hides ,
the tax nn beer , the abrogation of the H&-
\\nllun treaty , the omlfslon of the reciprocity
provision , will all challenge como republican
criticism. U Is probably not erpected that
the bill will PASS In 41s present form ,
Iiiilirnvfil tin * OrlRlnnl ,
Wnshlnulon 1-ott ( ! f | > . )
An a matter of fact , we are Inclined to
think that the nib-committee hnvc Improved
the original Dlnglcy bill In many respects.
They have , hv a general way , lowered the
dutlra all aloiig the line , and that , speaking
In the abstract , is a good thing , tor tariff
taxes may raslly be pitched so high as to
defeat the ends of rovcnuo by the slmpUi
procers of prohibition. A moderate tariff
yields much better results to the trrasuiy
than a tariff which discourages Importation.
I'or llcvcuiKOnly. .
New York Sun ( ilcm. )
The tariff bill as It stands U strikingly
different from the present Wilton tariff In
Ho relation to the great democratic constitu
tional doctrine of flvo years ago. that the
tariff should bo for "revenue only. " Tlio
duty proposed on tea , fur Instance , U In it
self enough to put the stlgnu of shame upon
the Wilson abortion , and to command tlio
support of every democrat , mugwump nr
cuckoo who supported the Indlanaputla plat
form of 1SDG , or who poacs as iu adherent
ot the democratic platform of tSfl2. A tariff
on tea Is for rnvcnuu only , A tax on wool , In
respect of which alro the Dingli-y bill dlf-
tors radically from the Wilson bill , Is a
necessity of the revenue principle.
IV A Air.llKV MOOD.
Chicago Upcord : "Your Ommlitcr Imogens
Is a perfect Venus. Mr. Dttcnlns. "
"Yes Venus do Mlle ; she never docs nny
work with her nrms. "
llouseho'il Words : A policeman wns n knd
by a coroner whether bo liiul tnkcti nny
steps by wuy of uttompt to resuscitate 11
nmn on whom an Inquest wns being held.
"Yes , " said the constable , "I Mcarched bla
pockets. "
ClevQland Leader : "Hosworth would have
made a fortune ns a ifovellst. " "What
makes you think so ? " "I wns with him
the other evening when he wns tolling his
wife why be happened to be no late In gel-
ting home. "
Indlnnapolls Journal : "What Is the argu
ment of this play ? " nskoil the old-fnMliloiu > d
Kcnlloman , a.s ho entile out after the llrst
net.
net."The ni-Kiirneiit * " repeated thp malinger.
"Thorp Isn't nny worth speaking of . | n "t
now. Thut usually happens on xnliiry day. "
New Yolk Press ; The inllkmnn wan
plainly Irritated. "Here. Just aa times nro
so linril , " he exclaimed , "you think you
iiuisl have n nuw silk dress ! "
"Yes , denr , " s-uld his wife , "but this Is to
bo only a wnlereil silk , you know ! "
Feminine liust , It Hceined , never did a
thing but find man an easy mark.
Detroit Fii o PITSM : " 1 see that 'Mr. nnd
Mrs. Newly enrh have rv wheel now. Wo
always used to see them together on n
tandem. "
"Thut was before they were married. "
T'etroll Journal : The member ot the firm
"rts-nl bis linnd to Ills heart.
"I love you maillyl" he exclaimed. "I
love but you ! 1 bavo never loved before ! "
The typewriter Inclined her bend.
"Very well. " she replied. " .More than
ono copy , sir ? "
THIS ONVNKlt OK MUCH .LAND.
Cleveland lender.
Ho numbered his acres by thousands.
Upon plain and in valley they lay ;
lie could mount n swift lior.su
And ride In one course
On his own broad demesne all day.
He counted his dollars by millions ,
But he couldn't hold nature at bay ;
All the land ihnt lie owns
Lies between two utones
That are six feet apart today.
l-'AIIl AM ) 1MOAH.
Cleveland I oattor.
Ho hold her bund against his. breast
And looked Into her eyes , . „ , .
And what ho did to her ruby lips
The reader may surmise.
But never ngnln will u woman's head
Llo on his heaving breast ,
And never again will n woman's lips
By Ills two lips bo pressed.
For never a preacher said the words
To make her share his lot ;
So ho had to pay a thousand plunks
For every kiss ho got.
for every man to de
cide whether he will
have aslimpsy bag-like
bicycle suit at a "bar
gain" price , or a well
tailored , well-made
outfit that is really a
bargain We do not
carry the cheaper of
bicycle suits because
we are unwilling to
guarantee them to give
satisfaction T hose
that we do make are
the best that can be
turned out for the
money , and they are
not expensive , $5,00
isn't much for a good
suit and we know they
are good , but we have
belter at $6.50 , $7,50 ,
$8,50 , $10 and $12.
Caps , Sweaters and
Sockings in great var
iety of qualities , colors
and prices for wheeling
and golf.
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